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Congratulations, boomboom!
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Chapeau to the power x. Great ride.
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Shitter on the dog, rabies jabs do not sound fun!!
big congrats.
Oh and on the last day those were my thoughts too, so I stuck on my 'get the fucking job done' playlist.
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Have you started foaming at the mouth yet? :)
Awesome work getting to the finish with your dramas.
Oliver Schick
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skinny
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@boomboom
Well that was fun.
Was the first finisher on Sunday morning so after my goal of the finisher's party, but I made it to the end with a full brevet card.
Was more or less on track of getting to the party, but had a few bad days in the sun (curled up in ball in a Serbian petrol station was not ideal) and I got bitten by a dog as I crossed into Greece, so that required a hospital trip for jabs and stitches.
Overall i'm pleased, I could have gone into it fitter and lighter, which would have made things easier. My route was generally OK, although it tended to be on quieter roads, so while my total mileage seemed to be on par with others, it was definitely slower, albeit safer and less stressful. That being said, I had half a day in Romania on mountain bike tracks which got my bike so muddy I had to find a hose before the brake pads ate themselves up.
Learnt so much it would be a shame for that learning to go waste so will definately give it another go, but not next year. There are other, shorter things I'd like to do, and I'd like to volunteer and give others the opportunity to ride.
Great ride @skinny - your tweet about putting on your beast mode playlist made me laugh, as that was when i was putting on my 'I want this all to end and go home' playlist.