TORQ in your Sleep 12 hour solo

Definitely ride this week!

There goes my original plan for the last week then...

I might give tomorrow's turbo ride a miss then, as I'm a bit fatigued & achey at the moment. Rest until after the weekend and then do a couple of shorter rides with fresher legs.

Go Pete! I'm sure I speak for many when I say we're already proud of you.

Carb-loading anywhere between two to five days before a marathon type event seems fairly common advice. Any thoughts?

Roll out and do some reps of a short and punchy climb. Roll home. Eat cake. Perfect.

Eat cake

It's been so long..

@BareNecessities I'm doing just this right now! Went out this morning and rode up through the Wicklow mountains, now at home watching Rick and Morty eating homemade malt loaf. If you're around next week I'm going to do a day at Swinley.

What's your fav cake Pete? I'll make one for you to smash at midnight (that's if you can stand sweet things at the end of an endurance event).

SiS Gel Cake

Wow, thank you!

So many cakes though. Will ponder that this evening :-)

SiS Gel Cake

lol

*Bans Howard from the Honey Badgers *

Just been catching-up on a few pages of this.

Outstanding work!

Regardless of what happens on the day, you can be proud of what you've achieved to date.

Good luck on the day Pete!

Well done on the <100kg and good luck.

Good luck!

(And ask for chocolate guiness cake)

Thanks for the kind words, all. I'm now daydreaming about the variety of high carb foods I'll be able to rediscover next week.

I really wanted to avoid changing anything about the bike, leading up to the event.

Will make an exception for creaky bottom brackets though...

Yes, yes it is

Try and avoid high fat foods immediately before, during and immediately after the event. Fat takes longer to metabolise and interferes with carb absorption so you can feel full but not get the benefit. Cake is quite high fat :(

You may have only protein cake after the race, and SiS Gel Cake beforehand.

Beer cake post race!

You may never criticise my wheel stickers ever again. Much Sun. Very Ringle.

You may never criticise my wheel stickers ever again

I can make no such promise

Pictured here, is where my turbo trainer can go for the foreseeable future