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I get ya, maybe I'll get the family to spend the week in Meteora then they can see me roll in and we can chill afterwards.
Really appreciate all the useful advice. As you can clearly see, I'm new to this stuff.
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What hoppy said. You’ll be completely done when finished, you won’t want to walk or even talk but just sleep. There are a few exceptions to this. But I don’t understand them.
Meteora is a great place with good food and beautiful surrounding countryside.Having somewhere to be puts you on a deadline, and a lot of people will crack when they can’t make their deadline. Scratching 1000s of km from the finish as they’ve lost their schedule and now know they can make the deadline. So just be aware of that.
You’re going on this amazing adventure, and the most important thing is to finish. So don’t make obstacles to that. -
Meteora is quite nice. We were in a nice hotel and just chilled out by the pool, ate ice cream, drank beer, cheered all the riders in, rinse, repeat. One day we went up to the monastaries for a closer look but didn't go inside any just wander slowly a couple before getting lunch somewhere out of town.
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hippy
Starting the race with plans immediately after that put you on a deadline is one of the biggest mistakes I've seen over the years.