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you can focus on just the physical aspect of the preparations
LOL and the route planning and the never ending kit choice shenanigans and the which bike questions :P
Well, I'm still an advocaat of the go-long method. Let's see how I go this year with less TOB.
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Absolutely, there's a learning curve to long rides; even stuff like sleeping in ditches, etc, all needs practice. In 2016 I'd never bivvied wild, so I did a couple of all nighters to Wales where I had to do that, then ride an Audax the next day. Felt much more confident on TCR having done it.
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Like it says in the article, you guys are used to racing these events and you know you can do it. The only question that remains is: how fast? So you can focus on just the physical aspect of the preparations.
I'm fairly new to this game so I'll be doing long rides and multi-day rides as well as short hard rides (Zwift). Maybe not benificial for the body but very much so for the mind. (And testing and getting to know the gear.)