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If you took out my mechanical issues in TCR I'd probably have knocked 12-24hrs off my second TCRs duration. But that was more down to experience. I was definitely fresher than Wacker in that TABR/TCR double because he'd had a faster TABR and I don't think his head was in the game as much for TCR whereas I was feeling disappointed with a shit TABR and thought I could push on a bit in TCR. I did a lot more bivvying so probably saved money and time but at the expense of better quality sleep which may have been the reason behind me not fixing my front wheel when I had the chance and (in hindsight) pushing on with it in its state.
In 2016 I took the hippy detour down south, adding 120k to remove 4500m climbing oh and got lost a lot.
I think it depends how hard the first event is. TAW is only 1/2 TCR distance and 1/3 TABR so mentally probably not as taxing, even if it's physically harder. You recover physically quicker if you're already doing lots of miles (well I do, dunno about these lazy fuckers that only do 6hr rides).
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The problem with ultra racing is we don’t have enough data to really make statements like this.
Björn did fantastically well on both races. But had he not taken part in the TAW he may have won TCR or perhaps TAW was good preparation and he’d have done worse.
@hippy when you did TCR after TABR did you feel better or worse than when you did the TCR the first time? Despite the positions both of you and Michael’s average distances per day didn’t change much that much (less by about 5%). This could have easily been down to the heat in ‘17, although ‘16 was a relatively hillier route.
Also, what the hell did you do in ‘16 - you rode around 200km more than everybody else?