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less rolling and more straight up lumpy at points!
There was some climbing in that for sure. Passed a few walkers on that 70k stage back and chuckled to myself, hoping they didn't spot my monster 40T cassette :)
The wind was in the face most of the way back too which must've made a decent dent on progress.
I think I had >10 HOURS! of stop time. I was definitely making the most of the cheery volunteers happily dishing out endless calories. :)
hippy
bjf
Well done and congratulations.
I found that pretty tough going at times with the weather so chapeaux for doing it fixed.
Pretty sure I heard 'nicely rolling route' previously where I felt it was less rolling and more straight up lumpy at points!
I got two hours in a bed (1 hour sleep) and finished with only an hour to spare. I spent too much time in controls than I normally would, but it was well worth it, at times I felt like a mini-tour seeing friends.
The food was excellent, I only got my wallet out once all weekend to buy an ice-cream and you can't praise the volunteers enough, I thought they were the making of this ride.