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Is it really practical to be able to carry enough food for a ride with so much offroad? Colin O’Brady dragged a sled with his custom made energy bars and oatmeal etc but admittedly he needed more stuff to avoid freezing to death. Apparently he had something like 1.5kg of food per day for 8000 calories which isn't quite as sustainable on a bike unless you're going to finish quickly.
I wonder how "healthy" it is to switch to a sort of ultra-ascetic event on top of something that already is about people pushing boundaries given how many people seem to scratch from them anyway (I think 10 or 12 finishers last year?). Genuine question given I've never ridden more than a couple of days at a time in terms of long rides.
That said it limits the number of people prepared to commit to it so it keeps the number of starters down in a period where events in general are going to be looked at with raised eyebrows. Perhaps self-selection was what they were shooting for.