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could any pro really pick up and do something as relentless and unsupported?
Yeah, remember to be and stay pro you need to have the mental strength to suffer just as much as us lot. The difference is, you have a whole team to help you through it, at least until the unsupported event. So, I race but then I've gotta go back to work. He races and he's got someone to rub his legs. I don't mind the odd pro showing up but if it turns into a marketing circus, people will start organising races that exclude pros or remove cameras, etc.
hippy
To what degree can anyone with great fitness turn up and be competitive an endurance event though?
Not having completed anything epic myself, I always assumed mental strength is as much part of the challenge - could any pro really pick up and do something as relentless and unsupported?