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You too!
Yeah I was convinced a group was ahead of me who'd bivvied somewhere past Exeter to beat the rain that was forecast. Spent much of Saturday 'chasing them down', except they didn't exist.
I also thought I saw a dead body in the road (!) at one point so I think my mental faculties were a little off on the third day. :)
honk
We road with Julian on the outbound leg through the Black Downs before he cracked on ahead. He was riding really well and was about the 3rd finisher I believe. Within the first 100km his front brake caliper's spring broke and it wouldn't release off the rim, so he had to rig up some rubber bands to get it working again.
It was good to meet you briefly in the first 5km before you went to chase down Jas and the fast riders. Well done! I had a similar experience where I constantly felt like we were last on the road and had to speed up to catch up with phantom riders ahead, only to then get passed by said phantom riders who were in fact behind as they'd had later starts from the sleep stops.