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Yeah, I've mostly booked a flight for the next day after the finishers party/time limit. For the ones closer to home I've used busses and trains, buying a ticket at the last minute. After Ruska I just kept wearing the same kit I'd been riding in for four days in rain, might have been unpleasant for people around me in the bus and train on the 24 hour trip back home. If the finish is at the same place as the start, I've left the box and clothes at a hotel, otherwise mostly bought new, though a couple of times I've had someone waiting for me there and bring something to wear and then we've spent a week there as a holiday. I'm wearing a belt I bought in Brest after TCR right now. But indeed it's better to not set a too tight schedule if possible, I've always planned and managed to finish with days to spare. It's also nice to spend a while with the others and in the place you were riding to.
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It's also nice to spend a while with the others and in the place you were riding to.
100%. You've been through a lot so there's a cool bond with fellow racers at the finish of these events. I have the luxury normally of being able to budget more time for hanging out at the finish and encourage people to do the same.
hippy
People who've finished TCR and similar - what's been your strategy for getting home afterwards?
Considering post TPBR:
The bit I'm kind of dreading is showing up in Nice completely shattered and then having to go traipse around Decathlon finding a bike box etc for a flight, so I'm erring towards getting a train out of there.
Also wandering around in the bike kit I've been wearing for the past 10 days doesn't really appeal, so I guess I'll need to find the Nice equivalent of H and M and kit myself out in civvies.