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RonnieOatmilk
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Brimstone 600k done. Was hard.
Train down was predictably shit - no wonder I and everyone else in the UK drives most of the time.
Bon Jovi cover band improved mood on arrival.
Ride itself not helped by Di2 problem that had me singlespeeding for the first and easiest 150km (along with a couple of punctures it meant there was no banking a time buffer here).
Luckily Kate was about with a charger at the Mere control and that got me shifting again (I pulled the FD cable out suspecting it or the battery cable was damaged - no proper battery mount from a previous drama) so I was stuck in the little ring for the rest of the ride. No biggie though. Enough climbing you don't really need a big ring. One of the hills/walls up to the Priddy control I looked at and just decided it easier to take my shoes off and hang them over the aerobars and walk up rather than struggle pushing the pedals.
Dunno why but I had a lot of beans on the second day, my partner was quite tired (unsurprising given we had no sleep just a couple of 20min lie downs) so appeared to be struggling a lot but at the same time was hanging on to our little group (Pete the org, Jess, myself and my missus) and we finished together with maybe an hour to spare, having left most of the controls almost out of time or over time.
While we were chomping down some chilli con carne, the last rider made it in with 2min to spare!