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I note the second quickest time is someone with the same surname, maybe he paced him 3/4 of the way round before pulling over?? Either that of definitely a timing/rider error.
I thought you did a 5hr 47min effort, Aqua Man??
Achieved just what I wanted, a silver medal. Scraped in by 43 seconds recording 4hrs 44min. Pulled over at the finish to hear in a Southern Hemisphere accent "Sam you bastard". Didn't know hippy was so close to me at the end, I was gunning it like a madman to get the silver.
My brother missed out by nearly 2 minutes. That's the difference between walking or riding up One Tree Hill (or Carters Hill for some).
All in all a great day out, again done with no training (I hate it). Hadn't touched the Olmo for a month, had had only ridden to work once in the eight days previous. My knes are aching like fcuk this morning!