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@Northern_Graeme
Nice to bump into a few of you (hi, Taps n Bath!) – I didn’t realise everyone was staying at the Spaltenna – I probably walked past half of you without saying “hello” at breakfast… Sorry to hear of Tika’s crash – there were a few patched up people, making me question my decision of not wearing a helmet when essentially mountain-biking.
After my bravado of entering for the 205k, I felt a bit under-the-weather (or just plain fat…) and turned left instead of right at Piana and did the 135k. (How much time does the extra loop add?). Disappointed at myself but probably a good decision as it still took me 10 hours, and was beat towards the end. What was really disappointing was that I was refused my wine prize at the end ‘cos I wasn’t judged to be wearing vintage gear (plain retro merino jersey, which qualified last time I did it). Tried not to let it take the shine off it, but I was rather down-heartened especially when those in retro-but-new Brooks/Coq Le Sportive/L’Eroica jerseys got their prizes. Only seemed to be an issue on the 135k – a friend on the 75 got his cheese in a horrible modern top. Email to the organiser, I think…