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@hippy I remember Carlos (@CarlosBI) has one!
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Strava route time estimation is based on your average speed over the last 4 weeks. Would be great to be able to customize the value... but its usually good enough. When I need that I just use https://www.gpsies.com (attached screenshot)
You can verify this info just by placing your mouse over the estimated time and the interface will show you a label with the explanation and your average speed.
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Omar just passed, he seemed with good legs but tired mentally, did only 10km with him as I had done more than enough endurance yesterday. Hope all the others also pass during daylight!
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1200km without aerobars... sounds like PBP 😬
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Although @CarlosBI did sub-10 days, it took 9 stages:
Stage 1: 498km 4856m climbed https://www.strava.com/activities/1817274482
Stage 2: 392km 4828m climbed https://www.strava.com/activities/1820061983
Stage 3: 407km 2661m climbed https://www.strava.com/activities/1822404614
Stage 4: 250km 5042m climbed https://www.strava.com/activities/1824364117
Stage 5: 361km 2844m climbed https://www.strava.com/activities/1826426002
Stage 6: 327km 3907m climbed https://www.strava.com/activities/1828893531
Stage 7: 211km 2720m climbed https://www.strava.com/activities/1831479992
Stage 8: 312km 4040m climbed https://www.strava.com/activities/1833573928
Stage 9: 700km 7601m climbed https://www.strava.com/activities/1837635868I'll try to see Omar passing today
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He'll do it in 10 days without problems 🙌 I said goodbye at Ribadesella and although he was struggling a bit with sleep depravation he was getting to known roads and that always gets you and extra boost.
Because of the tracker delay I missed which road he was taking towards me and we crossed paths... I had to sustain 36km/h to catch him!! (and because he stopped at Pola de Siero to have breakfast 😱) https://www.strava.com/activities/1836598915, on the aerobars he's really efficient (Omar doesn't have them 🤔... is this guy for real?)
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He's mentally fixed to complete it under 10 days! If he doesn't blow his knees... I'll see him just before dawn (I'm in central Asturias).
About the roads... I don't have much experience riding in the south (of Cordillera Cantábrica) but you'll usually find a Highway and a "national" (bidirectional road well maintained) linking two major cities, and everything else is just poorly maintained/without curb or is just zigzagging across the map to link small towns.
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Omar seems a bit in trouble with his body/mind (source):
UPDATE: last hours was some of the worst I had to face. After the usual rest to eat something and rest, I felt sick and I had high fever. Maybe something I ate, or the big warm conditions faced during last days. Now I’m back on the road trying to go forward but I’m feeling really bad and without energies.
During last years I learned to fight in every condition but, at the same time, to respect my body. ..But the problem seems to have started a day or so before, because neither at his tracker https://frrt.org/tibr2018/r/8-omar or his gps from strava https://www.strava.com/activities/1824601122 shows him reaching Pico Veleta... it stops and backtracks way before de last zig-zags 😕 (neither he has uploaded a photo from the summit like Carlos or Clinton has done)
But also, after struggling with a gravel road on the side of a highway, both his tracker and gps where disconnected and reappear at Guadix... 🤔
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