Dear reader, we have come down fast towards the end.
It's the evening before the race. Kids illnesses and parental duties meant no practice rides since last Sunday, but that's fine: I'm a family bloke doing this for fun not a professional athelete. I commuted by bike and I rested.
The hard balance tomorrow will be between going out too fast early and burning out, and starting too slow and getting stuck behind a horde of people on the many, many parts of the course where passing is hard. I'm no good at passing: a simple lack of experience.
As for time... who knows. Trevor Mallard did 4hrs 36mins: so that's a bottom limit. I dreamt of 3hrs 30 mins, but Gav who's a very fit and experienced rider & whose bike weighs only 21grams hasn't done a 3:30. A reasonable, achievable target is 4hrs, assuming no mechanical failures.
I'm fitter than I've ever been. I've greased the gears, tightened the brake cables, checked the tyre pressure. I have filled my camelbak and packed 2 spare tubes, puncture repair kit, sugar-goop, and tools.
I'm as ready as I can be.
Go.
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