GBDuro

[Proto]

Big wobble over night, completely spent.

She'd booked a hotel in Chester but still had 40km to go at 11.30 and realised she was'nt going to make it. Fed up, cold, wet, knackered, she bivvied somewhere along the trail, middle of nowhere. Got to Chester this morning and gave serious thought to taking a room for tonight, basically taking a day out to recover and think. Long stop, food, coffee, refresh, lots of thinking. Decided to press on. Hopefully she can recover some lost time and find somewhere decent to sleep tonight and still make CP2 in time. Fairly flat for this section to beyond Manchester, so can perhaps get a wiggle on, make up some lost time.

I notice a few more have abandoned, including Lee Craigie, who was flying yesterday, so not sure what's happened there.

Organisers ought to be arrested for physical abuse!

 

[GuyBoden]

"Angus continues his domination of this year's race, but it should be remembered he was in a strong position in 2020 before hypothermia saw to the end of his challenge"

 

[matticus]

Rode/walked/crawled for 18 hours yesterda, will be over 16 today. Frankly, I don’t see how anyone can sustain this but we‘ll see!

In the world of audax/ultra events it's very common to be on the go for more than 18 hours, day-on-day. But you have to pace yourself, and that's often difficult without experience. If you're utterly spent after 18hours, it's a hard thing to repeat the next day.

Good luck Proto Junior, just keep turning those pedals!

 

[Proto]

To give a flavour of some of the Welsh terrain .........

 

[Ming the Merciless]

To give a flavour of some of the Welsh terrain .........
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On a mtn bike you’d be flying along riding that. But I’m sure the gravel bikes they appear to have will be much faster (than a man bike) elsewhere.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Angus has 15 hour lead over Mark Beaumont. As we wait for riders to reach CP2 at Garrigill

 

[steveindenmark]

Rose pulled out at the 923 stage. A good effort though . Nothing to be ashamed of. Its a real learning curve just turning up.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Rose pulled out at the 923 stage. A good effort though . Nothing to be ashamed of. Its a real learning curve just turning up.

Hand numbness apparently. A well known condition afflicting distance riders.

 

[steveindenmark]

There are still riders suffering with hand and foot numbness from the Pan Celtic Race and that was weeks ago.

 

[Proto]

In the world of audax/ultra events it's very common to be on the go for more than 18 hours, day-on-day. But you have to pace yourself, and that's often difficult without experience. If you're utterly spent after 18hours, it's a hard thing to repeat the next day.

Good luck Proto Junior, just keep turning those pedals!

Pacing tricky when you’re up against the pressure of a cut off!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

There are still riders suffering with hand and foot numbness from the Pan Celtic Race and that was weeks ago.

Can take a few months to recover depending on how bad the nerve damage is.

 

[Proto]

Ride report coming, but here’s a taster.

 

[matticus]

Good effort 👍

Sounds like a proper adventure

 

[DCLane]

Well done to her for trying. Having ridden PBP and LEL this looks much tougher. I scratched from 2019's All Points North due to illness and that was similarly tough. Riding 18+ hours a day is really hard, particularly over rough terrain.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

In the dot watcher latest description they called it the GB Divide. Are GB Duro and GB divide one and the same?