What's happened to Teethgrinder? You'd think the Scottish Race would be a good warm-up...
He keeps stopping to get receipts...
I wonder if he wanted to do as little as possible and still be part of the winning team.
I started getting uncomfortable after an hour and it got worse. Same stomach pains I had for the last 300 miles of Trans Alba, but they got bad very quickly.
I felt worse after 100 miles than I did on the finish circuit. I stopped at 145 miles for a long time but didn't give my numbers in just incase I got better. And I could have had a long rest and got to the finish circuit, even though I would have been under 200 miles, it still wouldn't be a DNF.
I was in the Arctic team and Josh was having a bad night. He kept stopping and stopped for another sleep at around 4:30.
I was starting to feel better then anyway so thought I'd ride around the night circuit to see if I thought I could make it to the finish and at least make up a team, even if we wouldn't win.
I was slow and kept stopping to pee because I was drinking a lot of water to try and sort out my stomach pains. I firstly thought it was because my clothing was too tight, because loosening my clothing helped but it soon got worse. That was before I stopped at 145 miles. I then figured it was a build up of electrolyte tablets, which made sense. So I thought that drinking lots of water would dilute it and flush it out. It did seem to help and I started feeling a bit better but my power was still low, I was still peeing and being sick. So I just tried to keep moving until my 24 hours was up.
Still got it a little bit now.
7 riders with over 500 miles. That's the most riders over 500 in any UK 24hr.
I think that Rob's distance is the most ever done in the UK on fixed.
Wind was helpful getting us from the HQ to the main circuits and also on the way back to the finish circuit, so very good conditions. The rain I was expecting never happened (unless it rained while I wa in a tent sleeping and orting out my stomach pains)
My getting going again prompted Josh to get going as well. I was probably in a much worse state than he was. He ended up being the 3rd counter for the team with 24hr Maths and Nick in 2nd and 3rd place.