@Birru 162505 wrote:
Ugh there’s just no way I can get everything sorted before GRUSK this year. So if you go and have an awesome time please keep it to yourself. Thanks.
If it makes you feel better, the ride was like 80% suffering for me for a few reasons. First, I just wasn’t in top shape, so I was struggling physically. My legs even cramped up off-and-on during the second half, which has never happened to me before. Second, I didn’t sleep well in the dorms and woke up with a terrible headache that persisted pretty much the entire ride. Third, I got pretty nauseous after the 2nd rest stop and that nagged at me for quite a while.
Generally though, it was a great day to ride. There had been some rain the previous night and some mist/drizzle in the morning. So the roads, while not “muddy”, were definitely soft, especially for the first half of the day. Not a huge deal, but when you’re dragging ass on a climb and hit a stretch of really soft dirt, it just increases the suffering. The wetness also made the long grassy descent a real white knuckle experience. I came really close to wiping out once, but was just able to hang on….it didn’t help that I was riding at the back so the surface was pretty rutted by the time I got to it.
I’ll definitely consider doing the Epic route again next year if I’m in better shape. Otherwise, I’ll stick with the 50 miler.
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