Gurcha

"What the hell am I doing this for again?"

It all came back to me after 20 kays in... "Hang on, this is bloody terrible". There are plenty of excuses I could use for the way I was feeling, getting a flat, screwing up my food royally, running out of water, getting a virus the week before.. the bottom line is this is a mother of an event. I had just forgotten.

So in the end I pretty much got exactly the time I set myself, an hour and fifteen minutes quicker than last year. My highlight, apart from finishing alive, where riding the incredible new downhill berm section with Peter and Henry, those guys keep some serious pace!

My skins are staying on for a week.