After todays stage we are lying 52nd out of 215 teams.
Both Stephen and I felt great, but I think our butts are going to take strain over the next week!
We ended up riding with some seasoned Epic riders who kept saying “Just keep a constant pace and heart rate under 80% of max to get through the 9 days”.
Stephen is a machine and is busy brushing up on his bike mechanic skills. He somehow, out of a group of 10, managed to rake up some of the surrounding shrubbery, so we had to stop during the ride. Which was a blessing in disguise and allowed us to set our own pace to the end.
The grub at the watering points is amazing. Koeksisters, boerewors, salted potatoes, … Oh, and Seattle Coffee on tap, in the race village.
Tomorrow is a long 123km stage and we expect to finish in a time between 6 and 7 hours. The stage is from Reitz to Winterton.
We struggled at first to establish the pecking order in our tent.
Waking up on day 2 next Stephen was no laughing matter.
Anyway, our bikes seemed to be getting on with each other.
With 3 minutes to the start Stephen decided he needed to
go to the loo. We couldn't have found ourselves further back from the front.
Spectacular scenery in the Free State, well... at
least in it's own kind of Free State way. The last time we did the
Frankfort Reitz route was in February. The training subsequent to that
seemed to be paying off. Maybe the fact that it was not raining this
time round made the world of difference.
Fresh finishers and ready for more pain tomorrow.
View from Reitz Showground race village.
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