There will always be one day that you fear the cut off - the queen stage of the epic you wake up and your partner has a bad stomach bug. Cannot eat or drink... that my friend is when you start with crisis management you have to get him through 2900m of climbing and 115km!! And he only has enough power to neg his small blade infront. not talking about climbs etc!!
What makes it difficult for me is when your partner has a stomach bug for 2 days and getting him through 2 tough days, and then it is your turn, or when the mud strikes and you lose your front der and only have one blade to climb etc!! Pushing each other up on the climbs and on the flats..
6 to 8 hrs a week is very little training! then he must be a serious endurance athlete! i will never sleep going into the epic with that amount of training.
Jaaki go and get you mtb and just go and do 40km which will include serengeti,rustygate, to over groenlandberg, i will give you 7 hours to complete that, and then you say if it is techincally easy!
We rode each stage within our limits and not pushing hard. After stage 3 we went quicker and lifted the pace a bit. We both felt good and got stronger. And you make up alot of places like that.
