I am a competent rider and would have ridden all the technical sections. I was seeded in Group S and I don't know how they worked out the seeding. If you were in the first couple of groups you would have had a great ride but group s for example was a nightmare with over an hour of waiting at bottle necks. I carry enough water for the whole ride so do not care for the water points but if you say you will have two then have two with sufficient stock. Bell or medal makes no difference but when I finished they could not even supply a drink at the finish line that is poor organisation. Overall I think the ride was dangerous for the level of many of the riders and I have not seen as many people stretchered away as on the ride yesterday.
