High Epic drop out rate

[Toxic]

Entered my first one, 2012, only lasted until stage 6, immune system gave in on stage 5, but made cut-off with 9 minutes, longest, hardest day of my life !

Unfortunately I now have a beef with the Epic and a hangup for not finishing.

Epic will see me in 2013, come hell or high water.

Training: max 18 hour week.

Big mistake: only started training in Jan, when I got offered an entry !

Lesson learned: start trainingin August of preceeding year, train climbing until you throw up, because you will be climbing in the Epic - a lot !

 

You have achieved alot with only 2-3 months to prepare for such a big event.

Epic 2013 will be my first epic. already got an entry... but my partner dropped me already...so I'am in search of a partner at the moment... Already started training for it...

[Top Fuel]

On the rainy day, I saw that Swiss dude on the tandem with his wife pick up the tandem and hurl it into the top a bush after getting stuck with chainsuck for about the 100th time. That was freakin' classic!

That's too funny. My partner said he had a squeak from the back brakes. We took his wheel off and he had no pads left. I asked him if his bike was still slowing down enough for him. He said yes. We looked at each other started laughing and got going again.

[Wyatt Earp]

As long as you are mentally tough(and South Africans are IMO) finishing Epic is easy.I know a host of overweight,undertrained,underprepared people who finished Epic no problem.Easy peasy.

 

Have you done an Epic ?

 

I wouldn't call it easy, also these fat and lazy people you are referring to have the one thing most people don't have, that is a strong mind.

It's their "don't give up" attitude" that gets them through.

I have seen loads get there overweight and you only find out they are undertrained by day 3 and 4.

 

Epic impossible to finish, NO.

Epic easy-NO.