I’m sore. 7 hours today in the rain.. yeah it rained ALL DAY. 185k or so riding through muddy lanes or small rivers. Then the temperature dropped so much it was sleeting (that’s “not quite snow”, Aussies). I had to ride with my gloves off as it was warmer. I thought I was going to die from exposure or something. I think my toenails might fall off.

The ride itself was great. It was the ride home that it all fell apart. I’ve eaten everything in the house.

I couldn’t get food out of my pockets my fingers didn’t work. Couldn’t change gears or brake properly. Very sweary times.

Had to get Mal to undo my jacket and shoes me so I could get in the shower clothed before stripping off.

In France I was doing ~80kph above the cloud line with snow caps around before heading through the clouds and back into pouring rain. This lasted a couple of hours and was my previous coldest. I think it makes a difference if you run low on fuel which might explain why I was so cold yesterday -> 7hrs@ more than 12hr pace=5500 calories used. Including 2L strong SIS GO I’d eaten 3 large Go bars, 1 small Go bar and 4 CNP gels for a grand total of <1700 calories in. It was my longest/fastest ride this year with over 440 TSS (training stress score) points (the 24hr was ~1100 I think). So, I think my body just had no fuel and quit trying to keep warm. It's something I'm keen not to repeat (but will, because I never learn). 🙂 I wrote the above after doing the Rumble, guess I didn’t finish it so here it is now.