A shout out to those on the interweb - How was your Easter? I was feeling crap the whole weekend with some sort of flu like symptoms. So no riding, although we did go down the coast for a few days. You can see my photo's on Instagram @jefftillack.
However, this coming Saturday is "E" Day!! (Everesting Day), that is, I will attempt, rather than just 4000m, the full monty! yes, stuff training and endless "what if's", I'm going for broke. There's 8 others doing a "half", starting at 5:30am, but I'm going out there about 4am (depends on the gates being passable to the park) and starting off the endless repeats until I get that damned jersey!!! (see below). I'm guessing it will take probably 20 hours of suffering, but the main problem will be food intake and support - I won't have any support crew! Psychologically I think this will be the hardest part. My family are just not into this at all and so it will just be me, myself and I until the end.
So I'll have to ensure the car is full of food and drinks, and I'll pack an esky of stuff. I just have to work out a regime for eating and drinking. I'll have the bike as light as possible, carrying no tools (it's only 2k up/down) and maybe one bidon of water/drink. The rest will be in the car. I'll also fill an iPod full of music to while away the endless hours going up and down. Can I do it? time will tell suppose. Either way, I'll tell you all Sunday (at some stage) !!!
This is the ultimate goal for this coming Saturday....
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