Yeah, @Glen.Coutts and I discussed on my ride too. I also used the prep plan and thought it really helped me, but yeah - like he said - that one loooong, five hour prep ride was mentally tough in that I’d just have soon as kept on and finished it all. But I had a plan (@Justin_Litun, I documented my prep and ride here, if it helps you at all)…
CAUTION: LONG THREAD!!! (You have been warned.) So follow-up to the quest post, for the history nerds out there. Turns out this wasn’t as straightforward a request as you’d think - the Minions and I really had to dig. I ended up taking a deep dive into the Internet Archive to research Sufferfest going back to it’s inception as a cycling blog ca. September 2008. Actually had a lot of fun working through the years. Here are the highlights: Blog originally launched on Word…