Appreciate that Sir Glen. So I can count on you stepping out of the team car and on to a bike to join us. That’s great! 
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You can count on me for something 
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Umm, food poisoning? Bad legs? Goat allergy?
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If I had a nickel for every time I heard this excuse!
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I have been following the conversation about changing the Tour of Sufferlandria to just The Tour. BTW - I agree, Sufferfest seems to be getting lost. Thinking about it I have decided to swap out the first Stage again. The ride I chose is not a Sufferfest ride, so I am going back to the Sufferfest stable.
The Original Ride: Time 1:00:00 - IF 0.73 - TSS 55.
I am going to sub the closest stat line, which is The Trick. Its Ride: Time 0:58:00 - IF 0.76 - TSS 56. So while a tiny bit shorter, it is a tick higher IF and TSS. And it is a Knighthood approved ride so it is no walk in the park. So here is the final schedule. We embark next Saturday on Stage 1.
ToS - 2014
The Trick
ISLAGIATT
Revolver
Hell Hath No Fury
Extra Shot + The Wretched
A Very Dark Place
Angels + The Hunted
Blender
Violator
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The IF for me, for The Trick based on old AC numbers but fresh MAP and FTP is 1.01.
Haven’t done it in 3 years and back then it was completed at an IF of .95 on one occasion and .91 on another. My note on one of them was: arghhhhhhh!!!
Just wanted to wish you all the best on this ToS. And may GvA have mercy on your soul!
(he won’t)
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I just added all the rides to my calendar. The longest day, Stage 7, with Angels + The Hunted, falls on Friday the 13th. How fitting. 
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Stage 1 is in the books. I did it in the early hours of the 50 hour window. Did Open 15 as a warm up. The Trick came in just a tick above 100% with the IF up 0.01 & TSS up 1.
Tomorrow - ISLAGIATT
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Strong start 
I never enjoy The Trick - the gentle and relaxed part are great, but those brutal bits break me every time
Wishing you strong legs and lungs for the rest of the tour 
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Excellent! Such a massive goal you’ve set for yourself Sir Stuart! Did you run to the top without the bike like Froomie, or did you throw it over your shoulder?
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As a true Knight, I don’t go anywhere without my trusty steed!
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I’d like a photo of you running up a hill with your Kickr Bike thrown over your shoulder!
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Well it may have Seemed Like A Good Idea, but it wasn’t. Couldn’t hold 100% into the Mt Sufferlandria ride. Dialed it back and then started dialing it back up again. I did finish and it was the farthest I have ridden on that ride so there’s that.
Seven stages to go.
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Love it!! Remember Sir, this was YOUR idea 
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Hello everyone, emeritus knights, nobles and humble peasants of The Suffer Land, and especially Sir @Critmark . I’m relatively new to the forum, and normally not very active in these kind of media. I have cycled a lot indoors at another stage of my life and now I see myself again in the conditions to cycle indoors again and how much has changed! I was a big fan of the Sufferfest videos in 2015 and 2018 when i had to ride indoors but I’ve never embarked on this odyssey that is a Tour of Sufferlandria. Looking forward if it will be this year, with so much uncertainty that I realized here in the forum.
I arrived at this post from Nobel Sir @Glen.Coutts , whom I confided that I was starting the 2013 Tour in the last week of 2022 with the aim of covering all the previous editions. unfortunately due to the day to day circumstances I was unable to complete the Tour of Sufferlandria 2013 within the rules, and on the 5th day I could not make it and had to humbly drop down. However, with Sir Glenn’s tip for this quest, I was tempted to go along with it, but I didn’t comment right away due to the uncertainty of the current days. Yesterday I couldn’t pedal and I got a little frustrated. As it would be my first “semi-official”, I thought that if it hadn’t been 50 hours before the start of Sir @Critmark Tour, maybe I could still line up. And that’s one of the questions i kindly ask might King.
Challenged a few weeks ago, I did the Full Frontal today. If Sir @Critmark and High Sufferlandrian royalty approve my entry I will try to continue and match the calendar. And then try to do the 2013 Tour before Sir @Critmark announces the 2015 edition.
If not, I can go back to the 2013 and start over.
Would glady receive your recommendations! I hope not to affront Sir @Critmark for having done the FullFrontal and considering starting the Tour of Sufferlandria 2014 with this stage, but as I saw this possibility in some msgs back, I thought it would also make sense to create the levels for the next stages. Or not. 
Happt new yea and may the force be with you all, in Sufferlandria!
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Not gonna speak for the esteemed Sir @Critmark but ALL are welcome here. I’m betting Sir Stuart will appreciate the company on these retro Tours regardless of how you manage it @Tiago_Branco. That you’re doing it at all shows your true Sufferlandrian heritage.
Fwiw, I’ve been called many MANY things but I don’t think I’ve ever been called “Noble”
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Sorry Sir @Glen.Coutts I didn’t meant to be disrespectful in any way. Just wanted to extend the greeting to the entire hierarchy of Sufferlandrians 
thank you very much for the welcome, tough!
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