Mark Courtier

Largely here to read, not tweet.

Occasional ultra-endurance cyling event reports and associated moaning.

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Finished. Bivyed up by the Sant Grau church and rolled in in the morning to receive a lovely welcome and 2 breakfasts.

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Now to go find a good bivy spot. My phone is refusing to charge, so that might be a problem!

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The bit after was described as (summarising) no harder than anything before. Which has been true so far, but there is still 5000 m of climbing in 135 km.

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There is very poor live music in the town square. Exactly the vibe to keep me awake!

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But it did end. I bent and broke quite a bit of stuff during this section, but fortunately not me or anything critical for forward motion.

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The Alta Garroxta Push was hell. Good views which I soon stopped caring about.

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Parts of it were try not to drop your bike off a cliff.

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Today would have been a very nice hike. Shame I brought my bike with me.

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Clouds started coming in this afternoon. Fortunately I managed to get over the last peak before the rain started. The views were spectacular…

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Tomorrow needs to go very well for me to make the finishers party (or the end of it!). My derailleur started playing up again, so that is foreboding!

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Onwards.

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The High Pyrenees section is very hard. I can live with difficult up hill but difficult walking descents really sap the motivation.

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Was hoping Vallter 2000 might provide a hot lunch but it’s been taken over!