Riding The Pink Elephant | Dirty Reiver 2021

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I’ve been sadistically looking forward to this. Recently I’ve found great pleasure in testing my body to its limits, then just tipping it over the edge, ultimately extending the limit. 200km will be the furthest I’ve ever ridden in one go, and the fact it’s off-road makes it all the more challenging. I’ve no worries about completing it, not because of confidence, just knowledge. I seem to have developed a good attitude toward finishing a ride, regardless of the scale. I know when my body needs fuel, I know how to pace, I’ve got this.  0km The mass start isn’t...
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Amanda Wishart

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Amanda is our resident pedaller, who loves the climbs as much as the descents. No genre of biking is turned down, though she is happiest when at the top of a mountain with a wild descent ahead of her. If you ever want a chat about concussion recovery, dealing with a Womb of Doom or how best to fuel an endurance XC race, she's the one to email.

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  • ThruntonThrasher
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    Well done on finishing the 200km , I stopped after 130 km. If you enter next year it will be in the spring, before the midges or any other bugs take to the air.

    Posted 1 year ago
    progboytam
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    Sounds like you really put yourself through the wringer – congratulations on finishing!

    Posted 1 year ago
    powerbenny
    Full Member

    What an astonishing commitment to finishing. Well done and I Hope you feel better.

    Posted 1 year ago
    neilupnorth
    Full Member

    Welcome to 200km in a day round a lumpy circuit. That’s the feeling many have who do something like DR for the first time. Good look with the next one, when you can get your head around it all, and you will 😉

    Posted 1 year ago
    terrahawk
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    all of what you experienced is all part of the fun! Soon, you will learn the techniques needed for efficiently decorating one’s top tube with puke, finishing a ride fuelled only on a bottle of cola and going partially-blind in one eye. Oh and there’s the peeling of arse skin in the shower 3 days later.
    welcome to the gang!

    Posted 1 year ago
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