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The Transatlantic way Race
2,500km unsupported bike packing race
Ended in disappointment for
the three of them and this is
what they had to say.:- .
Bit of an early stop tonight, sooo tired and my
knees taken a bit of a beating from the 2 big
passes we had to get over today including The Gap,
had to walk a bit up that one!! Amazing B&B, the
lovely host is doing my laundry as we speak and is
getting up at 3 to make my eggs, all for e30. So
early night for me oh and it didn't rain today!
Knee too sore to pedal. I'm out. Hugely
disappointed but feel it's the right thing to do
This was not my race! I
scratched yesterday. I
felt strong and had a lot
of power left but my new
cleat, pedal, bike set up
caused IT band problems.
Stabbing pains in my
lower legs started on day
2 so I took it easy but
they only got worse and
worse. I took time refitted
my bike, researched solutions but nothing helped. At least I know I am in
pretty good shape this year and got an excuse to buy a new bike!
Last year in this event Paula was the first Lady to finish and second overall.
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