Unfinished business - the business non-finisher
2015 Kiwi Brevet - I made it as far as 8 hours in before deciding to short cut the course. 2017 Kiwi Brevette - I overdid it on Day 1, and short cutted day 2 2021 Kiwi Brevette - I overdid it on Day 1, and short cutted day 2. Notice much of a trend here? I'd had a blast in 2012 during my first brevet, then went well in 2014, so why did I follow up with a string of failures? Easy - in each case, the old adage applied Failing to prepare, is preparing to fail. In 2015, I was hot off a great ride the year before. 1100km? Pffft. Easy. I'll cruise it in 5 days. With that attitude, I did very little training - my biggest training ride ended at 140km, when I got a lift back home. This put me in exactly the right place come day 0 of KB 2015 - out the arse. I struggled in the heat, I wasn't anywhere near as fit as I'd been a year prior, and my head wasn't there. So, when I was feeling pretty grim after only 6 hours or so, I was already thinking of what I could do. When I cr...