The day started stupidly early with a 6:40 start time, which was just horrid. Ho hum, I headed out on the first cycle to Swainby on the chilly but clear morning. <br />
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It was an undulating hour's ride and after a quick change I was out on to the run. Today it was a 15km amble over Carlton Bank and on to the Wainstones. I really enjoyed this run, and although there were a lot of climbs they passed pretty easily with beautiful views over the Moors. <br />
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It was then on to the bike for a mountain bike across to Glaisdale. This route started off with a terrible trek up stone steps to get up onto the top but was then a great ride along disused railway tracks and good bridleways. The views continued to be stunning and other than the strong wind the weather was good too. <br />
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A long descent on fast rocky trails took us down to transition before setting out on the final road cycle to the finish. This passed uneventfully and pretty quickly other than the fearful climb out of transition and the long slog uphill to the coast cliffs. <br />
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Soon enough I was at the finish and crossed the line to be presented with the finishers medal. <br />
My total race time was 30 hours 15 minutes which feels pretty good. A great adventure and a fantastic race. It feels brilliant to have got to the end and a big achievement. <br />
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Thanks to everyone for helping out; Mum and Dad did a great job crewing, of course Vicki for waving me off to play in good spirits and Amelia for the loan of the mascot (I'll try and get her clean). <br />
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Finally, thanks to Cycledealia, ForGoodnessShakes and Avoncraft kayaks for their generous support.
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