Going solo is a WHOLE different situation. The guys I've seen race solo are a strange breed. You've really got to have a bit of a masochistics tendency to do a 24 hour event solo.
To do it without training, you are friggin NUTS!!!!!!!
Unless of course you only commit to 5 or 6 hours and that's all you're going to do. (And that's being generous with only 5 weeks of training)
If you go as a team, it's a whole different experience. You have time to rest, there are plenty of people to be support and back-up. Your teammates provide motivation and humor....etc.
L8R
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