Originally Posted by Vireo

I'm probably the worst person to chime in on a thread about DNS'ing and DNF'ing a ride because of inclement weather. I did the 300km you mention in your post. I was miserable. I was soaked to the bone and freezing cold. But I am much stronger mentally for it. Yes half the field DNF'd because I just don't think people like to suffer. Bike racing is about suffering and the person who can endure more suffering prevails especially in Ultras. Sure some people wouldn't call brevets, climbing centuries and double centuries races. I say to them if there is more than one of us there and it is a timed event -- I'm racing it. People just don't like to suffer. I make myself suffer while training and many times my training is tougher than the event itself. So when race day comes I am not going to bail just because it isn't perfect weather. People just need to HTFU.