Originally Posted by
Bianchigirll
I wonder if you discounted how much time everyone spent at rest stops and checkpoints what the time difference would be.
Perhaps the group in last place just had much more fun.
It's a long day in the saddle. Last year with the mud it took me just under 18 hours. This year it was dry but unexpectedly hot & the second half was against a 17-20 mph headwind, it took me 15:45. That included roughly 45 minutes of stops.
Ted King probably would've had 3 minutes of stops but he had to change a flat; he still came in 45 minutes before anyone else. By all accounts he's a super nice guy.