To explain the picture: that's my feet after Mountain Mayhem team 24hr a few years back. The slippers were great during the night, a little bit warm during the dusty day, and always an amusing talking point.

This time, though, I'm doing 24hr solo. The clock runs for 24hrs, I ride laps and don't stop until the next day. The plan is to make food stops but no sleep stops and my aim is to reach 200 miles. You probably know that I do silly things like this for kicks, but this is the hardest race I've ever attempted, it's charity event and you can't argue with the cause.

The preset blurb summarises that part pretty well ...

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