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@Gustav
Want to say a few words in Oliver's defence...the ride was flat, or at least as flat as you can expect over ride that's just short of 70 miles. The pace did pick up at times but was generally pretty sedentary. When the pace did pick up, it was generally due to me or one or two other whippets rather than Oliver blazing off the front, and to be honest, there were one or two people (myself included) who were gagging for a stronger pace (was one of the reasons along with my cold that I chose to exit early).
If people are really struggling on this ride, my suggestion would be you need to do a few training rides to build up to rides of 70 miles length (you wouldn't do a marathon without any training).
There's always been an element of the bungy chord with the longer LFGSS rides as the slower riders caught up, this ride was certainly not something exceptional..
As for llias, get well soon.