Quote Originally Posted by maillotpois View Post
That midnight to 4 am stretch would be pretty grim alone.
I've never been out that late on a 600K. 1:30 is the latest. I've been alone at night on all 3 of my 600Ks. But, when I did the Coast ride last year, I remember being able to see the wet tire tracks of riders who had gone up the road before me, and just that little thing made me feel like I wasn't alone.

On the 400K I did a few weeks ago, I was out 22:50, until 3:50am. I rode the last 100 miles with 2 friends, and it made a huge difference. (I had been having a low moment before we hooked up at mile 150. It had been raining the ENTIRE day and I was cold and not a little bit miserable.) We kept each others spirits up, paced each other, told stupid jokes at 3 am to stay awake etc. We also polished off an entire large pizza at 11pm at mile 200.