We had one of those cold rainy 300ks this year. I had rain on and off for my first 600k, but this 300 was just the worst. It never stopped raining, and we would ride through flooding so deep your foot would be submerged as you pedaled. You have my utmost empathy and respect for riding in those conditions.

I've aimed to get as close to 400k under my belt in the first push of a 600k as possible. Both times, though, I have had to have a 5 minute nap on the side of the road before that. Saturday was in a cemetery. Actually, I guess it was Sunday. But it allowed me to get to mile 265 by 5 am and get a solid 2 hours sleep before starting the second push. The "official" sleep control was at mile 230 and that just didn't feel like far enough for us. I always want to have fewer miles on the horizon for day 2, and that seems to work for me - keeping it at or around 100 miles for the second part.

Some of the faster riders got a solid 6 - 8 hours at the control point and pushed through 148 miles the next day. I just want to be farther along than that, even if it means less sleep.

Ok, ok. PBP 2015!