We did the 100km distance this year at Badlands (did the 163 km last year) and was really happy with our Strava moving time of 3:25 (just under 30km/hr) which is pretty big fitness progress over last year's slogfest. Outside of missing the Dorothy climb I didn't really miss the extra 60kms and the nasty headwind that usually comes with it and it was kind of a last minute thing to join my friends at this event.
Was neat as we had some custom jerseys done up (CoalTrain if anyone saw us) and we got to ride with an older guy out of BC who we do TTTs with on Zwift who we had never met in real life.
Ultimately think this is my last go at that event for a bit. A ton of the ride is on open road and the road quality was pretty poor overall.
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