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Originally Posted by Donat3llo
Hats off to SPC and FW's bro. 35hrs a week is absolutely wild. Beyond the training time, it's hard to have the energy for anything else.
I do not see it possible to hold down a job and do this kind of stuff. The amt of time spent doing route prep, gear choices, nutrition, contingency plans, and everything else makes it nearly impossible to have time for a job when coupled with training hours.
when its all said and done 35h hrs in the saddle is prolly closer to 45 or 50 hrs of real time when accounting for breaks for food/resupply/bathroom. Minimizing down time and being efficient has been a major focus in this block and that stuff really adds up fast.
here is the ride. Check out that last climb (big cottonwood aka guardsman, the 4th nastiest of all the utah climbs). 5k feet in short order at the end of 800 miles in the rain and snow.