Yep! Both amazing people, along with all our other riders

"I've been sitting here now, and do you know what I was saying to myself? If I did not believe in life, if I were to lose faith in the woman I love, if I were to lose faith in the order of things, even if I were to become convinced, on the contrary, that everything is a disorderly, damned, and perhaps devilish chaos, if I were struck even by all the horrors of human disillusionment-still I would want to live, and as long as I have bent to this cup, I will not tear myself from it until I've drunk it all. However, by the age of thirty, I will probably drop the cup, even if I haven't emptied it, and walk away...I don't know where. But until my thirtieth year, I know this for certain, my youth will overcome everything-all disillusionment, all aversion to live. I've asked myself many times: is there such despair in the world as could overcome this wild and perhaps indecent thirst for life in me, and have decided that apparently there is not-that is, once again, until my thirtieth year, after which I myself shall want no more, so it seems to me. Some snotty-nosed, consumptive moralists, poets especially, often call this thirst for life base. True, it's a feature of the Karamazovs, to some extent, this thirst for life despite all; it must be sitting in you too; but why is it base? There is still an awful lot of centripetal force on our planet, Alyosha. I want to live, and I do live, even if it be against logic. Though I do not believe in the order of things, still the sticky little leaves that come out in the spring are dear to me, the blue sky is dear to me, some people are dear to me, whom one loves sometimes, would you believe it, without even knowing why; some human deeds are dear to me, which one has perhaps long ceased believing in, but still honors with one's heart, out of old habit... I want to go to Europe, Alyosha, I'll go straight from here. Of course I know that I will only be going to a graveyard, but to the most, the most precious graveyard, that's the thing! The precious dead lie there, each stone over them speaks of such ardent past life, of such passionate faith in their deeds, their truth, their struggle, and their science, that I-this I know beforehand-will fall to the ground and kiss those stones and weep over them-being wholeheartedly convinced, at the same time, that it has all long been a graveyard and nothing more. And I will not weep from despair, but simply because I will be happy in my shed tears. I will be drunk with my own tenderness. Sticky spring leaves, the blue sky-I love them, that's all! Such things you love not with your mind, not with logic, but with your insides, your guts, you love with your first young strength..."-Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

Ey up me duck....🚲🚲🚲

You are too kind...but also very true x

Thanks Vince, that's so good to hear.

It was an incredibly race to take part in. So much so I’m back for more this year😀

@@FrictionCollective Yup! Great work squashing the insane amount of footage you must have had. I mean really...THIS is reality TV! I'd so tune in to watch a 10 part more immersive series on the race. Great job! Love Pan* races!

Thanks @@out_spocken It was actually a consideration of ours to make this into a mini series, perhaps we should look at this again with the next race. So pleased you enjoyed it.

@@FrictionCollective If only a mainstream tv or netflix/amazon style platform would use this. Cheap, so much natural drama, interesting people with interesting backgrounds and motivations. And you guys know what you're doing with narratives. Fingers crossed. Plenty of dot watchers out there that live vicariously through these participants. All the best with next year!!!

The Wild Atlantic Way 🤩

stop thinking start riding :)))

That was great. Have to find that cover. Loved the Dire Straits on the Sax at the end as well. Great film!

Cheers Stuart, much appreciated

Yeah! Congrats to everyone that took the challenge and, really, the video editing is amazing! Got me in the mood to run it someday! greetings from Argentina.

Thanks Nathan. Its all a labour of love. Great to have nice feedback :)

Agree 💯

@@BIIIKES hop

Sadly it appears the British people will be gone in 100 years..... 😢

Haha ok well looking forward to welcoming you to the Clan 👍

Almost any form of cycling off the track is “endurance” sport, this is well into “ultra endurance” at these kinds of distances and durations. What I find fascinating is that it’s far more about mental condition than it is physical condition - a 50watt FTP advantage is completely meaningless compared to the ability just to not give up and press on, for whatever reason that drives you. I don’t think it’s altruism that made them ride together so much as mutual encouragement, distraction and overcoming fatigue, boredom, loneliness and fear. Basic human companionship, even in an event that seemingly celebrates independence and isolation.

Much appreciated!

Check out “GBDuro 2019 - EF Gone Racing” here on KZfaq if you haven’t already 👍

Thanks. It has the same effect on me too!

You’re never too old

@@PanCelticRaceSeries Thank you. I am just in awe at what every competitor achieves.