Completed the last leg of the most technically demanding “bike” race I’ve ever done. Only got started at 4:30am as I laid in bed my legs swollen and aching from the previous days effort to make the ferry. More reports of “death mud” and more overnight rain kept me hiding in bed way past my alarm time of 1:30am. Focused on keeping my power on low zone two, eating every 45min and making sure I didn’t run out of water:food throughout the day. Istrian peninsula is stunningly beautiful. Like The Shire. Gravel was faster than the last few days and the average speed picked up despite the 50km winds. Every climb hurt. Every hike a bike hurt worse. I’ve never pushed, carried or walked my bike more in my life. Socks didn’t dry out over the four days of racing so my feet are swampy and hurt so badly. My intensity graph shows a total consistency I didn’t have the first three days of the race - and it paid off. I was able to attack on the final climb moving up one more spot before the 25km downhill to Trieste. If you are thinking about doing this race, message me. ⛰️ Vrh križa (411 m) • ⛰️ Krog (418 m) • ⛰️ Podpeški Brgodec (416 m) • ⛰️ Goričice (511 m) | 🌐 summitbag.com