People under the stress of 400km plus rides tend to show their underlying natures, the selfish ones become even more selfish, we get to see who is helpful, who is bad tempered, who complains, who is uncomplaining. You can just about hold it together for 400km. There are of course people out there who can handle even PBP without breaking into a sweat, but that's plain weird. I suppose what I mean is that for me long distance has to mean something extra. Maybe that's just perverse, I don't know. I'm sorry to hear that your PBP was lonely that is one of the unsung problems of Audax, you can fall into a hole where you don't catch people and people don't catch you, been there many times, not much fun.
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Topic: What is "Long Distance Cycling?"