Bukrinskiy-2021
I 🚲 the Bukrinskiy-2021 BRM200. It was my third or fourth time on this route.
I showed up despite not riding for a year and a half because of 🧡. Strange enough, I finished faster than before on this same route (still slowly, tho). Possible reasons are:
- 1the weather was 🌞 this time
- 2I stuck in a group of 🚲🚲🚲🚲, which rode well for half of the route, including the air pocket behind two trucks
- 3not wasting time at checkpoints
No miracles have happened, and I bonked at the 💯 km mark. I waved the group goodbye — from behind, right after the climb out of Kaharlyk. I sat up and started taking photos while riding the 👴 tempo.
IT WAS ONLY AROUND 180-th KILOMETER THAT I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE LAST CHECKPOINT — THE ONE WHERE THEY GAVE US THE FUEL CALLED PEPSI-COLA — WAS NOT PRESENT THIS TIME! Had to traverse the last hills with no sugar.
After a few sad dozens of minutes I reached the finish, and Yevhen was kind enough to taxi me home fro there (an extra 80 km driving for him). Thanks a lot.
Thanks to:
Yevhen,
the organizers,
the photographer,
the drivers in these trucks,
and the other two members of our group of four!