Pulling out of transition for the final 25km to the finish the road immediately went straight up an absurdly steep climb. For the first time I hopped off on a road section and walked up, which so close to the end was annoying. Overtaking someone still slogging away justified the choice though :-)
The road wound along the edge of a valley in a seemingly endless set of ups and downs, but finally it descended to the river and it was a quick ride along to Ruswarp for a final steep climb to join the disused railway line which formed the compulsory route to the finish.
This was an almighty slog as seemed to head uphill for ever and straight into a headwind. Finally the sea loomed into view and the trail descended and looped around the headland.
The run to the finish was only interrupted by a bit of fiddling through Robin Hood's Bay village to re-find the railway which helpfully vanishes for a while. Back on track a big arrow came into view and I turned off into the finish field and across the line, stopping the clock after 30 hours and 49 minutes of racing.
There were loads of people to cheer us in and a medal was presented by the organiser all of which made the finish special.
There was then just the anxious wait for Liam.
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