coming Unbound 2023 I'm here with Jack Katie and Harley from Garmin and uh well this might
seem like a bit of a strange introduction because we're we're walking slash jogging
you've jogged 100 miles before I have joked 100 miles before I um although I did decide
that time not to carry a big steel bike with me so the mud here is not like normal mud
it gets stuck in your bike and then you can't you can't ride at all so um that's why everyone's
doing this it's gonna be a long drive [Music]
why did you bring a toothbrush with me um I just thought it'd be nice we got the checkpoint
to freshen my breath I'm hoping this end is to be fair still usable [Music] anymore
if you choose your line carefully you can walk your bike and push it along without it
clogging up with mud because it's at the point where your wheels just stop it's all about
line Choice like anything in cycling I did not choose my line carefully Oh no you're
right now you've got Curry
just keep you keep practicing you'll be all right jack years of practice my bike is so
heavy now
[Music] thank you I can't help but feel this is bad for my bike I'm the Great Plains of
Kansas stroll in my mouth you know the local [Music]
[Applause] back on the bikes just about we're feeling very happy
my feet are happy they're thanking me now our bikes are uh we've got a new soundtrack
party remember when you're a kid and you put a coat cat on your bike to make it sound like
a motorbike that's this that is this we've uh we've been going about two hours ow done
10 miles it's gonna be a long day
[Music]
what's this really driving there was one puddle and I went through it and um one little puddle
took me about an hour and a half to get through it um and now I wrote there's a caked in peanut
butter the organizers are Unbound they come along spray peanut butter crunchy peanut butter
all over some sections of the course not all of it because they don't want to be too mean
but that bit we just rode through full of peanut butter hey we are now finally making
some progress we're in a section now which is called the Flint Hills and the gravel is
very very big and apparently very very spiky because everyone gets punches here so far
we've been all right I've crossed it now weather's warming up thunderstorms are forecast for
the later part of the day we might be back before they start the faster we go a little
less likely we are to get wet although to be honest I quite like some rain right now
it's already 30 degrees [Music]
[Music] first food slash water stop we may have lost Cody we hope it is okay I'm not
sure if you're just ahead of us or behind us I'm eating gummy bears mixed with Sour
Patch Kids life is good I am like a cactus but less efficient I.E out of water and really
want some water I am because I'm banging Tunes um sweets are good the nails look good the
mouse is still looking sick
[Music]
how you feeling Jack we've made it to the feed which is 60 miles in three feet cycling
are the SAG support team that we've got helping us they are the nicest guys in the world and
give us cold drinks food sandwiches I've got um magical Sprite this is by far the best
hotel yeah it must be different different uh formula um
is that in a stocking
look at the service here beautiful scraping all the stuff off my bike and lubing the chain
because it is so dry I've been overheating for the last hour it's so hot even when you're
not in the sun you're just like horrible 40 miles to go
[Music]
we've been riding about an hour since the food stop team garment is looking worse for
wear
that's a good point the girls are fine uh me and Jack feel like we have heat stroke
so we've had a sit down in the bush oh but look you got the right idea mate foliage
[Music] back on the bike now feeling a little bit better no matter how much I've tried to
eat and drink sometimes the heat just gets the better of you especially when you um well
when you live in Newcastle and then you come here you fly straight here and it's well it's
well hot isn't it 30 miles to go that's like a bike ride in itself I don't have ibuprofen
challenge how many Cheez-Its do you have Well everybody's mocking me but I had the same
volume on paroon and they've all been consumed so okay subtitles ten minutes time my friend
when you're like hey you got anything salty the answer will be no we found Katie again
if that wasn't obvious
they're all left me I've been doing a rain dance because I want it to rain because I'm
so hot Katie's very upset with this but I think if you look at this my dances worked
Bring It On any minute now
quite unpleasant
[Applause]
helmet squeeze oh it's not nothing nothing so total stats of today's ride we rode for
eight hours one minute 53 seconds 164.9 K 102 miles I think that is average of over
20k an hour and a max speed of 52k an hour 1500 meters are climbing and the solar charging
that this Garmin has I gained an hour and 18 minutes of battery life that's Garmin Unbound
2023 any last words Jack uh it was hot and wet and fun