Yay: still going surprisingly ok despite two brutal days and little sleep, no major niggles. Beautiful ride through valley after Piopio. Bakes beans on toast at Oparau! Deciding to stop in Raglan just after 6 and enjoying first shower (and downtime)of event and enjoying watching thunder and lightening while not riding in it. Also it didn’t rain all day.
Boo: run out of chain lube (thanks Brent!), heinous up/downs between Oparau and Raglan. Also brief navigational error.