Race Against Adversity

So here is an example. I'm totally zoinked from the preceding events. I trade up two rest blocks to get a six hour break. But to stop that long you have to haul ass up the road 125 miles which takes 2 hours. Then a motel check in, shit and shower takes 1 hour. Now the vehicles need gas, ice, and food for the next shift which I have to take the first pull. So I get on the bike after a 30 min nap and the incoming racer gets lost in town at the time station. Its illegal for me to ride the race course in reverse to find him and make a transition. We trade about 10 frustrated cell phone calls until I can get back to racing. 45 minutes lost. Again, I'm shot to france so I need a short pull. They set up a transition down the road to relieve me and his pedal breaks on acceleration. Again I have to keep on keeping on.

Its so easy to lose time and so hard to gain it back.