the people that are gonna do big rides are gonna do big rides, regardless of whether they got a solid 8+ hours of sleep, are perfectly hydrated/fueled or whatnot.
doittoit. there are a million excuses as why not to do the big ride. you figure out pretty quickly that the vast majority of the excuses no do matter and once out on the
big ride, you're happy that you pushed through a lack of sleep, nutrition, life situation, whatever to do said ride. <3 hours of sleep + motivation beats 9 hours of sleep and
conditional motivation every time.