seinfeld kramer sleep cycle

I just did a big back-to-back event; a Le Mans 3 Hours with OEL and a Spa 2 Hours with ORL, with less than 24 hours break in-between races. Both races were time scaled and we ran for a bit at night. My back, shoulders, and neck are still sore, and I am seeing dark spots or tiny bright flashes at random. I guess I just need to get a good sleep to recover. 

I did well at the OEL Le Mans Race, finishing 2nd (but a lap behind) to the superfast Elia Tartari. ET the alien, he was just untouchable. I had a race long battle against the VeeTeam car, they had two drivers and were faster, but they had a jumpstart penalty that got me ahead early. From there I just kept the pace and held onto the position. I got tired though, and if the race were any longer, I'm sure they would have caught and passed me. With the 2nd place at Le Mans, I finish 2nd overall in the final standings of the OEL series.

The Spa Race with ORL was not as good. I wasn't able to practice much and my pitstop strategy was not ideal. I was leading the GT class for a few laps but when it got dark and the temps went down, I couldn't maintain my pace. A little bit after the halfway point I just lost my energy and rhythm and couldn't push at all. I went into Limp Home mode and just scraped by to finish 3rd in GT class.

For sure, endurance races on consecutive nights isn't easy. But then again, I ain't no spring chicken and was never really into the healthy lifestyle thing. If I want to get better at sim racing, certain changes have to made with regards to my physical fitness.

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Signed up for Online Racing League WEC Series. We will be using the Bravo WEC 2018-2019 mod. There are two classes, LMP1 and GTE Pro, and I'll be running the Porsche 911RSR, pretty much the same car we are using in OEL and also the same car from OEC some years ago. So, at least I am very familiar with the car and don't need much practice to set it up. I know all the tracks on the calendar as well, and preparing for the races won't be difficult.

I did run into some problems with the RFE plugin, though. It would DQ me every time I entered the server, saying my plugin wasn't up to date. I did several re-installs of rFactor, the mod, and the plugin but still the same result. And then I remembered I had encountered this bug years ago in rFR League. The DQ happens upon entry to the server, but it will clear as long as you are on the server and any session is started/restarted. So, I was able to put in some practice laps online just before the first race in Sebring.

The race itself didn't go well. I qualified 3rd in GTE Pro class, only to get disco'ed on lap 2. DNF is just the worst ever result. Better luck next race.