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With no sleep debt in advance you can get by on surprisingly little.
How little? It's gonna be rider-dependent isn't it? sigh
No. Sleep. Til. Brooklyn!
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How little? It's gonna be rider-dependent isn't it? sigh
Indeed, that's why I stated it vaguely.
I cope very well with sleep deprivation but I've got friends I've ridden 300km Audaxes with who just can't make the jump to 400km (or longer) as they just fall apart when with no sleep in a 24 hour period.
I can still often be heard saying things like "I'm so tired I've been up since 6am" but that's generally when my sleep was interrupted and/or I'm carrying a big sleep debt.
Greenbank
With no sleep debt in advance you can get by on surprisingly little.
Not quite the same distances (but not too shabby):-
London-Edinburgh-London in 2009 I had ~10 hours sleep during the 5 days (115h was my elapsed time, 70 hours riding time for the 1426km). I finished at ~3am or so and didn't go to sleep until 10pm that night. 45 hours off the bike is a lot of faffing, especially for only 10h sleep.
Paris-Brest-Paris in 2011 I had ~10 hours sleep during the 4 days (87h53m was my elapsed time, 55h riding time I think for the 1228km). Started the ride at 8pm so I'd been up since 7am on the first day. Finished at midday-ish and got a few hours sleep that night (on the floor in CDG airport). Flight at 7am, lift home from Heathrow from a friend, shower and then an hour long nap in the bath (joy) and then out the door to get myself to the Isle of Wight by train and ferry. I was up until ~2am when I got there but slept very well that night.
Managed to do much less faffing on PBP, only 22h dedicated to resting, eating, pissing, etc. (I even had a shower after the first 1160km).