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Any of you guys here do ECE? I don't just mean riding to and from the start / finish point of the event (as some refer to as ECE) but actually mapping the route, submitting it for validation etc. I tend to not bother with the train nowadays for anything up to about 35km one way and give myself the option of using the train for the return journey home if I'm pooped but that has rarely happened. So I'm now wondering about extending the transit rides and making them official.
This is mainly as a result of chatting to Tim Sollesse at the Seaford control on Saturday. Having told him that it was my first hilly ride he asked if I was after the points to which I gave a quizzical look. He then explained that he had accrued 100 points last year and was focusing more on organising this year. It got me thinking about a challenge for next year. I definitely want to progress to the 400 and 600 but a points challenge might be an idea too.
The other thing that Tim explained was that in his experience, once you get comfortable at the 200km distance, the longer ones are more about strategy rather than fitness. Eating and sleeping. Would be interested to hear what some the more experienced riders here think about that.
A guy who sat at the same table at the Bexhill control said that he'd ridden 7 x 600 rides this year, PBP and a 1700 in Europe. There are audax nutters and then there are audax nutters.