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What hurt at 200k mark?
Resolve it
Ride 300k
What hurts?
Resolve it
Ride 400k, what hurts?
Resolve it.
Ride 600k...Repeat until maximum distance you're satisfied with is achieved. If you've done ultra-running then it should be relatively easy, you'll just find different parts of you hurt and you'll need to deal with those. Toenails tend not to fall off in cycling events, for example, but your gooch might not speak to you for a while.
hippy
I've never ridden an audax so all of this might be a bit noob, but how hard is an event like LEL? Or more specifically, what sort of mileages are typical riders riding to prepare for such an event?
Following this thread as well as the PBP/TransAm/TransCon threads has really piqued my interest for long, multi day events and I can't get the idea of riding LEL out of my mind but I'm worried about preparation etc. I'm not new to endurance stuff (I've done plenty of 9-24hr type events e.g. ironman, ultra marathons etc.) but 5days feels like a big step up. Currently my longest ride is only a touch over 200km, although I want to do a Godwin (/Abraham/Searvogel) later this summer.
Currently I'd like to do a marathon in October, a 50mile ultra in April, and then ideally LEL in July. Sound do-able? I'm just feeling nervous.