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Seem to have lost all enthusiasm for cycling... Which doesn't fill me with optimism for LEL. Will try and fit in a short shakedown ride at some point next week. Wondering what bare minmum I can do to not lose fitness is - I did nothing last week due to being tired from Dunwich and then getting ill later in week.
Stilling messing around with bikefit as 380k last weekend hurt.
Though I suppose it wasn't too bad for 280k or so. Have been thinking that atleast the daily schedule to just finish LEL isn't too bad.It seems popular to start off with getting a load of distance done to get ahead of schedule, but wondering if it isn't better to ride 240k-ish on first day (I start at 11) and then just do 300 a day for rest of ride. Though I'm often bad at getting to sleep so this coild all go wrong.
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I'm an 11am-er too, and got a (rough!) plan in mind of stopping for a 'proper' break at Louth, Brampton, Brampton, Louth and then wherever I feel exhausted enough on the final stretch - gives me days of 242km, 312km, 301km, 217km and a final run from setting off of 361km having set off in the early hours of Thursday.
If by some fluke there's a mahoosive tailwind on the way up or down or things just aren't going to plan I'll need to adjust accordingly...but that at least gives me a starting point and a reference to see if it's all going to pot!
tonylast
I've done my final bike shakedown (literally - over some cobbles to see if anything comes loose).
How much riding are people doing in the final two weeks?
I'm going to be lucky to get 100 miles total - but most of it will be with 16kg of child+seat attached so at least my LEL bike is going to feel pretty light.