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frank9755
Well done.
I did a 400 last Thursday. It was my first solo DIY, ie where I didn't tag along with someone who was doing it.
I did the Chilterns Cycleway route, with a leg out from home.
Hardest 400 I've ever done, and the slowest. Lots of lanes and ups and downs. Some off road sections, some of which were wet chalk that I had to walk, and some others I detoured round. Had hoped to be able to ride all the Chilterns bit in daylight to make the descents easier, but had an hour of dark lanes at the start and two hours at the end, when it got really slow as I had to go easy on the descents.
I enjoyed it, only considered DNFing at one point, after about 140km when things were hurting and still a long way to go.
Slightly disappointing to find that the best bits were mostly bits I already knew. The northern end near Luton was not that great -lots of fly tipping on the quiter bits and some busy roads.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/33981022
This week I'm going up to my parents in Carlisle and thinking of a hilly 200 round the Lake District, over most of the main passes.