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This is a fair take. @kjlem I've seen a number of people doing a short to medium AM ride and then another in the PM, rather than hoofing out big chunks of KMs in fewer days. But that does mean it makes it hard if you miss a ride.
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@Chopsicle can do a Cent Cols having only done four rides in the twelve months leading up to it. Don't listen to him.
I have spread it across multiple days but I have also done it one go on a single speed. It was by far the fittest I had ever been. It was the final ride in my Randonneur Round the Year, I had done a Cent Cols that year (with @Chopsicle no less), had done Bryan Chapman and rode to and from Chepstow from London.... I was riding so, so much. Doing it in one go was easy breezy. Just cold.
Other years where I've done it, I was riding regularly, but nowhere near as much and it still wasn't that hard. You just have to have the time. It's only a challenge if you don't have time, IMO. If you have lots of time, just tap it out.