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all of the above are good recommendations, I would say rather than worrying about failing halfway through just attempt a longish ride, like say the canterbury one at the end of the month or the one out to camber sands in september, the only way you get used to riding longer distances is by riding longer distances, spending time in the saddle and just turning the pedals. Popping into one of the night rides would be a good way to get a sense of how riding for a more extended period of time feels.
I never did anything more than commute about 12miles a day before deciding to do the dunwich dynamo this july, 120miles to dunwich on the suffolk coast, so to get used to doing longer distances and to prepare for it, I rode on every long ride on the forum, so southend, brighton, cambridge and oxford, and wouldn't have been able to do the dynamo if I hadn't.