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My minimal SR for qualification:-
200: Dunno, one of the Henham/Ugley ones. Will probably cycle up from SW15 too.
300: Invicta 300 - Meopham, Kent(9th April, 3am start means I can get a train there and back easily and only be away from home one day.
400: Severn Across 400 from Chalfont St Peter (30th April. Enjoyed it last time...)
600: Kernow & South West 600 - Exeter (28th/29th May. Will take gears for this one as it's a tad hilly).
BA Flights to/from Paris also booked (I have to be at a party on the Isle of Wight on the Friday night with no hint of a bike with me), just hope the bike will get to Paris without problems. Extra baggage booked. Bike in clear plastic bag (and pray). Stuff (including tent, sleeping bag, stuff for PBP) in large rucksack checked in too. Arrive at CdG at 10am Saturday, metro/cycle down to StQeY (55km). Pitch tent. Sort out bike. Register + bike check. Relax. Eat. Cheeky beer or two. Attempt to sleep. Eat. Sort out stuff again. Eat. Leave bits and bobs in tent. Do PBP (start for 90 hour riders is between 6pm and 9pm Sunday). Finish by deadline of 5pm Thursday. Pack up stuff. Bike/Metro back to CDG airport. Slump in airport if I haven't booked nearby hotel. Check-in for 8am flight home. Arrive back at home by 10am with no care about whether the bike has made it. Train/tube home (or cycle if I'm feeling up to it). Dump stuff at home. Shit/shower/shave. Pick up pre-packed bag for weekend on Isle Of Wight. Train to Portsmouth (stay awake for changes at CJ and Guildford). Passenger ferry about 3.30pm to Ryde. Collected by Mrs G. Tart self up again. Party like someone who's just cycled 1200km in 4 days and then slept in an airport and traveled for 8 hours to get to a party. Woo!
Considering the FNRTTC/Home/DUN-RUN/Home combo as training. Timing not great but the idea is:-
Friday Night Ride To The Coast starting midnight doing the 'Genteel' ride to Brighton. Turn around and cycle back to London Fields. Rest for a bit at the start of the Dun Run. Do Dun Run, eat food at Dunwich cafe, turn around, cycle home. 577km or so by my calculations, so I could push it out by cycling 23km to the start of the FNRTTC. (P.S. 4 or 5 people did the FNRTTC/Dun-Run combo in 2008. Makes my DIY 400 of the Dun Run and home in 2009 look positively wimpy.)