Audax rides

In other news, I am #70 on the LEL waiting list, really optimistic...

Reckon you're probably good for that, with 5 to 10% attrition.
Looking at the list of completing riders from 2009, there's no where near 600, which is what they sold in terms of tickets. I think the "wiggo-factor" will have lead some to get a little over-excited and enter when theyre really not up to it. Probably/possibly myself included, (though I prefer to think of a Sanchez factor, or maybe a T. Pinot factor).

I know the weather is poop atm, but I feel like I need to start getting some serious miles down, soon. The hardest day I've ever ridden is well short of 200 miles (probably 100 miles in the Tuscan hills, but I was chasing climbing rather than distance).

Thinking about organising something like:

1. Ride(s) on the permanent brevets in the SE. These seem to require at least a month's notice to organise with the keepers of the brevet cards.
   
2. A 300 Mile + weekender. Ride out Sat, B&B at a pub with a few beers and a lumpy mattress, Ride back sunday. Possibly Bristol or Cardiff or similar. Could be organised as a 2x DIY or just done for the sake of it.
   
   

I know that base kms dont need a completion card, but long rides are prone to bed wetting without some sort of incentive to drive them. Especially if a few folk are involved.

Mostly I need to get things in the diary before my missus fills it up with trips to see her mum / baby showers, etc.

Anyone got interest or some similar ideas in the pipes?