Upping the ante

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Upping the ante

Post by Philip Whiteman » 28 May 2012 10:03

I am far from decided or even confident that I will have the staminer for riding the London-Edinburgh-London next year but have chosen this year as a tester.

This weekend I upped the ante by riding two DIY randonees back to back:

- Droitwich - Weymouth - Droitwich plus the dog leg home.
- 307 miles / 495km
- 4,000m of ascent over the Cotswolds, Wiltshire and Dorset Downs
- 20 bottles of fluids consumed
- 20 hours of riding
- 6 hours sleep
- backside that looks as though it belongs to a Baboon
- Met one Chippenham Wheeler whose first question was 'are you practising for LEL of something?'
- under nourished
- 32 degrees in places with molten road surfaces
- overtook triathletes in a race :roll:
- enjoyed the lot of it.

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Post by AlanW » 28 May 2012 10:42

Phil

You are indeed in a league of your own...........
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Post by Neil Compton » 28 May 2012 12:27

Did you have time to stop and take any photos? :roll:

Well done. Sounds a bit torturous. :)

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Post by Pedlo Mudguardo » 28 May 2012 15:02

Which leg of the race were the triathletes on ? :D

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Post by George » 28 May 2012 20:50

National 24 hour next, Phil?

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Post by Andy Terry » 29 May 2012 13:40

This sort of material should be confined to the top shelf. Nevertheless - well done Phil.

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Post by Philip Whiteman » 29 May 2012 18:01

George wrote:National 24 hour next, Phil?
It has crossed my mind as it would provide essential resiliance training for the LEL but not until next year. In order to enter, I would need to convince, bribe or blackmail Lisa into providing a support vehicle and catering.

Sadly, there is no club prize for such a feat. However I could make up for that deficit by completing National 24hr entitlement for entering the toughest and most mentally deranged race in the World, the RAAM :shock: . Saying that, not even in my wildest moment has the RAAM ever been or ever will be a serious consideration. Cycling non-stop at an average 18mph for 7 days is not my idea of enjoyable cycling.

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Post by AlanW » 29 May 2012 18:42

Philip Whiteman wrote:Saying that, not even in my wildest moment has the RAAM ever been or ever will be a serious consideration. Cycling non-stop at an average 18mph for 7 days is not my idea of enjoyable cycling.
Lightweight............ :wink:
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