RussellZero
Wannabe Stravati
- Location
- New Forest, Hampshire, UK
You will be fine, plenty of practise beforehand! Well done, I'll be joining you on the same ride too, so excited I got in, can't wait!
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- Thread starter Crankpoet
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Biker Joe
Über Member
- Location
- Nr Harlow, Essex.
Hi and a warm 
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shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
As others have said, practice, a triban 3 would be a decent investment & make sure you do justice to your good fortune by giving it your best.
simple maths 100/8 = 12.5mph average minimum. Should be easily doable with the time you have got to prepare & by August you should be happily quicker than that. Set yourself a target to start with e.g. 7 miles in 30 minutes, smaller, less daunting numbers = a 14mph average & build it up week on week.
Be steady and consistent on the day at your happy speed. The newbie error on distance rides is to set off like your a**e is on fire and run out of steam well before the end then give up or struggle on at snail pace in all sorts of discomfort.
You will need to feed & drink properly too or you'll find yourself in a similar unhappy place before the end.
simple maths 100/8 = 12.5mph average minimum. Should be easily doable with the time you have got to prepare & by August you should be happily quicker than that. Set yourself a target to start with e.g. 7 miles in 30 minutes, smaller, less daunting numbers = a 14mph average & build it up week on week.
Be steady and consistent on the day at your happy speed. The newbie error on distance rides is to set off like your a**e is on fire and run out of steam well before the end then give up or struggle on at snail pace in all sorts of discomfort.
You will need to feed & drink properly too or you'll find yourself in a similar unhappy place before the end.
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Bryony
Veteran
- Location
- Ramsgate, Kent
and good luck you'll do just fine!
Neill_M
Regular
- Location
- Leicestershire
If you're employed it's worth looking at the cycle to work schemes to fund a new bike.
RSW099
Member
- Location
- loughborough
Hi Crankpoet, Just read your post, good luck with the ride. Hope the training goes well.
Remember to factor in your refuelling stops. I did just under 100 miles in a moving time of 7:33. But it took me 9 hours because I was tired, (It was my last day of LEJOG and I had ridden the previous 12 days) it was windy and cold. So you will probably need to hit an average of 14.5 for 7 hours with an hour break. I am a little bit older that you but maybe a little bit fitter so I would say that you could do it. As others have said you need to get the miles into your legs. Another couple of bits of advice I have received is
a) Try to do a sportive or two beforehand. Wiggle offer a few http://www.ukcyclingevents.co.uk/events/wiggle I am planning for the New Forest and the Ups and Downs.
b) Try and go as fast as you can for as long as you can. 2 hours at a fast pace means you can easily do 4 hours at a slower pace.
c) Get some hill climbing in and repeat these. A lot of the angst about hill climbing is in the mind. Don't try and blast up them but take it at a steady pace.
d) Now that you are into cycling try and get a bike as good as you can. I invested in a carbon frame last year and it is great. I enjoy going out on it.
Finally if you feel that you can't do it come August let me know and I'll take your place. 3 of us applied and only one of us was successful.
a) Try to do a sportive or two beforehand. Wiggle offer a few http://www.ukcyclingevents.co.uk/events/wiggle I am planning for the New Forest and the Ups and Downs.
b) Try and go as fast as you can for as long as you can. 2 hours at a fast pace means you can easily do 4 hours at a slower pace.
c) Get some hill climbing in and repeat these. A lot of the angst about hill climbing is in the mind. Don't try and blast up them but take it at a steady pace.
d) Now that you are into cycling try and get a bike as good as you can. I invested in a carbon frame last year and it is great. I enjoy going out on it.
Finally if you feel that you can't do it come August let me know and I'll take your place. 3 of us applied and only one of us was successful.
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Welcome to CC and good luck with your quest....
WellyWonkey
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Denton, Manchester, UK.
Nice one Crankpoet. I'm doing my first 100 miler later on this year too. A bit daunting to say the least but with plenty of training and advice off this site should stand you in good stead. If we both manage it should be prove an invaluable experience and achievement. Get the miles in. Should be a lot easier now the light is returning, and warmth hopefully. Good luck 
thefensman
Active Member
- Location
- HARTLEPOOL. NORTHEAST ENGLAND
Hi and welcome, just read your post and good luck.Not much i can add to the info already given but it does get BETTER. I,ve been riding seriously around 18 months and only really started to loose a bit of weight but now i love it. The burn and pain is still there on occasion and i often struggle slightly for the first mile or so of a ride but once you hit a good pace and get into the ride you find that the miles just keep clocking up. As others have said start small and just build up over weeks and before you know it 25/30 mile rides will be a piece of cake and the feeling when you know you,ve finished a good ride is well worth any aches and pains. Keep them turning!
) but from what I can tell with the time available you should be able to complete the 100 and enjoy it
Easytigers
Guru
Good luck and keep at it. Never ridden 100 miles but have done just over 80. It wasn't as hard as I thought but it really made me understand the need to eat and drink properly on the ride.