Is LEJoG Like Childbirth?

[spen666]

I ask because you often hear of women after giving birth saying never again...and then a while later having a second or third or more children

Well, I completed LEJoG in 2009 and said never again.

I did it again this year to mark my 60th birthday as a solo unsupported ride and found it a real challenge mentally as well as physically.

Now I find myself considering whether I should do it again next year or the year after. The more I think about it the more it seems like a good idea.
Do I need to seek psychiatric help or just go for planning LEJoG again

 

[PeteXXX]

I, too, said never again after my 66th birthday present to myself..
Fortunately it was the year before the world shut down otherwise I doubt I could have managed it having a dodgy knee now.
So, yes, never again 🤦‍♂️

But.....

if I did 20/25 miles a day I might be alright over 40 days 😂

 

[OldShep]

If its like giving birth then when i got to JoG i wanted twins. I was so into eat ride eat sleep everyday i didn't want to stop.
Subsequently knocking other linear rides off most years so doubt ill ever get back to having another LEJOG child.

 

[Jameshow]

I did it in 2019 in 8 days would like to do it again in perhaps 2weeks or lejogle in a month save the hassle of transport. Could also do nc500 at same time, and lon las Cumri too!🤣🤣🤣

Stuff it! let's make it a year off!
when I do start march 1st?! 🤣

 

[spen666]

I did it in 2019 in 8 days would like to do it again in perhaps 2weeks or lejogle in a month save the hassle of transport. Could also do nc500 at same time, and lon las Cumri too!🤣🤣🤣

Stuff it! let's make it a year off!
when I do start march 1st?! 🤣

I'd start a month later if I was you

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Do I need to seek psychiatric help or just go for planning LEJoG again

Or how about doing an end to end for a different country?

 

[PaulSB]

I always try to mark my "special" birthdays, 0s and 5sl with a big ride. For my 55th I decided on LeJog. My wife asked why I chose that, my answer, when examined properly was little more than "because it's there." Mrs P told me to consider something different and suggested the Hebrides. So 17 years ago I set off from Lancashire and eventually arrived in Inverness via the Outer Hebrides. I discovered beauty I didn't know existed in the British Isles.

I've no desire to ride LeJog. I would be doing it just because it's there. My point is there are many exciting and different rides in the UK. Why not look at some of the less travelled routes rather than the traditional long distance ride??

 

[ivegotabike]

I did LeJog with a few clubmates.

I didn't say never again out loud, but I certainly said it to myself.

And I stuck to it.

It was JogLe that I did on a tandem a few years later 😜

 

[spen666]

I always try to mark my "special" birthdays, 0s and 5sl with a big ride. For my 55th I decided on LeJog. My wife asked why I chose that, my answer, when examined properly was little more than "because it's there." Mrs P told me to consider something different and suggested the Hebrides. So 17 years ago I set off from Lancashire and eventually arrived in Inverness via the Outer Hebrides. I discovered beauty I didn't know existed in the British Isles.

I've no desire to ride LeJog. I would be doing it just because it's there. My point is there are many exciting and different rides in the UK. Why not look at some of the less travelled routes rather than the traditional long distance ride??

Is there any other reason needed than "because its there"? That was my reasoning both times I did it....and its my thinking for doing it again
The respect people give you when they know you've cycled LEJoG is far more than if you did another ride in the UK.


Obviously no one gets respect for doing a JoGLE as everyone knows that is all downhill and therefore easy 👿

 

[Jameshow]

I always try to mark my "special" birthdays, 0s and 5sl with a big ride. For my 55th I decided on LeJog. My wife asked why I chose that, my answer, when examined properly was little more than "because it's there." Mrs P told me to consider something different and suggested the Hebrides. So 17 years ago I set off from Lancashire and eventually arrived in Inverness via the Outer Hebrides. I discovered beauty I didn't know existed in the British Isles.

I've no desire to ride LeJog. I would be doing it just because it's there. My point is there are many exciting and different rides in the UK. Why not look at some of the less travelled routes rather than the traditional long distance ride??

I guess it's like the London marathon or great north run... Because it's there and people get the effort?

A tour of the Wales, peaks, lakes, dales and Highlands would be more interesting imho.

 

[spen666]

I guess it's like the London marathon or great north run... Because it's there and people get the effort?

A tour of the Wales,

Too many Welsh there

peaks, lakes, dales

Too many Northerners

and Highlands

Too many Scots

would be more interesting imho.

 

[PaulSB]

Is there any other reason needed than "because its there"? That was my reasoning both times I did it....and its my thinking for doing it again
The respect people give you when they know you've cycled LEJoG is far more than if you did another ride in the UK.


Obviously no one gets respect for doing a JoGLE as everyone knows that is all downhill and therefore easy 👿

Yes, there are many reasons other than "because it's there." Your post questions should I do this or not? My response is no, after riding it twice why not do something different?

After a ten year break I'm hoping to get back to long distance riding in 2027 with two rides. On my current possible list are:

St Malo - Nice - unfinished business
Spain - north to south
Spain - gravel end to end
Portugal and Spain end to end
Croatia - something?????

For me these offer more interest, appeal, cultural changes, food possibilities and challenge than riding through England and Scotland. Will the respect or kudos be the same, more, less? I couldn't care about this but you mentioned it so must see it as important. My close cycling buddies will understand my achievement, if it happens, beyond that this aspect is irrelevant.

 

[Ian H]

Two of us did an End-to-End back in the 80s. We started on a scenic CTC route - north coast of Cornwall, then over Exmoor, a bit of Wales and through the North York Moors. We were running out of time so had to route more directly further North. 11 or 12 days in total. We finished at the John O'Groats hotel, where the owner decided to educate us in the finer points of malt whiskies. I'm still very partial to a good malt.

These days I go out with a clipboard and camera to check RRA record attempts on their way along the A38.

 

[Jameshow]

Too many Welsh there Too many Northerners Too many Scots

Then you can ride round the M25 then you soft southerner!🤣🤣🤣

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Then you can ride round the M25 then you soft southerner!🤣🤣🤣