Is LEJoG Like Childbirth?

[Webbo2]

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

I don’t suppose you have noticed what Spen666 has on his badge thingy.

 

[Fergs]

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

What a good idea!

https://www.audax.uk/event-details?id=14676

 

[ivegotabike]

What a good idea!

https://www.audax.uk/event-details?id=14676

GCN did a video about a gravel route around London couple of months back too


View: https://youtu.be/F5Pkx0P-dw4

 

[Mike Ayling]

Then we also have the Devizes to Westminster Canoe race.

 

[spen666]

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

Too many Southerners

 

[Jameshow]

I am a soft southerner myself to be fair! But getting to the tipping point of spending more time up here than not!

 

[steverob]

I attempted LEJOG this year and made it to 82% (based on miles cycled versus how many I was supposed to do) before having to quit due to poor health - got a cold just before the Lake District that turned into something nastier around Loch Lomond.

Many people since have asked me if I would go back and do it again and my initial answer has been no, but in the back of my mind I haven’t ruled it out completely. However I can’t see trying the whole thing again until after I’m retired (at least 10-15 years for that) because getting that much time off work is a hassle.

Now would I do just the Scottish section that I did not complete so I could say I’d done the whole country, even if not in one go? Yes, that is much more tempting. It won’t be next year, but maybe in the next 3-4.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

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

Nowt wrong with doing it over 40 days if that is what works.

LEJOG only defines start and end points. The route in between can be as different to others as you wish. A friend did an off road version just under 20 years ago. Eight hundred and odd miles.

 

[matticus]

A friend did an off road version just under 20 years ago. Eight hundred and odd miles.

Forunately navigation has gotten a lot easier since then.

 

[Jameshow]

Forunately navigation has gotten a lot easier since then.

That's pretty direct tbh!

 

[spen666]

I suppose one difference between LEJoG & Childbirth is you don't end up paying maintenance for 18 years as a result....probably

 

[T4tomo]

The respect people give you when they know you've cycled LEJoG is far more than if you did another ride in the UK.

I'm not sure that's a reason for doing it though, I.do things for the satisfaction/ pleasure etc it gives me, not for a craving of respect ( or anything else) from others.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The respect people give you when they know you've cycled LEJoG

Most firstly go, what the hell is LeJog, and secondly are impressed if you can ride 10 miles. As above, doing a ride because you think others will give respect, is a pretty weak reason.

 

[Tenkaykev]

A couple of friends walked LeJog a few years back. It was to celebrate his 60th. I think it took them a little over 80 days. They didn't take a day off as they reasoned that they'd just be walking around looking at stuff anyway, so they built in several very low mileage days.
I did Ireland end to end on foot for my 40th and coast to coast ( Galway to Dublin ) for my 50th. Got a few years to decide what to do for my 80th, but it will probably be on my bike instead of on foot🚴