Just finished Jogle in just under seven days it was epic

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Great Effort i live about 5 miles from you and did opposite direction in july but did 9 days and found that hard so 7 days awesome
out of interest i might have bumped into you near Bicton on morning commute as other commuter was doing jogle in july with parents driving Camper
Hi Bill
I think it was Prob Doug as he lives in Colaton Raleigh
I think a lot of our time was down to having full support and tail winds although I would not have liked to travel up Shap the north way near carlisle and a few of the hills for some reason seemed much less gradient heading southwards we put it down to the Ice flows thousands of hears ago …. but were probably wrong.
Devon and cornwall was also by far the hardest and I personally think i would have struggled if I had done that first. `Coming southwards after the sixth day in we were just into a bit of a routine
cheers

Nick
 
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Carrying on (2 months later ……sorry!!)
Here are some tips that I found really good and helpful if you're planning on doing it quite quickly:

Food……. Lots
First thing in the morning porridge…….. loads of golden syrup on the top and banana if you can.
Exery 25 miles or so stop, have 15-30 mins to eat something and take on more supplies, we really flagged when we didn't catch up with the camper for more than 35 miles and struggled later in the day as a result. In a weird way my cravings changed from day to day but many Bananas snickers and mars bars were consumed along with loads of moist flapjacks and dare i say it we stopped at a few burger vans and ordered the largest butties they did. I used a few gels but tried not to have too much coffee later in the day.


Water…. It was quite warm and we went through about 1.5 -2 bottles a 25 mile stint. I added a zero tablet to every bottle and didn't suffer from cramp once… Im sure they helped.

Kit….. I used a cube agree base level carbon bike and ran my tires at about 90psi and didn't have one puncture for the entire trip. Probably the best money i spent was £140 on a specialist bike fit at Ride plymouth, i wasn't going to but soon into training a reoccurring hip problem reared its head and the day after a ride i could hardly walk…. I used get the same when i worked on scaffold…. Paul (at Ride) talked through what i was doing and immediately focussed on this , after questions he got me checked over and immediately spotted one of my legs is 8mm shorter than the other (apparently it's really common) he got over this by placing a plastic shim between my shoe and clip in spd pedal cleat I have never had a problem since (i now use an insert in my normal footwear on one side too) Pauls thoughts were if i had started without the shim i would have potentially really struggled after the third day , Its food for thought that doing lejog your legs will go around over 250000 times so its prob best to make sure they are going around naturally rather than fighting your natural body shape.
I used a garmin 500 edge that was great with a heart rate monitor, I found the heart rate monitor really helpful during training as on my first long ride…. I went from 60 to 110miles in one hit…. I just religiously kept my heart rate below 75% of its maximum and it was fine.
I used assos cream that was great to stop chaffing. One day I did get some and so that night caked the area in sudacreme, by morning it was a lot better, Paul said a top tip on an endurance ride is to have different types of short so your not using the same pads each day. also carry a third pair of simple ones so if you get a really bad bit of chaffing you can wear one set over the top.

A top tip is a rear mirror just to keep a rough idea of whats coming up behind you I used a zefal spy and found it brilliant i became chief spotter on the trip for us I found I was able to stick more in the road rather than kerb hug until i really had to.
I also had a small flat plastic rear mudguard that pushed in under the seat and just stopped the worst of the water continuously soaking my bum!!
I had simple SPD pedals that are set to the easiest level so you can easily unclip…. when your tired at the latter stages of a day it is a godsend to do this.

BE SEEN>>>>>>>>
I was out the other day and in the rain saw a cyclist on a matt black bike with all black lycra and a matt black helmet……… each to their own but i didn't see him till i was nearly on him and it scared the life out of me!!! I really believe that if you are in bright gear and continuously run flashing lights, vehicles are much more wary of you and give you much more space. Run them all the time………..even in bright sunshine when you are under trees and a motorist first comes into the shade and their eyes are adjusting it may make the difference between them hitting you or not.
on the front I had two white Knogs flashing at different rates on the back I had another knog and a large cat eye with 5 linear leds.

one of the greatest tips was from doug, who, when i got pretty anxious about the trip kept on telling me to remember its just a bike ride and to not mentally make it bigger than it is, i know we were lucky with the conditions but we did push ourselves to the limit and when we went over 135 miles in a day the next day was definitely tougher.

ENJOY IT…….. The part I most loved about the trip was waking up in the morning having nothing whatsoever to do but go for a bike ride, I have two young children and also obviously work also and having the opportunity for headspace on a daily basis was amazing.

I hope the above helps
Sorry for waffling on in some parts and perhaps being a bit OTT with the safety bit.
Nick
 
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