PpPete
Legendary Member
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- Chandler's Ford
Just noticed the list of finishers from 2009 on the AUK site.
Less than half showed their nationality as British !
Less than half showed their nationality as British !
London-Edinburgh-London 2013: The thread
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PpPete
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chandler's Ford
Another recruit...although not directly from the forum. Mrs PP has now read some of the Arrivée write-ups for 2009 and plans to join the fun.
PalmerSperry
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
It is nationality or country they entered from? Just wondering because if it's the former then come 2013 then I might listed a British whilst wearing a top that looks like this!
PpPete
Legendary Member
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- Chandler's Ford
I don't know what criteria was applied on this page http://www.aukweb.net/el/lel09finish.htm
That's a nice looking jersey !
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
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- Egremont, Cumbria
There's a lot of Italians on that list, they can't have all fitted in that motorhome
+1 on the Jersey - that looks very well designed
PalmerSperry
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
There's a lot of Italians on that list, they can't have all fitted in that motorhome
Maybe they where hot bunking?
Sprint Design do quite a large number of nice jerseys, but they're not exactly cheap ...
SteelRex
New Member
- Location
- California, The Left Coast
I suppose that since my Scottish ancestors travelled across the Atlantic in the 1720’s, I’ll have to resort to listing my nationality as USA, although “MUTT” might be more accurate.
I was considering having some cycling shorts made up with the clan tartan as I suspect cycling in my kilt would prove uncomfortable. With a minimum order of 15 pairs, I’ll need to find some similarly minded Celts to go along with me. More on that perhaps in early 2013.
OP
OP
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Would she like her own pin in the map, or share yours?
Well, I made another step this weekend. The YACF night ride to Scarborough, and me riding back, gave me all my targets for the summer in one fell swoop: a night ride, an imperial century on the trike, and a 200km for the first time ever. 127.92 miles, 22 hours awake, and a headwind pretty much all the way back. Average rolling speed of 9.2 over 14 hours of riding, but much slower when you take into account total time out, breaks, etc.
When I got back, my knees ached, and I was obviously tired, but not at the point of collapse - I managed some food and time online before going to bed. There were points on the way back when I was crawling along, but I gave myself a stiff talking too, and a chance encounter with a friend who provided tea in Pocklington meant I upped the pace to about 10mph for the last 20 miles.
Night riding was fantastic. I kept having moments when I realised I was experiencing something from Andy's book - the lights bobbing about in front and behind was the most magical. Especially when the retroreflective patches on the leggings of the folk behind were reflecting my rear lights as we climbed a long shallow hill - soft red blobs bobbing up and down silently in my mirrors. And looking east and seeing that first light....
Brilliant. Roll on the next (in October!)
Nuncio
Über Member
One of those was mine. (ie one of the articles, not necessary one that Mrs PP read)
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Realistically,
Do you think you can Cycle 175-200 miles a day for 4-5 days with minimal sleep?
At the moment even I would find it tough. I am 44 and cycle on average 800-1000 miles a month.
I can cycle 150 miles a day no problem at the moment, but 150 miles a day for 5 days in a row, well that's a different matter
So I have 3 years to build up for it. It's not a trip to take lightly imho.
I'm 18 atm, so ill be 21 by 2013, I just started cycling in june, got some sort of a road bike this month, hopefully ill have a proper apparatus before the LEL
I have three years to train up
