London-Edinburgh-London 2013: The thread

[middleagecyclist]

Add another one........

Do you mean for the DIY via Yad Moss? If so you are more than welcome. Give me a PM.

I am hoping to make it a 400 km from Manchester and return via Barnard Castle, Brampton and Penrith. It works out at 405 km using the walking option on Google Maps. Very rough plan at the moment but i'll work on it. Got my first 200 km lined up for next week so i'll get that out of the way first.

 

[lazycyclist]

Sorry no not for the DIY Yad Moss. I meant for the 2013 LEL.

 

[DanialW]

I'm afraid I may drag the average age down a bit though as I'll only be 51 for the LEL .

I had an email last week from another person with an eye on LEL2013 as their next big target. If they ride, they will be celebrating their 50th on the road.

 

[heinim]

Well I've marked LEL 2013 in my calendar... so you can add me also to the map. Will hopefully be able to make some tours in UK before to get used the landscape.

 

[heinim]

One urgent question comes up in my mind: do you recommend Ale, Guiness or Lager during this long efforts?

 

[PpPete]

One urgent question comes up in my mind: do you recommend Ale, Guiness or Lager during this long efforts?

Welcome heinim !

UK audax rides are best fuelled by TEA ! Actually most of the controls will probably also offer another beverage they call "coffee" but this will be entirely unrelated to the drink of the same name that you continental persons will be familiar with. !

 

[mcshroom]

... and of the three you give - ale seems to be the most restorative in my experience

Welcome aboard the mad ship LEL

 

[martint235]

... and of the three you give - ale seems to be the most restorative in my experience

Welcome aboard the mad ship LEL

But I seem to remember a Spanish study that showed lager (I assume that when the Spanish say beer they mean lager, could be wrong though) was the best recovery drink to use after exercise.

 

[iZaP]

Two pints of Guinness and I'll cycle back from anywhere

 

[yello]

PBP out the way, my thoughts have looked ahead and even at this early stage I reckon I can say that I'll be riding. I seem to think fondly of LEL, not quite sure why. There's something 'down home local friendly' about it I guess.

Couple of 1000+ brevets I want to do next year though, so they're my more immediate concerns.

 

[heinim]

Two pints of Guinness and I'll cycle back from anywhere

That's what exactly what I supposed to hear.

 

[Greenbank]

One urgent question comes up in my mind: do you recommend Ale, Guiness or Lager during this long efforts?

During? I try and avoid it.

One reason I like Audax is that it means I'm not in the pub on a session watching football/rugby, or even just having the odd 'cheeky' beer.

I don't want Audaxing to become another excuse for a few cheeky drinks. If there's a control at a pub I'll have a lime and soda or the like (unless it's the final control).

The 5 days of LEL in 2009 was the longest I've been without alcohol in probably 10 years.

On PBP I held out until Sizun on the way back (~650km) and had a panache (lager shandy) at a roadside cafe and watched everyone going past. I had another panache the next day. I made up for it after finishing though.

 

[heinim]

I've received an email from the LEL 2013 Team that states: "You do not need to qualify to enter." Does this mean no brevets etc.?

 

[Ian H]

I've received an email from the LEL 2013 Team that states: "You do not need to qualify to enter." Does this mean no brevets etc.?

Yes. Though you'd be well advised to plan some training including long rides in preparation.

 

[RoyW]

I am interested in doing the LEL but am unsure what to expect in terms of physical effort. I have managed to finish the Kernow SW 600 for the last couple of years if that is anything to help judge by but have never ridden a longer distance (in fact the longest ride I have done other than the Kernow SW is a 300).

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