Solocle
Veteran
Closest I've come is a 200 miler, which took me 21h 30m. Started at 10pm.
So, I stopped for an impromptu sleep at 200 km, at home. That gave me a second lease of life, but I did have parents to get me up!
Make sure you're comfortable. You probably can do better than me on sleeping pre-event, because it was a Friday, and I had Uni.
Either way, getting the hours of darkness done at the start worked well for me - I didn't start feeling like I was about to fall asleep until I got past Poole - 100 miles in the dark!
Furthermore, use those hours of darkness to make progress. The first half of the route was on A roads, which were quiet at that time. It may be a distance challenge, but A roads are not only direct, you'll also move faster.
Nighttime also raises the question of refueling. [Motorway] services are ideal for this purpose.
Just make sure that the food places are open 24 hours! Daytime isn't such an issue.
Closer to the day, look at a wind forecast. Last time I did Oxford-Cambridge, the wind was a howling tailwind, and I averaged 20.2 mph - 85 miles!
So, I stopped for an impromptu sleep at 200 km, at home. That gave me a second lease of life, but I did have parents to get me up!
Make sure you're comfortable. You probably can do better than me on sleeping pre-event, because it was a Friday, and I had Uni.
Either way, getting the hours of darkness done at the start worked well for me - I didn't start feeling like I was about to fall asleep until I got past Poole - 100 miles in the dark!
Furthermore, use those hours of darkness to make progress. The first half of the route was on A roads, which were quiet at that time. It may be a distance challenge, but A roads are not only direct, you'll also move faster.
Nighttime also raises the question of refueling. [Motorway] services are ideal for this purpose.
Just make sure that the food places are open 24 hours! Daytime isn't such an issue.
Closer to the day, look at a wind forecast. Last time I did Oxford-Cambridge, the wind was a howling tailwind, and I averaged 20.2 mph - 85 miles!