Now when I first heard about this it sounded like a fantastic idea. No amount of hills could be too much in preparation for the big one so this seemed ideal.
On the face of it a bike of around this distance is pretty regular. What's not regular however is the climbs that we took in.
Red Bank - category 2
Dunmail Rise - cat 2
Little Poggio - cat 3
Winlatter Pass - cat 1
Egremont - cat 3
Gosforth - cat 3
Hardknott - HC category (murderously hard!)
Wrynose - cat 1
Blea Tarn - cat 2
This was an exhilarating ride - for the first time this year the weather was spot on (especially after last week!). Chris and I did this again at LEJOG pace - with the hills it would have been cracking strength work.
Although putting Hardknott at the end was very harsh. With a 30% incline plus there are some cars which can't make it...let alone anything bigger!
Andy
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