Test Ride

In preparation for the "big event" I decided to ride non-stop for 18 hours through the night round Richmond Park in South West London to get a feel what we were going to be doing in August. I started at 3pm on Friday 9th July and finally ran out of steam at 8:30am on 10th July.

Stats:
Laps: 37 (1 lap is 6.8 miles)
Total time: 17:30
Distance covered: 252.33 miles
Riding time: 14:37
Average speed while riding 17.2
Ascending: 4181m

I was accompanied for all but about 2 of the 37 laps which is amazing. At one point I heard mention that there were 12 of us riding round at 11pm on a Friday night!

Particular thanks must go to Barry Clarke and Dave "Whisk" Sidgwick who themselves reached phenomenal landmarks - Barry hit 200km (125 miles) and Whisk hit 100 miles while assisting me towards my total.

Thanks also for the food, cool water bottles, gels and energy bars that people arrived with - especially the Thai Green Curry from Guy at 9:15pm, marvellous!

This is me at the finish - 252 miles done!