{"id":858,"date":"2015-05-18T15:46:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T15:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/77.104.180.154\/~andrewdo\/blog\/?p=858"},"modified":"2020-04-13T20:56:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T20:56:11","slug":"training-is-done-now-for-the-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/18\/training-is-done-now-for-the-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Training is done…now for the Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"
This past weekend I took part in the London Revolution<\/a>, a 190-mile two-day cycle sportive around the capital. When I entered this event last year it was at that point the furthest I have ever ridden over two days; this year it is a training session for our epic mission of 900 miles in 9 days which starts this Saturday<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It was great to meet a couple more people who will be part of the Ride 999 team. Phil and James kept me company through the weekend and it was great to get some good miles done with them. The ride itself was great\u2014like last year, the weather was beautiful and the hospitality was very generous. So much food!<\/p>\n

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At the finish with Phil who accompanied me over the two days<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the big highlights for me was forming part of a 15-person ‘chain-gang<\/a>‘ as we entered Chesham and sped along to Latimer. Last year I couldn’t dream of keeping up with all of the fast people that were zooming past me so it was good that this year I could at least hang on at the back. I kept looking at my Garmin and couldn’t believe how much speed we were carrying as we sped along. (I think it looked pretty cool, too!) I can see why this kind of riding is addictive.<\/p>\n

I did both days at an average of about 15.9mph which is roughly 2mph faster than last year\u2014it may not sound like much but it made a world of difference. I’ve been hobbling around the office today so I am not sure what state my body will be in by the time I am three or four days in next week.<\/p>\n

So my final training stats from the start of January are:<\/p>\n