Route for day 4

Day 4 is back to the originally planned route. And look, for a LEJOG day, it's pretty flat!

All route posts are tagged with "route", so they're easy to pull together for those that are interested.

Route for day 3

As mentioned yesterday, there have been last minute route changes because of the overnight accommodation issues in Bath. Day 3 is affected too, and has become the only day of the whole undertaking where I'll clock less than 100 miles. Lucky me, right?

Anyway, here's the revised day 3 route: yet another hilly day.

All route posts are tagged with "route", so they're easy to pull together for those that are interested.

Route for day 2

Here's the route for day 2, tweaked at the last minute because we'll no longer be overnighting at the University of Bath. That's a shame, as I was really looking forward to the one night of the expedition where I could sleep in a room, with a bed and a private bathroom, rather than in a tent, in a field. But hey ho, onwards and upwards.

Anyway, here's the revised day 2 route: another pretty hilly day.

All route posts are tagged with "route", so they're easy to pull together for those that are interested.

Route for day 1

Lots of people have been asking exactly where I'll be cycling on the Ride Across Britain LEJOG route. A common misconception is that is runs North to South, because "that must be downhill, right?" But no, the event runs South to North (otherwise it would be JOGLE, not LEJOG).

Anyway, over the next week or two I'll post summaries of each day's stage, so you get an idea of what I'm going to be up against, as well as where I'll be going. Let's start, obviously, with day 1, the day with most elevation to climb: basically, there aren't many flat roads, you're either grinding it out uphill or hanging on for dear life donwhill. Good to get the hilliest day out of the way first, I guess.

I'll tag all route posts with "route", so they're easy to pull together for those that are interested.

Week 85 metrics

9th August - 15th August

• Total distance: 47.75mi
• Total elevation: 2,272ft
• Longest ride: 35.19mi
• Time in saddle: 4h 37m

Not great, but then I was literally on holiday, so am cutting myself some slack...

Week 84 metrics

2nd August - 8th August

• Total distance: 17.34mi
• Total elevation: 421ft
• Longest ride: 6.59mi
• Time in saddle: 1h 31m

Main bike still being serviced for most of this week, coupled with profound tiredness. Rubbish excuses, I know.

Week 83 metrics

26th July - 1st August

• Total distance: 35.79mi
• Total elevation: 1,339ft
• Longest ride: 30.2mi
• Time in saddle: 2h 39m

Bike in for its service + a few days away = a pathetic week of cycling. Must do better, quickly.

Week 82 metrics

19th July - 25th July

• Total distance: 61.25mi
• Total elevation: 2,012ft
• Longest ride: 13.0mi
• Time in saddle: 5h 20m

What is wrong with me? Six weeks to go until the biggest cycling undertaking of my life, and I'm barely training. Mojo? What mojo...?

Week 81 metrics

12th July - 18th July

• Total distance: 45.44mi
• Total elevation: 2,332ft
• Longest ride: 16.34mi
• Time in saddle: 3h 40m

Pathetic, frankly. I blame the heat, and the fact that I'm self-isolating as a precaution whilst a member of my family awaits their PCR test result. All that, and the fact that training so much for 18 months now has basically robbed me of my cycling mojo; the joy of it has nearly all gone.

Week 80 metrics

5th July - 11th July

• Total distance: 84.73mi
• Total elevation: 1,918ft
• Longest ride: 21.35mi
• Time in saddle: 7h 29m

A little better than last week, but still nowhere near enough.