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Entered my First Audax - now what???
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Fubar
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Actually, didn't you struggle with motivation after LEL??
Maybe I should give this Audax stuff a miss, you know - for the good of cycling...
For me, the Snow Roads is certainly up there with the hardest things I have done on the bike. Having said that, the year when I 'Completed', I was properly prepared, I had the miles in my legs and - most important of all - I believed I could do it. I didn't know all the route, so 'rode the road in front of me'; if it went up, so did I. I had no fear of the hills because I didn't know about the worst ones ! 
The year I packed, I was not adequately prepared, knew what was coming and my mind gave way before my legs.
I still rode from Braemar back to Kirrie, though … there wasn't much other option ! 
So where does this leave our @Fubar ? Planning his LEL, obviously ! He's got 2 years - and he is a good project manager. 
The year I packed, I was not adequately prepared, knew what was coming and my mind gave way before my legs.
I still rode from Braemar back to Kirrie, though … there wasn't much other option ! So where does this leave our @Fubar ? Planning his LEL, obviously !
He's got 2 years - and he is a good project manager. 
martint235
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It wasn't so much motivation. A lot of it was what do I have to prove. So for example I went to the start of a FNRttC in the pouring rain and thought "I don't need to be doing this anymore". I also changed bikes which I'm blaming for a catastrophic loss of fitness (regained now). LEL was my first Audax but I'm now getting into them a little having done two in May and I'm also riding more generally including a 200 miler from Doncaster a few weeks ago.
I am one of those though who did LEL to achieve something. I've achieved it now so I won't be doing it again or PBP. I plan on volunteering for LEL 2017 though
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For me, the Snow Roads is certainly up there with the hardest things I have done on the bike. Having said that, the year when I 'Completed', I was properly prepared, I had the miles in my legs and - most important of all - I believed I could do it. I didn't know all the route, so 'rode the road in front of me'; if it went up, so did I. I had no fear of the hills because I didn't know about the worst ones !
The year I packed, I was not adequately prepared, knew what was coming and my mind gave way before my legs.
So where does this leave our @Fubar ? Planning his LEL, obviously !
Hang on, I haven't even done the 200 yet!
martint235
Dog on a bike
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- Welling
You mean a 53/39 with 25-11 cassette? Good man!!! Start as you mean to go on!!!
martint235
Dog on a bike
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The first part of LEL will count as your first 200, it's ok.The principle is just the same, though …
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
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Did you catch the Adventure Show feature on the Snow roads a couple years back?
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW9RbrV7PNE
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW9RbrV7PNE
