What's your next Audax?

[lane]

Long Mountain 150 7th August

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

I'm looking at the Roses to Wrags 200k on 7 August - https://audax.uk/event-details?eventId=9084

Riding a 200k audax at 8am after track racing the night before might be interesting / too much, but I'll have to see.

I’m riding that one too. It’ll be my first calendar event of the year as the previous one I’d entered was cancelled.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Just had an email through from the organiser of the Rose's to Wrags 200k that's a week on Saturday. It'll be my first calendar event of the year. I must admit to feeling more than a little excited

 

[Nebulous]

The Turra Coo 300 tomorrow. Last weekend’s 200 was tough, particularly the climbs, so I have some apprehension about this one.......

 

[DCLane]

I've started route-checking for Saturday's Roses to Wrags 200 - it's one I've entered but been unable to ride a few times. Normally I'd have done a 600 by now, but in this odd year I've not been further than 120km. That's partly due to Covid restrictions and partly due to track racing.

It looks as if the slower you ride, the wetter you get.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

I've started route-checking for Saturday's Roses to Wrags 200 - it's one I've entered but been unable to ride a few times. Normally I'd have done a 600 by now, but in this odd year I've not been further than 120km. That's partly due to Covid restrictions and partly due to track racing.

It looks as if the slower you ride, the wetter you get.

Yes, I’m riding the same one. We’re going to get wet, looking at the forecast.

 

[Solocle]

Not an official audax, can't really expect to submit a DIY for this evening...
The Dorset Dynamo.

Start - Canary Wharf. Roughly sunset.
Get out of that London.
Start of the A30 at Heathrow airport.
If traffic's too hairy I'll go through Staines, but it should be late enough, and cycling across the Runnymede Bridge would be quite amusing.
Join the A303 at Popham, before leaving almost immediately at Michaeldever Station. Old A30.
Sutton Scotney - almost completing the A30 between Honiton and London.
Turn, head up to Bullington Cross. A30 complete. Rejoin the A303.
A303 to Stonehenge. Should be around sunrise!
Leave A303 at Willoughby Hedge.

Just over 200 km.

As for why the A303? Services. Imma need to eat. If I don't like the taster at Popham, I can follow the A30 all the way from Sutton Scotney, which I've done before. But then I miss out on Stonehenge 😢

Full fat option: Dunraven Doomsday, carry on to Dunraven bay for a 400 km.

Don't think I'll be up to it this time

 

[Solocle]

The very start (or end!) of the A30

Runnymede Bridge, right alongside the M25

Very start of the A303.

Failed to do the full distance, as the 24 hour McDonald's at Solstice Park wasn't in fact open. As I'd been promising myself a nice warm meal for the last 20 km as a coping strategy, well, my resolve crumbled, as I stared down the maw of bonking on the A303.

Still, an Imperial Century, and I made stonehenge before sunrise.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

My next calendar event is on Sunday 5th, the East Midlands Forests 200k. Starting on the border of South Derbyshire and Leicestershire, and heading east to near Melton Mowbray, south to north of Corby, and north-west passing south of Leicester and back to the start. Looks a good route and a few roads from my childhood and lots and lots of new roads.

Next is GPX and routesheet checking. So far the forecast looks good, but we all know how much that is worth!

Fingers crossed I'll get further than my last 200km calendar event = 22km before losing drive. I have fettled the bike to within an inch of its life to get it perfect (I'm not taking any bets that I have to call for rescue though. In fact, I may have already put the start location into my wife's sat nav in case she needs me take me back to my car... ).

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Nothing planned at moment. I have the route checks of my own 100 and 200 September events the next couple of weeks. Then have a mini cycle break planned with wife. Will look to see what Audaxes are running fairly local in October.

 

[DCLane]

Nothing planned either. Hillclimb season is about to start, along with several Junior national championships, so that's me out for a while.

 

[Ridgeway]

Booked in for a Grand Fondo this Saturday. Only the second one this year but hope to add an XC Marathon next month as well

In between now and Saturday i need to find some legs

 

[Ridgeway]

Some more info on this weekends Fondo. La Wysam has 3 routes, 111km (1800m), 222km (3200m) and 333km (5000m), i've gone for the sensible 222km with 3200m of climbing

I did bottle out on the other local Fondo 3wks back, the Tour des Stations. It's my target to do it next year..... but that one is 220km with almost 9000m of up stuff think that one needs some focus and dedication before signing up.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

I did bottle out on the other local Fondo 3wks back, the Tour des Stations. It's my target to do it next year..... but that one is 220km with almost 9000m of up stuff think that one needs some focus and dedication before signing up.

It looked like it:

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It looked like it:

An Everest audax!