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Ride London 100

Narra
I have set up this thread with the purpose of inspiring all members of the NAS RL100 team who are taking on this challenge.
 
The chat can be about anything broadly related to this ride.  For example:
 
  • Why this challenge and why are you doing this
  • Who inspired you
  • Discussions about your training
  • Discussions about your fundraising
  • Use it for obtaining tips from experienced members of the team
  • You can identify the level of experience that you already have and what your personal goal is
  • Setting up training rides or routes
  • Discussing how you are going to tackle Newlands Corner, Leith Hill or Box Hill
  • What other members of your family are going to do during your ride
 
It doesn’t matter if you are looking for a PB of less than 5 hours or even if you will even be delighted at beating the nine hour time limit, we will all be experienced cyclist at the end of this experience and all contributions are welcome.
 
PS.  Apparently Kate Donohue is also going to be contributing to this thread!
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  • Dear Kate and Arran,

    Thanks very much for setting this up and for making all the arrangements thus far. 

    I'm not normally a forum contributor, but excitement of the event is clearly getting to me (!) and I'm looking forward to being part of the team. Kate, from the latest photo, the jerseys look great - I'll be proud to wear one. 

    By way of introduction, I suspect my background is typical. I became aware of the challenges of autism after our elder son received a diagnosis of Aspergers. Our challenges are relatively mild compared to those of other families we've come to know, but even so we were very grateful for some of the free services provided by NAS, which have allowed us to learn about and respond to our son's condition as early as possible.

    As for the cycling, have just enough time for semi-regular 60-70 mile rides. It's been a while since I've done 100, but when I watch the pros on TV they always do the last 20 miles really quickly, so I'm assuming I'll benefit from the same phenomenon (?!). If I average 14-15 mph for the lot, I'll be delighted. Happy to share the pace with any others at that level, though finding each other might be a challenge.

    Living in Wimbledon, I know most of the course quite well. As previously noted, Leith Hill tougher to my mind than Box Hill. I think the official map had marked a hill in Richmond Park, but it really isn't. What might be a little more tiring is the steep rise into Wimbledon village after 90 odd miles.

    Anyway, Kate, let me know if there is anything I can help with. My one question - is there any NAS meeting point at the Start? Obviously, it's great to have the Carlton House location at the end, but wondered whether there would be a congregation point at the start. Admittedly, it might be chaos and we'll all have separate start times... which might rule out that idea. Thought I'd check though.

    Many thanks, Duncan

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  • Dear Kate and Arran,

    Thanks very much for setting this up and for making all the arrangements thus far. 

    I'm not normally a forum contributor, but excitement of the event is clearly getting to me (!) and I'm looking forward to being part of the team. Kate, from the latest photo, the jerseys look great - I'll be proud to wear one. 

    By way of introduction, I suspect my background is typical. I became aware of the challenges of autism after our elder son received a diagnosis of Aspergers. Our challenges are relatively mild compared to those of other families we've come to know, but even so we were very grateful for some of the free services provided by NAS, which have allowed us to learn about and respond to our son's condition as early as possible.

    As for the cycling, have just enough time for semi-regular 60-70 mile rides. It's been a while since I've done 100, but when I watch the pros on TV they always do the last 20 miles really quickly, so I'm assuming I'll benefit from the same phenomenon (?!). If I average 14-15 mph for the lot, I'll be delighted. Happy to share the pace with any others at that level, though finding each other might be a challenge.

    Living in Wimbledon, I know most of the course quite well. As previously noted, Leith Hill tougher to my mind than Box Hill. I think the official map had marked a hill in Richmond Park, but it really isn't. What might be a little more tiring is the steep rise into Wimbledon village after 90 odd miles.

    Anyway, Kate, let me know if there is anything I can help with. My one question - is there any NAS meeting point at the Start? Obviously, it's great to have the Carlton House location at the end, but wondered whether there would be a congregation point at the start. Admittedly, it might be chaos and we'll all have separate start times... which might rule out that idea. Thought I'd check though.

    Many thanks, Duncan

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