MC's Cycling Diary

London Edinburg London (LEL) 2022 Edition 7 August to 12 August Distance: 1,520 kilometers Maximum time: 125 hours and 100 hours   About the ride: London–Edinburgh–London (LEL) is a randonnée bicycle event of approximately 1,500 kilometres (930 miles) over an out-and-back course between the capital cities of London (England) and Edinburgh (Scotland). LEL is the flagship event of Audax UK, it is held every four years. The 2021 (being held in August 2022 due to the covid pandemic) ride will be the 9 th edition of LEL. The ride starts at Central London for the 100 hour batch and from Davenant School, Debden for the 125 hour batch. Over 2,000 riders are participating in the event. The 100 hour batch starts at 5:00 am from Central London and the 125 hour is divided into batches of 40-60 riders in each batch with the start times for each batch being 15 minutes apart. The route has 19 control points (excluding the start and end controls). The average distance between co...

Waterfall in kudremukh Date: 7 April 2022 - 10 April 2022 Total distance: 1,020 Kilometers Start Time: 4:00 pm 7 April 2022 Return Time:  2:38 am 10 April 2022 With: Jayaprakash N Altitude Profile: It’s been a while since I’ve done a 1,000 kilometre and above ride; September 2020 being the last time that I had ventured on a 1,200 kilometre ride in 90 hours. After that it’s been about getting shorter distance rides and only 1 overnight ride. I had the opportunity to ride the 2 nd edition of Jog 1000; it was a good opportunity to get back into the rhythm of riding long distances. Having already done the 1 st edition of Jog 1000 in April 2019 and the route being the same, there was nothing new to look forward to in terms of the route. I did not get into the details of planning for the ride. Having ridden the earlier edition I had a fair idea of the route, the time and also about where I could do better as compared to the previous edition. I wanted to use this ride to t...

  Date: 26 November 2021 Distance: 237 kilometers Elevation Gained: 8,896 meters With: Pritish Weather: Very favourable for most of the day Road surface: Rough with a lot of small stones on the road on account of the rains, however, can't complain on the surface too much as its better than what is there is other places Everesting, put in simple words, it's about climbing the equivalent height of Everest (8,848 meters) on any hill by completing repeats in a single activity. Very easy as the concept is stated in a single short sentence. Executing it though is a different story. Breaking up the requirements of everesting into the following components: 1. Find a hill There are many hills around Bangalore. The popular one being Nandi Hills, then there is Basavanabetta, Devarayandurga, Ghati Subramanya, Markandeshwara Betta, Antargange, Avalabetta and so on. Many of the hills are closed for public during the night and as such being able to complete the ride in under 12 hours was not ...