I received the latest release from the Tour which included a list of mileage per day and it is going to be a monster of a trip.
The longest day will be a 129 mile ride!
Of the 95 days actually riding there are a total of:
63 days, two thirds of the trip are over 70 miles (not so bad...) of those:
44 days are over 80 miles (a wee stretch of the legs but doable ...) of those:
28 days are over 90 miles (starting to push it...) of those:
13 days are over 100 miles (ok, I will solidly be in the century club category and will certainly be challenged...) of those:
5 days over 110 miles (now that is getting a bit much...) and of course one of them is:
129 miles in a day (this one fits into the OMG category!)
The best (or depending on your point of view, the worst) stretch is in Botswana where in a 5 day stretch the mileage is as follows: 99, 87, 129, 101 and 99. With any luck or maybe misdirection I could hit 4 centuries in 5 days! Yay, or ouch!
Well wish me luck and maybe a dose of sanity.
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