ridelondon 100 route analysis

RideLondon 100 Route Analysis

The 5 things you need to know to prepare for RideLondon

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1. The Route

• The event organisers have not released a detailed

route map...

• But the summary route information suggests it

looks something like this...

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Cover image: http://www.flickr.com/people/52408222@N08/

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1. The Route Start: Olympic Park

Finish: The Mall

“Surrey loop”

2. The Ride Statistics

• Route length: 100 miles (hence the name...)

• That’s 161km, metric fans

• You’ll be climbing around 4,325ft (1,318m)

• You have 9 hours in which to complete the

course

• To do that, you’ll have to average ~12mph

(19km/h), allowing 30 mins for rest stops

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3. Where Are The Climbs?

• They’re in the ‘Surrey Loop’

• There are 2 major ones:

– Leith Hill

– Box Hill

• They’re marked on the map on the next slide...

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3. Where Are The Climbs?

Box Hill

Leith Hill

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3. Where Are The Climbs?

Box Hill Leith Hill

4. Leith Hill vs Box Hill

• Leith Hill is steeper than Box Hill

• Box Hill was resurfaced for the Olympics:

– The tarmac is smooth...

– ... with inspirational messages

• DON’T FORGET: the Box Hill climb continues after the National Trust cafe

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Leith Hill Length: 1.9 miles Ascent: 513 feet Dist. From Start: 55 miles Dist. To Finish: 41 miles

Box Hill Length: 3 miles Ascent: 557 feet Dist. From Start: 65 miles Dist. To Finish: 33 miles

5. Are The Climbs Hard?

• In short, no

• If you’ve trained to complete 100 miles in one

day, you’ll get over the climbs, so...

• DON’T panic... but...

• DO treat them with respect

• Both major climbs are in the second half, so...

• Train to climb when you’re tired

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5. Are The Climbs Hard?

• This is Leith Hill

• See, not too scary

• Don’t worry, there

won’t be snow

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5. Are The Climbs Hard?

• All you need to do...

• ... is put down the

Ignore

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Visit the Grimpeur Heureux blog

• This post on my blog

has more information

on the RideLondon 100

route

• If you’re interested in

recreational road

cycling, visit Grimpeur

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