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Trafalgar Way
436 km
Carrying the news of Trafalgar to London.
Ride 436 km. Falmouth to the Admiralty.
- It stands on
- Gagarin's orbit
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- Gagarin's orbit
- Weekly distance
- About 300 km of riding a week on average over 6 weeks
- Long weekends
- About 10 hours 15 minutes of riding over two days in a row, 4 times in the last 12 weeks
- Longest ride
- At least 7 hours 15 minutes, at least once in the last 12 weeks
- Taper
- Two easier weeks before the event week
The story
In November 1805 Lieutenant Lapenotière carried the news of Trafalgar and of Nelson's death 271 miles. He went by post-chaise from Falmouth to the Admiralty in London in about 37 hours. Source: The Trafalgar Way.
The ladder
- Fox's crossing/
- Thirty-miler/
- Mauna Loa 1859/
- Kailash kora/
- Chilkoot/
- Jouett's ride/
- Iron Riders' day/
- Birkebeiner/
- Edge of space/
- Hundred and one/
- Pony Express/
- Century/
- Brighton and back/
- Pilgrim's 200/
- Athens to Sparta/
- Swift Nick's ride/
- Gagarin's orbit/
- Trafalgar Way