We did about a year's training, from buying our bikes and starting out on 20-30 mile rides, building up to 100 milers and finally getting in a back-to-back 100 miler and a 100 on the Chiltern course the "Big Dipper" - we fit this one in because we live in Cambridge and so we wanted to get in a few hills (this proved vital as our route was very hilly - I'm pretty sure any LEJOG route is going to have it's fair share but I think we chose ourselves a stinker in some ways). We also joined gyms and I started a Spinning class, both of which were important in building up the strength we needed for the day after day slog. I'm not sure I believe anyone who says they did not need to train for LEJOG - if it's true I can only guess that they started off a lot fitter than I did!
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