The 34-year-old man who crawled out of bed and very nearly cycled 100 miles

The 34-year-old man who crawled out of bed and nearly cycled 100 miles

Scott Sinclair
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A few months ago, Professional Adviser editor Scott Sinclair signed up to represent Team Prudential in the RideLondon-Surrey 100 cycle ride, which took place on 10 August. Was he ready? Of course he wasn't. And here's what happened...

    Expecting to be able to cycle, run or swim great distances because you have a modicum of fitness is one of the mind's great deceits. It's a trick mine has played on me twice now: first before cycling 126 miles from Greenwich to some beach in Norfolk for charity a decade ago, and again in the build-up to last Sunday, when I attempted the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100. I wasn't prepared: I'd only purchased a bike three weeks prior to the event (£180, reduced but new), and the only ‘training' ride I'd been on before we set off from the Olympic Park in east London comprised of a 2...

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