As I saw Steve off last year, I thought it would be fun to ride out and see Kajsa off on her year yesterday.
A nice group ride which steadily whittled down as people peeled off, with plenty of chat. Kajsa always leading, no drafting allowed. A very relaxed pace so most could join her on the ride, stops for photographs. A mid ride village hall food and coffee stop, where a considerable amount of supporters were waiting to cheer her in.
She has certainly encouraged people already to be actively involved, 2 riders alone yesterday doing there first 100 and has some good mechanical support from Leisure lakes.
Had a nice long chat with her, she is far from interested in doing long days in the saddle wanting this to be fun rather than a chore. Is looking forward to travelling to new places as part of the journey.
For a start the idea is pre published routes and encouraging people to come along.
It was interesting to hear the reasons behind the choice of Guinness as the body for authentication rather than the UMCA. In a nutshell its down to the global recognition that Guinness brings to the process, along with the fact that they were nicer to deal with than the UMCA apparently, oh and free!
Citizenfish will approve, she is using mileage cards as part of the authentication, I gladly signed the first one
will have to sort my photos out.