Well, I had considered riding to the start and then home in preparation for the REALLY stupid ride in early May. I decided against that as it seemed maybe a step to far for an early season Sunday. The 200 I did in Wales a couple of years ago (when I was much worse fitness wise than now) was roughly the same (200k /3,750m) but I suspect many of these climbs will hurt more. In some odd way I am quite looking forward to the suffering!