I've not done too many long audax rides, although do have a 400km and 600km planned before July. To set my mind at peace that the Mille Pennines is actually achievable, I've put together an outline schedule as below, based on an average riding speed of 20km/h. I would appreciate any thoughts that more experienced audaxers have, specifically:
1. as a conservative schedule, does this look appropriate?
2. if I'm ahead of schedule, should I keep the sleep durations the same and build a buffer, or aim to sleep longer and keep the daily start times as per the schedule?
The cut-off time is 1pm on the final day, so I've aimed to finish an hour beforehand, and have also included 2 hours worth of stops during the last 115km leg, so plenty of allowance for the unexpected.
I appreciate that I will need to adapt on the ride to unforeseen events, weather, etc.