13 September 2014

Paris-Brest-Paris 2015 - riding to Paris and back from Denmark?

PBP 2015 is a year out. A month ago I was looking at a map and thought that it didn't look that far from Denmark (Esbjerg, to be precise) to Paris. Turns out it is just shy of 1200 km... So naturally, the thought appeared that I could ride to Paris from Denmark, ride PBP and then ride home to Denmark again. Should make for a nice summer holiday!

So here is my tentative plan for (some of) August 2015:

7-8: Esbjerg-Wischhafen - 251 km
8-8: Wischhafen-Lingen - 237 km
9-8: Lingen-Helmond - 183 km
10-8: Helmond-Aalst - 167 km
11-8: Aalst-Compiegne - 238 km
12-8: Compiegne-St Quentin en Yvelines - 107 km
13-8: Rest
14-8: Rest
15-8: Rest
16-8 (late pm): PBP - 1200 km
17-8: PBP
18-8: PBP
19-8: PBP
20-8: Rest
21-8: Rest
22-8: St Quentin en Yvelines-Aubigny-au-Bac - 214 km
23-8: Aubigny-au-Bac-Herentals - 210 km
24-8: Herentals-Doetinchem - 177 km
25-8: Doetinchem-Oldenburg - 205 km
26-8: Oldenburg-Heide - 205 km
27-8: Heide-Esbjerg - 180 km


It is about 3650 km in 20 days. Seems totally doable with some planning and winter practice... More to come!