Re: LEL 2017 ( London-Edinburgh-London) - 1400 km in 116 h 40 m

Woah. Fantastic Sayi. You are finally living the dream All the best with the ride.

Will be cheering you on from my office chair

Re: LEL 2017 ( London-Edinburgh-London) - 1400 km in 116 h 40 m

Wow, what a feat. Is the ride still ongoing? All the very best.

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Re: LEL 2017 ( London-Edinburgh-London) - 1400 km in 116 h 40 m

All the very best Sayi...

Re: LEL 2017 ( London-Edinburgh-London) - 1400 km in 116 h 40 m


The LEL got over a couple of days back. Sayi completed the ride. Will wait for him to return to India and share the experience



Congrats Sayi

Re: LEL 2017 ( London-Edinburgh-London) - 1400 km in 116 h 40 m

Thank you all and thanks for tracking Monk.

It was really a wonderful experience to ride at a place where cyclists are respected very well. Also there is a lot to learn from other riders from Europe and rest of the world. Seeing 1600 riders is like living in a magical world.

Those who do not know, LEL is London Edinburgh London - a `1400 km brevet to be completed in 117 hours. It happens once for every four years. 1600 riders round the globe took part. 59 Indian riders started and only 10 managed to finish within time and seven out of time. Cold climate, navigation are the two big factors that affected Indian riders performance.

Though there is some regret I took 7 hours additionally to complete the course, I was happy that I didn't give it up. I learnt a lot from this experience and it boosted my confidence levels to attempt many other events like these.

While I posted my experiences in facebook, it took me some time to properly arrange them in a blog. and here it goes.

Part-1 Northbound and Part-2 Southbound

These are just my experiences in the ride. I will write another blog on the gear used, training and what to expect in UK/ Europe if it is your first international trip.

Thank you all once again. Please feel free to post any queries here.

Re: LEL 2017 ( London-Edinburgh-London) - 1400 km in 116 h 40 m

It is wonderful to know that such a big contingent participated from India and 17 actually completed it. Congratulations once again Sayi Even though you didn't finish it in the allotted time, but the fact that you did finish it is itself a big deal.

May i ask who are the 17 finishers from India?

Re: LEL 2017 ( London-Edinburgh-London) - 1400 km in 116 h 40 m

Thanks Monk. I know the finisers names and here is the list.

Sathish Kumar* - Chennai
Ashish Thadani - Chennai
Gopalakrishna Pullela - Chennai
Gautham Narne - Hyderabad
Pradyumna Penmatcha -Hyderabad
Yuvaraj Palaniappan - Bangalore - Fastest Indian finisher- 110 hours
Abhishek Bansal - Rourkela
Bishen Singh - Rourkela
Sadananda Reddy Vundyala* - Hyderabad
Rajesh Krishnamaneni- Hyderabad
Kushal Agarwal* - Rourkela
Sayi Rama Krishna* -Hyderabad
Mohan Subramanyam* - Hyderabad
R Karthik Prakash* - Delhi
Yogendra Singh* - Delhi
Rajagopal Haridoss - Chennai
Kaviarasu Rajappan - Chennai

Cheers,
Sayi

Re: LEL 2017 ( London-Edinburgh-London) - 1400 km in 116 h 40 m


Thanks for the list. Kudos to all of them. The * riders are the ones who didn't finish within the allotted time i assume

Re: LEL 2017 ( London-Edinburgh-London) - 1400 km in 116 h 40 m

Yes Monk. They are riders who made it out of time.

Re: LEL 2017 ( London-Edinburgh-London) - 1400 km in 116 h 40 m

[MENTION=77632]sayi89[/MENTION] Congratulations Sayi Bro. It might be a bit late finish but it indeed is a memorable one. With your inspiration I have started Cycling and now have pedalled more than 6k km. Looking forward to ride with you in the future editions of the Ultra Endurance Cycling.