DavidCH
In thought; expanding the paradigm of traversity
The weather has finally turned to the better. I ventured out today on a longer run. I had planned to try to get to the top of a steep hill today and bomb down from the top. I haven't done this ride for a long time and it always makes me overboil. Today , I got half way up the hill and found out I had no more gears. I was determined not to walk it. So I used Maria's technique in selecting view points up the hill and kept my cadence at a steady pace. Yessss, amazing... I got to the top but had to stop because of the traffic lights. I doused myself with water and prepared for the down hill... I'm close to 60kph today because the wind for once is blowing me down the road. That's such a thrill. Cyclists coming the other way were giving me the thumbs up. The next few round abouts , I noticed they're were police and marshals ... they were stopping cars but not me. I was going just over 40kph and a traffic cop on a motor bike tells me to take the next right and get off the road. So I did and 3 minutes after that the pro peloton zoom through must have been close to 60kph... phenomenal... nerves of steel and such fitness. So after 3 groups of pelotons zoom by , I mount up and carry on. I could see them from far away and it looked like I was going a similar speed until I looked in my mirror to find more about to overtake me.
Total different kettle of fish.
Even when I was 20... I never had fitness like them....
At the end of the day, I was really happy with my ride and celebrated the experience with a swim in the Mediterranean.
Total different kettle of fish.
Even when I was 20... I never had fitness like them....
At the end of the day, I was really happy with my ride and celebrated the experience with a swim in the Mediterranean.
