Here is a bunch of videos I made while riding.... if anybody in the world wanted to feel what I felt (pain, music and stress included ) go ahead and click to see the videos on Youtube.
For the lazy or fellas without poor bandwidth ( like my parents in Italy ) here is the a decent list of pics for the day, starting from the early climbs, then awesome views... then the arrival and a final thanksgiving dinner by myself by the water.
What can I say... today was a great day after all... just a lot of pain to go through. I went past sea lions lying on the sandy beaches when I was riding at sea level.... 20 miles after I was in decently high mountains with cows looking at me weirdly ( maybe my gatorade burps where a little too noisy :) ).... 20 miles and you are back to sea level.... and well.. you can imagine my face after about 80 miles and you still see a huge hill in front of you....
Thank god the last 30 miles where flat and a good wind helped my heavy legs to keep rollin.
What did I learn today:
- Never trust a bike mapping website, elevation graphs.... are not everything u need to know.
- It is much better to not stop for lunch but keep going and have small breaks here and there but no heavy food before the end of the monster ride
- Wind can be a b*tch
- If butt hurts after 10 miles..... the whole day will be a b*tch :-)
Good night now... ( 8.30pm lol )
Happy thanksgiving!
V.
1 comment:
How many flats have you gotten so far? Keep kicking ass!
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