Today I went for a ride with Geoff and James and it ended up being my longest ride ever. It was a grey, drizzly day when we left but there was only a gentle wind as we headed down the coast to Taieri Mouth. After a comfort stop at the domain we started on the long steep climb on the road to Waihola. What a climb! Sea level to 329m altitude over about 5 kilometres and then a rapid 60km/h descent.
Geoff pushed us along on the Taieri and my legs were really starting to tire as we headed up Riccarton Road. Only to be told by Geoff as he pulled up alongside me that I wasn't even half way in the Challenge Distance (86km). Not fair, there are no hills like we'd done in any ironman distance race. We were about 3.5 hours into the ride so I figured we were actually a bit past half way.
By the time we finished we had covered 109.4km in 4:30 (4:10 moving time) and I was completely knackered, but well pleased that I'd just done my longest ride ever. Since Sunday I have covered 241km and climbed almost 2,000 metres on the bike in 9:21, not bad for a beginner, I reckon!
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