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Day 3 – 15 Hour Challenge

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Another blog entry so that means I go up at 0410 for a third day in a row to ride my bike. It is starting to come back to me why people think I am mad. The good news is today wasn’t so hard. I think it is still too soon to call it routine.

Rhian is still not coming to the party and I think each morning I get up early she is getting grumpier. Maybe if I do it enough she will get a bike and come with 😛

Anyway before I even left this morning I could hear the wind outside. I was thinking bed but that guilt thing was telling me. Your already up HTFU. So I got my act together got dressed and hit the road.

Windy ride into the city today. I was not even going to bother starting with the group as I knew I would get dropped right away. However I arrived at around 0528 so just enough time to turn the goPro on. Just as well I did because within the first 200m I got cut off by a woman in a red car. Still downloading the video so haven’t seen the footage yet.

I only did two laps as planned because I have crossfit again tonight. Was a lonely ride and the wind made it no fun at all.

Day 2 – 15 hour challenge

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Today was day two of the 15 hour challenge. The fact I rode yesterday and also did my #crossfit session last night did not help my willingness to get up this morning. However a little gremlin called guilt which has been missing for some number of months returned today. I want not able to just put my head back on the pillow and close my eyes.

It is only day 2 I can not bail out that quick. However after my very poor performance this morning I mind as well have. I only lasted for the first ten or less minutes this morning. The pace was around the 40kph mark every time I looked at the speed and we were not even on Burke drive. However I knew that I was going to get dropped like a sack of potatos soon as we hit Steves Hill. Guess what I was right. I got up the hill and made the left turn and then waved good bye to the group.

I had one other rider who I worked with through Dalkeith. We caught the group at Christchurch. Only because they were red for an eternity. Soon as we turned left onto Stirling Highway I waved goodbye and that was the last i saw them. The rest of the ride was a matter of just pushing on and suffering. I devoured my two water bottles during the ride and had to refill before heading home.

Tomorrow will be another lonely ride on the Kings Park UCI circuit again.