Friday, January 14, 2005
Day 4
Knowing it was going to be a long hot day I again chose to miss the swim and get away early. It was cool and misty when we left but that did change after a few hours. I left with two others, KP, and Epic veteran, and 'Strawman'. We settled in to a solid pace on easy terrain and and had a great first 2.5 hours to the first drinks break. After that we hit mile after mile of rollers. We learnt to dread the "Overtaking lane 2km ahead" because we knew that meant a climb.
We all met for lunch at Bateman's Bay but not before being caught by a flying Clas Bjorling. Scott Molina was cursing his two riding partners, one who he described as a Kamakaze on the downhills and the other as Billy Goat Gruff going uphills. More rollers after lunch and with the option of taking the a scenic route that was 10km longer Strawman and I went straight down the highway - no point in being silly about it. With about 30km to go we pulled in to a service station to feed my growing fetish for chocolate milk and a Paddle Pop towards the end of a long ride. I reckon it's got something to do with the alkilinity offsetting the acidity of the sports drink. We finally got to Narooma only to find the hotel at the top of a nasty little climb at the end of the main street. The ride totalled 207km again and took 7:17.
I ran off the bike and felt very strong actually.
Swim: N/A
Bike: 207km, 7:17, 1875m ascending (rollers).
Run: 12km 1:00.
We all met for lunch at Bateman's Bay but not before being caught by a flying Clas Bjorling. Scott Molina was cursing his two riding partners, one who he described as a Kamakaze on the downhills and the other as Billy Goat Gruff going uphills. More rollers after lunch and with the option of taking the a scenic route that was 10km longer Strawman and I went straight down the highway - no point in being silly about it. With about 30km to go we pulled in to a service station to feed my growing fetish for chocolate milk and a Paddle Pop towards the end of a long ride. I reckon it's got something to do with the alkilinity offsetting the acidity of the sports drink. We finally got to Narooma only to find the hotel at the top of a nasty little climb at the end of the main street. The ride totalled 207km again and took 7:17.
I ran off the bike and felt very strong actually.
Swim: N/A
Bike: 207km, 7:17, 1875m ascending (rollers).
Run: 12km 1:00.
# posted by Vernon @ 3:19 PM 
