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| Tales from the Woods |
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| 20-10-2012 |
 Cycling is not walking |
It had been a while but today saw me back on a bike. Having done a lot of forest walking - including some attempts at geotracking - I expected my fitness would not have deteriorated too much. But when I got on the Hilset BBW I noticed right away my heartrate went up and it would stay up throughout the entire ride. My biggest concern was how my pelvis and lower back area would feel but that went well. The legs felt strong and I decided to make it a mixed ride. Following the new cyclepath along the Naamsesteenweg to the Weertse Dreef and then taking a left over thr bridge towards Mollendaal. Some cobbles and field roads followed and they took me to the tarmac road towards Beauvechain. Here I took a small trail with more cobbles to emerge next to the St-Sulpicius church. Before long I disappeared onto field roads again and those took me past the small chapel in Nodebais towards Hamme Mille. Into Valduc and then up to the Naamsesteenweg again. Crossing the Naamsesteenweg I came to the Warande ponds where I paused to take some pictures.
From here I rode to the Weertse Dreef. Car traffic is again allowed and I followed the Dreef to the end, taking a left and then returning east through the military domain. A little venture into Vaalbeek brought me to the Prosperdreef and I finished following a footpath into Blanden. The weather was warm with 15 degrees C and a slight drizzle that didn't bother me at all kept the roads wet.
Endomondo track
Ride Stats : 31.5K and 300 heightmeters (Garmin 705) in 1h24mins30secs
9690/83260
20-10-2012, 13:10 geschreven door Big Bad Wolf
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| 07-10-2012 |
| Walking the distance |
The last week I have been doing a lot of walking. Last week saw me wake up with pain in the pelvic area and I decided to taper back on the cycling. So I did a couple of easy rides on the road and waited for the muscles around the spine to recover. Last monday saw me do the last of those rides and with the weather deteriorating - with rain and/or showers almost every day - I decided to switch to walking . With an easy start of around 6.5K last tuesday, and leaving a days' rest between the successive walks on thursday - 13.7K - and saturday - 12.7K - I was able to focus on something else and keep feet at the same time. Today saw me do a shorter distance - only 4.5K - to wrap up the week. Obviously the fitness is there. The long walks in my native Meerdael Forest also gave me a chance to see this exciting place from another perspective, as a walker instead of a mountainbiker. This morning I was able to capture the awakening forest in a couple of pictures, with the sun steaming the trees.
07-10-2012, 12:53 geschreven door Big Bad Wolf
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