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| Tales from the Woods |
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| 31-12-2012 |
 Rounding up 2012 |
First off I got on the rollers for the last ride of 2012. A little more than an hours' worth of Tacx Satori bliss whilst I kept the resistance low and the speed high. A very good average speed and a low average heartrate. I am ready for 2013.
Ride Stats : 47K in 01h05mins
11151/84540
2012
As you can see from the above I have had a year that has seen some ups and downs. As positive points I do remember :
+ lots of road kilometers on the Litespeed Vortex
+ a great trip to the Mont Ventoux
+ a good Spring season with some long and rewarding mountainbike outings, albeit none in the Ardennes.
but there are also some negatives to be remembered :
- lost almost 2 .5 months of mountainbiking time due to a hand injury on October the 25th and a sore back in september
- wasted most of the Fall and early Winter due to the above.
So for 2013 I hope to have at least as much road and mixed kilometers as in 2012, but I also wish to make the most of the Spring, the Fall and the Winter to regain the lost mountainbike time.
I think I like to return to the Mont Ventoux area, it really is a fine place to be. I also dream of the Stelvio.
The addition of another steed to my stable - a Moots Psychlo-X cyclocross bike - should enable me to start riding on the road sooner and I am thinking of doing the Tour the Flandres with it.
I also hope to be able to go to the Ardennes in the early Spring to cash in on those heightmeters and to ride some O2 biker trails I have been keeping at the ready for a while now.
In the late spring and summer I will switch to the road cycle for what I hope will be long and rewarding rides.
To all of my readers, I hope 2013 brings you Joy, Friendship and a Good Health.
31-12-2012, 18:45 geschreven door Big Bad Wolf
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| 25-12-2012 |
| Meerdael Walk and Tacx Satori |
I felt a little restless this morning so I decided to go for a hike in Meerdael Forest. I could feel my legs from yesterdays' intense Tacx ride but they were just fine for walking. It was quite warm with nearly 10 degrees out there and there was a menacing sky but it remained dry most of the time. I went towards Mollendaal and then followed the Walendreef all the way to the Springputten. It had been since my childhood since I last saw them so I decided to wade through the dense shrubberies and fallen trees. They are some kind of nature reserve now and the time when you could see all the craters is long gone. Trees have grown in the couple of decades since I last was here. The craters are still there of course, some even filled with water like they used to be all those years ago. I took a snap and then had a little trouble finding my way back to the Prosperdreef. Spotted a white sign after passing a watchtower and soon I was back on my way.
When I got home I relaxed for a while , watching Total Rekall on Pay TV . Later on I got on the Tacx Satori for an hours worth of easy cycling on the lowest resistance. Legs felt good throughout the ride.
Ride Stats : 41.5K in 01h01mins
10899/84190
25-12-2012, 16:50 geschreven door Big Bad Wolf
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| 19-12-2012 |
| Doode Beemde and Tacx Satori |
Started off the day with a long forest walk. Taking me to the Doode Beemde where I searched in vain for a Geocache near the Koebrug. A railroad bridge where - during the second World War - the resistance managed to derail a German train and lorries. Now the bridge is still in use on the line Heverlee-Wavre . This is one of the entrances into the Doode Beemde, but access is interdicted because the area behind the bridge is considered a protected nature reserve. There had been some heavy forest maintenance going on in the neighborhood of the bridge. I hope the Geaocache is still there.
So I backed up on my steps and entered the Doode Beemde through the entry near the Reigersstraat. The going was wet when I followed the trail along the border of the river Dyle all the way to Sint-Joris Weert. Here I disappeared into Meerdael Forest, checking out the -still missing - Bosprotter and the making my way along the Speelbos towards the Denteneerpad.
I added a loop into Vaalbeek which brought the distance up to a respectable 16.3K.
When I arrived home I undressed, got into my cycling gear and on the Hilset on the Tacx Satori for another hour of cycling. The resistance low and the emphasis being on recovery and easy pedalling whilst keeping the speed up.
Ride Stats : 41K in 01h01mins
10621/84190
19-12-2012, 16:02 geschreven door Big Bad Wolf
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