Beautiful day - again - and I took the Litespeed Vortex out for an easy ride along the Vaart towards Mechelen. From Mechelen I followed the Zennegat until I reached Willebroek. Here my counter was almost on 50K so that was sufficient for a good ride. Riding up to Mechelen I could make good speed, the wind was more or less in my back and at times I saw my speedometer go towards 36-37kph. The tarmac trails along the Vaart were pretty busy with all kinds of people so speeding along at 30kph+ I had to scream a lot to make my presence known. Note to self, check if you can put a little bell on the Vortex.
When I reached the midpoint of my ride I stopped for a little snack and to take some pictures of a Sherman Firefly tank that had been put there to commemorate the liberation of Willebroek in WW2.

Turning the bike around I immediately felt the wind in my face. The track runs more or less to the southeast and I'm guessing the wind was blowing from the east. When I neared Mechelen and rode next to the Vaart I was riding more towards the south but could still feel the wind coming from my left. I rode at the left side of the water as much as possible to minimize the wind. Halfway I caught up with another biker was was riding more than 30kph as well and we rode along together until he had to veer off towards Linden at the Remy towers in Wijgmaal. We had a good conversation and could keep the speed well up. Now all I had to do was ride around Leuven and reach Blanden. Here I did another little loop to reach the 100K mark. Very pleasant ride and due to the high average probably more taxing than imagined.
My average heartrate was rather low though - 123bpm - so I hope I got some recuperation during this ride.
  
Ride Stats : 100K and 225/255 heightmeters (Polar/Garmin) in 3h27mins

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