Time for a road ride. Even though the wind was still blowing fiercely I decided to take the Vortex and brave it. The sun was shining and it was relatively warm when I rode out around 4pm. When I arrived in Opvelp I met my friend Roger who was cursing his road bike. He has problems positioning the cleats on his shoes. If I were him I would position them in a neutral position and leave them alone. Now he is always fiddling with them and it keeps him from enjoying his road rides. 
I continued my ride along Meldert, La Bruyere and then taking the road towards Jodoigne for a while before turning to the right towards Pietrebais. I followed the busy Chaussee de Jodoigne into Cocrou and Grez and then rode towards Hamme Mille, also on the big road. The wind was tearing at me and at times it felt very dangerous with my bike being torn left to right while the cars and lorries were passing me. From Nethen it was calmer when I rode towards Sint Joris Weert and the Zoete Waters. Opting for another loop into Oud-Heverlee and Heverlee before returning along the Naamsesteenweg into Blanden.
I was a bit surprised at my average speed, because in the first part of the right the wind had bothered me. And with an average heartrate of 119bpm I was also well into my LSD range. Good fast recovery ride.

Ride Stats : 59.5K and 420 heightmeters (Garmin) in 2h7mins30secs

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