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I was up at 8.30am and after checking the weather maps it looked like there was a 3 to 4 hour gap of dry weather. Yes. So I rode out with the Vortex, hoping that the weather forecast would be correct. It was correct about the wind, I noticed that immediately. The blow from the southwest was very hard and I had to struggle on the higher plateaus with the wind in my face.
But the good thing of doing a lap is that at one point the wind is working in your favor. I followed the Blue Bloso from Heverlee but added a couple of extra loops to spice things up and get a longer distance. The descent of the Smeysberg was again a 75kph+ affair. I rode it back up from Huldenberg centre which is the less steep version. I then followed the track to Neerijse and from there I followed the Red Bloso until I decided to descent into Leefdaal and climb back out again in the direction of the Sint JansBerg steenweg. I followed that into Egenhoven and then rode towards Arenberg Campus where I stopped for a couple of pictures.
From Arenberg I rode into Heverlee and then to Heverlee Park and from there added another loop towards Haasrode Industrie and Haasrode. The wind was in my face again when I rode from Haasrode towards Blanden where I finished off my ride with a couple of local cooling down laps. I tracked the ride with Endomondo again and I provide the map below this write-up.
Endomondo Track
Ride Stats : 56K and 495/515 heightmeters (Polar/Garmin) in 2h11mins
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