Yesterday had me working a fair bit of the day away, and when I got home I didn't want to ride out , having had a flu injection the day before. This morning it had rained the night before, quite a lot in fact, but I wanted to get a ride in. There was a lot of wind so the decision was made to ride in the forest. I just followed my front wheel, incorporating a lot of climbs and generally making my way around Meerdael Forest. The trails were wet and withthe leaves quite slippery. In a few descents I had to react to my front or rear wheel suddenly breaking away, but I managed to keep the rubber side down at all times. At one point I decided to walk down a very steep drop, instead of risking a fall. My back was causing me some trouble, not when I was on the bike but before and after the ride. Funny,  I don't remember making any movement that might have caused this. Usually there is a little snap somewhere that takes a couple of days to heal. Maybe it happened during the night. I did my stretches and all went well, I don't feel stiff while bending over but I do feel some pain when trying to walk straight. Will have to see how this develops.
Meanwhile I'm still waiting for the Hilset to be fixxed with a new crankset. It's been 4 weeks now and I hope that Filip receives the Hope Ceramics bottom bracket next week. Riding on the Litespeed all the time is fun but I want the Hilset to ride on the road, its much more adapted to that than the Litespeed.
When I got home I had a fair bit of mud on my bike, and the average speed and heightmeters also attest to the seriousness of this ride. I didn't feel anything from the flu injection, only that my resting heartbeat is up a few beats, just reaching 50bpm . Late in the afternoon we had a thunderstorm passing with a lot of rain.

Ride Stats : 45K and 675/780 heightmeters (Polar/Garmin) in 3h06min

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