Wow, today was such a fine day for riding in the forest. The wind had receded to a nice breeze, bringing some clean fresh air from over the sea inland, and the temperature was a sizzling 10 degrees C. I took half a day off to do a climb training in the Meerdael forest. I set out towards Nethen where I have this fine figure-eight loop that yields 2.6k and 80 heightmeters, incorporating two steep climbs and one fast and one technical downhill. I decided to do that loop 10 times, which netted me 25.8K and 809 heightmeters ( Yes, thats a Hill Factor of 31! ). Legs felt great although due to the technicality and steepness of the climbs I could feel my strenght being drained lap after grueling lap. I love this. It is good training, both physically (obviously) and mentally. You set your goal (10 laps) and even though about halfway you start thinking "Mm, maybe I will do only five laps, how about it, dear Wolfie ?" , you kick yourself under the butt and crank out another lap, and another one... I could only be stopped a few times to pull some branch out of my wheel or rear derailler- the track had suffered badly from the storm yesterday, with lots of branches fallen over it, but it was surprisingly dry. Credit for this must go to the wind I guess and of course also to the fact that water doesn't stay put on an uphill or downhill track.. it tends to pour down ( whoah - the things you learn here ) and accumulate at the bottom. And since that bottom was sandy, even there the track was dry-ish. So, I am tired but happy to get this workout under my belt.
Ride Stats : 41K and 930 heightmeters in 2h42
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