Just got home from some more cycling training, and “wow!” what a ride it was today! There was a hell of a lot of wind, up to 7 bft. (or 16 m/s) so no normal pace was possible against the wind… seriously thought about turning back twice. But didn’t in the end. Guess the little voice in the back of my mind keeps telling me I need more training before the race and for some reason that seems to keep me going! So the ride was mainly a struggle up to the half way point, but on the way back I was just flying!!! Truely amazing!! Almost constantly in the low 40 km/h!! And the best was in a little coastal town called Katwijk, were on the boulevard at the ocean the wind was full in the back and although the speed-limit on the boulevard is 30 km/h, I was flying past with speeds in the 50 km/h!!!! Crazy feeling. An adrenalin rush when passing cars at that speed but also quite demanding as at that speed it’s quite necessary to stay very focused. But all in all, great fun! :-)
I do start to feel the downside of all the cycling a bit… my lower back was seriously challenged when cycling against the wind! But with a good days rest between now and the next trainings run it should be quite ok! Plus it ain’t all bad, as I can seriously start to notice the improvement! The 50km tours are going really well. Good thing as well, as the real thing will be 125km… so there is still room for more improvement, it just needs to come fast and the race is only 9 days away! :-)

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