Strange days!

Today's fill in ride was the usual training loop. There was more to this common ritualistic ride than a cursory glance could show, strange sensations, weird feelings. Upside-down, inside-out, topsy-turvey are just a few of the words that come to mind to describe this ride...


The fact that there were dribbles of water on the outside of my safety-glasses, non-drying moisture on my back, a cool wind in my face, eyes wide open instead of half shut against the glare, no-dust or insects, no birds swooping..... all because of a little "precipitation". Yeah-ha! Not much, though, enough to enjoy this "long ago forgotten experience".

I will need to remember the feeling as I ride through those Sunny October and November +33 Celsius days waiting, or is it hoping, for a short sharp storm to bring a temporary relief from the heat and increasing humidity, (I have a friend, I know there is no need to say it! on Towners Road who escapes the summer heat by moving to the NSW South Coast every year for 4-5 months, to his little patch of summer paradise called Potato Point ).

Enjoyed a side trip up to Hastings Headland and also to check on one of my clients, where he proudly showed me his latest surf trip photos from a surf camp in southern Sumatra, Those were the days! (of a past youth with few responsibilities or the increasing present rigours of a life well spent).

OK data time

Avg. HR: 147 (including stops)

Distance: 19.5

Duration: 1:03hrs (including stops)