My BOM Melbourne forecaster mate, one D Fuller, simply said "dejavu" when indicating by email todays infuriating forecast ...yes another bloody headwind !
It's hats off to anyone that has cycled around Australia and in particular one M Murray, not only for enduring the weather conditions this great country can throw at you but for also often enduring endless miles of nothing ! Combine a headwind with the "nothing" and you have a real mental battle going on within ! Some innner voices simply saying "WTF" while others implore you to just get off the bike and walk ! Against that you have a deeper inner voice saying just 1 more k, just one more K and then finally you have the voice of reason telling the other voices to just "shut the f€%k up" !
We set off pretty much at 8.30 aiming to get to Mt Gambier in time (52 kms) to allow Chris to temporarily remove herself from " servitude" by enjoying the fairways of Royal Mt Gambier although whether in fact she gets past the first tee will very much depend on how the clubhouse views Henleys "once were plus 4's "
Todays ride was pretty much full of expletives. Whike fighting with the never ending headwind we had the added challenge of dealing with a busy main road complete with semis and a multitude of log trucks ! The constant buzz of traffic had us sticking mainly to the rough surfaced debris filled verge with only an occassional forest, a few pinches and a suicidal crop duster copper pilot spraying nearby fields for entertainment !
The long main street finally signalled our entry to Mt Gambier with both Kev and Marysia doing really. So well in fact that Marysia had enough energy to also head off to the golf course while Kev decided to postpone his threatened "arse transplant" for another day.
For me the math is simple - head to the bike shop to get some hydraukic fluid in those back brakes or risk doing a really good impersonation of superman the next time i need both brakes !
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