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From: Kevin Henley <kevinhenleywb54@gmail.com>
Date: 05/03/2017 2:29 AM (GMT+00:00)
To: litchy76 <m_litchfield@hotmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Bike ride
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From: "Kevin Henley" <kevinhenleywb54@gmail.com>
Date: 5 Mar 2017 3:10 pm
Subject: Bike ride
To: "Kevin Henley" <kevinhenleywb54@gmail.com>
Cc:
> Some clown said once that " life wasn't meant to be easy " he was obviously a touring cyclist .
> The days ride distance of 150km from Strathalbyn to Kingston SE was always going to be one hell of a bumbuster and we all hit the sack the night before hoping to wake up to the gentle wafting of a 70kph tail wind , no such luck .
> Marysia and I hit the road at 6.30 am , nobody with any sense starts riding at 6.30 , and for the first couple of hours it was pleasant cycling until we turned right towards Salt Creek straight into an energy sapping , mind numbing headwind which would stay with us for over 100km .
> Salt Creek was our first revival point where we met Chris for cold drinks and a quick snack , a welcome respite . The news that we still had over 80km to go didn't go down nearly as well .
> We were working in blocks of 10kms where we would pull over for a 5 min spell but after about 80km those breaks extended to sometimes 10min as bits started to become a smidge sore , the word agony was also mentioned .
> A delicious lunch and cold drinks provided by Chris revived a couple of comatosed brains and reluctantly we left lunch with 50km to pedal - how hard could that be .
> BLOODY SERIOUSLY HARD .
> For our last 50km Marysia and I were just working on 5-7km blocks and ticking off each block . By this stage I didn't know whether my rear end freckle was still attached as contact had been lost many kms ago , shoulders were aching and hot foot made an appearance - I'm certain this must still qualify as fun .
> With 20km to go just for good measure somebody turned up the wind generator to high giving us a strong headwind right on the nose , the breaks quickly became 4-5kms .
> It became a real slog until we finally staggered into KSE and collapsed on the van park grass - totally knackered .Mike rocked in about 30mins later looking as stuffed as we were .
> An outstanding effort by Marys and Mike to finish such a tough day and big thanks to Chris for the life saving food and drinks along the way .
> We're still hanging out for THAT tailwind .
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