Quick loop up over some of the locals today. Hit the driveway, then up thru an incredibly busy Vic Park, sidling up my new usual 19th pathway, over to Skidder. Delayered and got riding just as a couple entered the grunter, meaning I had to stay at their pace so's not to lose face, all the while telling myself, if i'm slower, it doesn't matter... I wasn't slower, but it did seem to matter. Huffing I was, and glad that I'd had a quick squirt of inhaler before I'd left.
Up around to the Thomson and Thompson, medium cruise down this, still catching a couple guys just as I wound through the hairpins, and then chased and caught them at the end of the second one. Down the road, the past them and up the road, on my own, to the Nun. Nice big rest up here before heading in.
Not on form, but rolling pretty good. Blasty blasty all the way down to the midway, then up and out over to Governor's, taking this very easy, as it bit me last time and also it was greasy as hell, given recent rain. Very easy... even dabbed through where I'd crashed last time and took it easy round the back and into the climb. Cleaned most of the climb for once, tho stopped a few times for air. Didn't clean the very top, but did clean the step-up just before. Back up the road to midpoint of Nun and then chased some Park-muppets, catching, releasing, catching, them finally they realised but I hooked up to road at Kiwi and down and across Dyers back up road to top of Vic,
In the usual way, around over the jumps and see-saw, first few Brake Free and then rockgarden and gums, usual route, switching and swatching, bombing and drombing, through to 19th, then down road and into 235, bombing this with style and then hup hup, over and down the final run. And home.
A smooth 11.8 kms done with 440 m climbed.
Snaffled some lunch then did a big walk up around the Sugarloaf... Heesh.
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