Taupo Challenge
The Great Lake Cycle Challenge around New Zealand’s largest lake was on a day of insane heat and practically no wind. And unfortunately, I had the misfortune of forgetting to apply sun screen to my legs—the rest of me was fine.
To add to the misery, the GPS in my phone didn’t last the distance, so I was only able to record the first 100km of the driest, hottest, longest bike ride I’ve done. On the plus side, I managed to come within 15 minutes of my goal to complete the 160km ride in six and a half hours.
Now I just need to improve on my hill-climbing so that I can finish in five and a half hours… but those were some gruelling hills! And coming down-hill was amazing, at a blistering 73km/h, hehe!