Today was our 9th day cycling between 5 and 7 hours per day. This doesn't includes breaks. It is surprising that we are still able to continue. We are tired in the evening (i will keep this blog short since I want to go to sleep) but in the morning we are okay. Our average heart rate frequency is indicating that we are in over training. The average in the first stage was 140 bpm and it is now under 110 bpm. We never go over 160 bpm anymore.
With last year Transalp, the Dolomites trip in 2004 and the two bonus stages we did earlier this week we covered most of the North East part of Italy (Dolomites). We now feel we know the area. There are even trails we did twice. It is a very beautiful region.
It is surprising to see how much we are able to cover on our bicycles. Today we did 76km and we are in a completely different area. Tomorrow we hope doing 102km. Those number of KM are okay when you ride regular landscape. The Transalp course is always trying to find the hardest way to go from one point to another. Today we crossed a pass of 26%. 26% = 26 meters of elevation gain for every 100 meters! It is not cycling; it is climbing! Even the downhill are challenging. The way down to the final in Predazzo was very steep and scary at some point. I might have to change my new brake pads before the end of the trip. They were new. I also broke another spoke yesterday while climbing.
We just have two more stages before arriving in Riva del Garda. We will have done 11 cycling days.
If you haven't contributed to our United Way/Centraide fund raising, please do so. I will not bog you once the trip is over.
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