Following last weeks busy training schedule there is a need to kick on and continue the momentum. After the 21km push on Monday I "jumped" on the rowing machine Tuesday evening and rattle through 6116m in 30 minutes, a new best distance. Today I meet up with Alison again at Staveley at midday, she was heading north for parent interviews at Rangi Ruru. It was a very mild spring day with a hint of northwest although the wind was swirling around under the hill at Staveley. We headed up the hill again and it definitely didn't get easier than last week with the lungs and the arms tested. The trip down the hill was again quick with another record speed recorded, 48km/hr.
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| About to start - Mild day at Staveley |
We then head down the Ashburton Staveley Road, as we head down the road I seemed to be getting faster and faster. This unfortunately wasn't the result of a power surge from me but a tail wind. We keep head down the road and Alison and I both said that the going was far too easy and I would pay the price. On the way down the road we ran into a traffic jam in the form of a herd of heffers heading up the road, more animal poo to dodge. The heffers weren't too keen on my orange flag and ended being driven back down the road and back into paddock they had come from. The farmer was very accommodating.
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| Traffic Problems - Ashburton Staveley Road |
We headed all the way to the Forks Road intersection, about 12km from Staveley, and then turn back into the northwest wind. It was only then that I realised how solid the wind was. It ended up being a long slow slog home, heading up wind and up hill. When I finally crawled up to the Staveley Store I was absolutely spent.
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