With a rather average weather forecast for the next few days I was keen to go for good push yesterday. I managed to to get Bruce Welch to escort me again. The weather must have been good as Bruce had his shorts on and we did have mild temperatures, sun and only a gentle NE breeze. We head out just after 4pm and I decided to try a different route, heading for the countryside NE of Ashburton. We started the push by heading through the Domain and past quite a few people who looked at me with puzzled expressions. From out of the Domain we crossed SH1 which slowed progress, from there we headed through the Ashburton east and out into the country side.
The first rural road we travelled along was Wakanui Rd that heads towards the coast. This road and previous urban streets all have a downhill gradient and by the time we turned onto Cochranes Road we had dropped about 30m of altitude. This helped the average speed for this segment. Cochranes Road had us generally climbing again but the road undulated with ups and downs, this seems like similar terrain as New York. I continued pushing as hard as I could and we eventually get to Fairfield Rd that leads to Fairton and we are starting to head home. Rather than getting onto the State Highway we turn onto Company Rd which gives me a little downhill and the pace climbs a bit. As normal Bruce was letting me know when cars were coming behind us and a few cars must have been leaving the Talleys vege processing plant which we had just past. One of these cars however took us both by surprise and decided to UNDERTAKE us which freaked both of us out!!
After this little shock we head into the new NE Industrial Area which had a beautifully smooth hotmixed road surface but we are climbing again. We then head down Bremners Rd towards the cemetery and back into town. We cross the highway without any drama and then wind our way through the urban streets and back to home. This ended being a really good push with new territory covered with different terrain.
Push Stats: Distance 23.4km Time: 1hr 38min Speed:14.3 km/hr
Two days later and with Harry in residents for the school holidays we head out on the same course out east. I aim to try and beat my time, I have a good start but don't manage to maintain the pace and we end up with almost identical stats. Harry also undertakes some filming of the push with my phone, video attached.
Push Stats: Distance 23.3km Time: 1hr 38min Speed 14.2km/hr
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