October 30
Mt Coot-tha is my BITCH!
Since I announced to the world that I would be riding just under 500km on my bike ride from Gisborne to Rotorua with Ed, people have begun to tell me I am crazy and I won't make the distance (and the terrain). Well, I may be crazy, but I can't back out of this bike ride now.
I re-checked the elevations of the bike ride (in the link above) and noticed that we would be riding up an ascent of 400m. Wanting to be sure I could actually make the trip, I looked up the elevations for Mt Coot-tha. At 300m, it's not far off what we would be doing in NZ.
Today I got on my bike and rode out to Mt Coot-tha to see if I could actually do it. Despite my grim expectations (I was even thinking about driving to the base so I didn't have to ride as far), I managed to ride from my house, all the way to Mt Coot-tha, up the mountain, down the mountain, and back home. All up it was 42km, and my top speed down Mt Coot-tha was 58km/hr!!!
It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, however I only went for a short time. New Zealand is going to be tough, but not impossible.
BRING IT ON!!!
I re-checked the elevations of the bike ride (in the link above) and noticed that we would be riding up an ascent of 400m. Wanting to be sure I could actually make the trip, I looked up the elevations for Mt Coot-tha. At 300m, it's not far off what we would be doing in NZ.
Today I got on my bike and rode out to Mt Coot-tha to see if I could actually do it. Despite my grim expectations (I was even thinking about driving to the base so I didn't have to ride as far), I managed to ride from my house, all the way to Mt Coot-tha, up the mountain, down the mountain, and back home. All up it was 42km, and my top speed down Mt Coot-tha was 58km/hr!!!
It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, however I only went for a short time. New Zealand is going to be tough, but not impossible.
BRING IT ON!!!
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If Nee isn't driving along side us you will need to be carrying something as we go.