Fine, sunny and pleasant
Cycle: 46km
Up at 6:45am for an 8am departure for a morning ride along the Torrens in the
opposite direction to the city, i.e. into the Hills. It was a nice 31km heart
starter for the day at a relatively low temperature, for us anyway. We had
breakfast before we left and it was time for mornos when we got home. We had to
wait until 11am for Woolies to open and then rode the 1.2km complete with
backpacks to bring the groceries home in. It was then time for lunch and who
can resist a sandwich made with fresh bread? We couldn't so had salad
sandwiches with sardines for Greg and chicken for Wendy. We then had a siesta
to be able to stay up for the start of the TDU in the city - a criterium of 22
laps of a 2.3km course. We chose a spot looking into the sun for the start but
the sun soon went down behind a large tree and it was very pleasant. The race
started off relatively slowly, and the last two laps were a blurrrrrrr. Standing
against the barrier when they went passed us doing about 70km/h, you really
felt it. It was quite a buzz for the first few laps and then became a bit
dreary until the last two. Our ride home was a bit frantic as we did not have
front lights, and we made it with a few moments of semi-light to spare. Gunther
and Yvonne had lights and if needed they could have gone in front.
Dinner was very light tonight given the late hour. Lights out was a bit later
than usual due to the late outing.
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