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Getting back in the saddle

The two parts to a bike ride. Look thru glass to imagine route while tensing thighs, to gauge fatigue/strength – and the actual ride. Yesterday,  I messed up on the first part. I didn’t listen to my body. It warned me as putting my socks on-standing induced a nasal hernia. I ignored the sign and

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They don’t decompose- you do.

20km to go and I reach around and slap the right hand, rear pocket and feel only me. Not too many left in the bunch. I’m swinging last man and hanging. Reach around with the left hand, hoping. 30 years of racing and I never organised my food into categorised pockets. Think there is some

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