There's a bicycle race called the Taranaki Cycle Challenge taking place today here in New Plymouth. I found out about it only recently and, considering the event is supposed to be one of New Zealand's premiere cycling races and I'm here in town by chance, I'm tempted to participate.
The problem is, tomorrow I'm starting my own event: the North Island Challenge. Since I'll be riding my bike in a clockwise loop around the north island of New Zealand over the next two weeks, starting and ending in New Plymouth and covering about 150-200 km/day, I've decided to take today off and spare my legs the additional 150 km.
Good call, right?
So unlike for the thousand or so riders who will be in action tomorrow, there will be no fame, no fortune, and no fans for me, just me, myself, and my bike.
Many of you are familiar with my two previous long-distance rides, B2B and C2C, which covered 2700 km and 2600 km, respectively. This ride has no such nickname (yet!), but should be similar in distance. The biggest difference, therefore, will probably be that this is a solo ride. In other words, I won't be drafting behind Jody, I won't be able to share jokes with Jody, and there won't be anyone (Jody) telling me to get to work blogging at night (to name a few).
I will miss you Jody, but the ride must go on.
If all goes as planned, I'll be back in New Plymouth on Feb 11.
It's time for me to hit the sack. Day 1 is tomorrow.
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