I completed a very epic 150km ride the other day in a little over 5 hours. This ride included a shit-load of climbing, about 5500 feet of vertical rise. The final hill goes from sea level to about 1300 feet in 5 km. The first 2k are approx 12% grade- at least that's my guess. In my 5th hour of riding, this climb pretty much shattered me. So torched were my legs that I couldn't even get on top of the 39x23. I put a foot down and let my heartrate get down to 140 before continuing- which was pretty scary- I could barely stand up on this grade and almost fell a few times. Getting going again required some skill. This climb is expected to be rated HC once I upload it to Strava. We're presently at Ataturk Airport with 3 hours to kill before we board our 10 hour flight to JFK. Reis is zipping around the terminal on his Razor while wife and I share a 10.50 TL cup of Gloria Jean's filtered coffee (that's about $7)
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