Kalakrai Rock-climbing event was canceled at the last moment on Saturday afternoon, and suddenly I had a half wasted wintery weekend I didn't know how to utilize. I roamed around in Pune that evening on my cycle, and when I didn't have any fatigue even after 20-25kms riding, by the nightfall I had decided to go again on a century ride to Lavasa on Sunday morning.
Same old ride, with one stark difference - no stress on body during any point in time. I was surprised myself. Even during the dreaded stretch between Lavasa-4 and Lavasa-3 milestones, my heartbeat was absolutely normal - never even felt there was a heart beating inside my chest, breathing was as normal as when I would be walking on the FC road - no pressure on the lungs at all, and no cramps in the leg-muscles either. I didn't even realise when I passed the Lavasa-3 milestone, which otherwise I used to keep looking for as an indication of partial-end-to-the-misery. Overall I took 50mins for the full climb of 7kms, which gains almost 450mtrs in altitude.
Another feather in the cap was that I had taken a 12km detour in the morning before heading towards Lavasa, to complete a century by the time I reach home. And after leaving home, I hadn't stopped anywhere before the Lavasa top. That meant almost 56kms of ride, including the torturous final climb of Lavasa, was absolutely non-stop. This was a first.
Same story while coming back - from Lavasa to home non-stop. This was much better show than last time.
So all in all, only a single break during a century ride - which included 2 major ghat climbs (Mutha ghat and ofcourse Lavasa) while going and 2 major ones while coming back (Mutha again, and Pirangut).
Here are some important stats:
| Route | Distance | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Home to Lavasa with detour | ~56kms | 3 hrs 10 mins |
| Final Lavasa Climb | ~7kms (altititude gain: 437mtrs) | ~50 mins |
| Lavasa to home return | ~44kms | 2 hrs 23 mins |
| Total century ride | 100.7kms | 5 hrs 33 mins (excluding the break |
Overall average pace for the full 100km ride was 18.1kmph, which is quite an improvement over last time's 16.62kmph.
Details stats for this ride: on Sports-tracker
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