MC's Cycling Diary

Date: 25 March 2016 Total distance: 200 Kilometers Start Time: 5:45 pm Return Time: 4:05 am With: - Altitude Profile: Lavelle Road – Mandya – Lavelle Road Bangalore Randonneurs are organizing a 200 kilometer brevet ride, Bangalore – Mandya-Bangalore on 25 March 2016. As soon as I saw the ride, I registered for it since it was a 200 kilometer ride and it was being done on a route with which I am familiar. From the past experience, the route is not a difficult one, however, the challenges that I foresee for the ride is the recovery from the Achilles Tendon Rupture, hope that it will hold, next being that I will be riding in a group in which I do not know any of the riders, and that it is going to be a night ride. I have not done a full night ride and this would be the first time that I will be riding through the night. It is exciting and at the same time there are doubts in my mind about being able to do it. I am confident that if it was a day ride, I would have been

Date: 13 March 2016 Total distance: 142 Kilometers Start Time: 3:30 am Return Time: 1:00 pm With: - Altitude Profile: It’s time to test the fitness levels and also to know whether the leg can handle the climbs. Madhu Mandanna got his cycle ready a couple of weeks back and we have been going on night rides together. We ride approximately 30 kilometers and do at least 3 rides in a week. I have been aching to go on a long ride, however at the same time I am apprehensive about the leg holding up. Though I do not feel any discomfort when riding, after every ride the leg gets swollen and there is mild pain. The Chikka Tirupathi ride went well and also the city rides are also regular, therefore there is confidence that I can handle long distances. I dabbled with the idea of doing Yercaud and Mysore before settling on Nandi Hills. The ride will be a precursor to long rides and am hoping that I can make it back unscathed. I would have preferred riding on Saturday; however Ma