Nebo revisited

Today was the first Gap Ck/Mt Nebo ride of the year for me and will be the first of many training rides for the Epic 100km mountain bike race in August. It was the standard route today with about 50km and 1,500m of vertical gain. The halfway point is the great cafe at Mt Nebo ... if you like a big coffee, ask for an "Abyss".

The weather was great, track good and always a great laugh riding with mates from the Wednesday morning crew.

Mt Nebo beckons

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Heart rate at 186 bpm within a kilometre of starting .... this is going to hurt. With the motivation of the 2009 Noosa Enduro to push me, I (and a group of fellow mtbers) headed up the standard Gap Ck - Mt Nebo route which is approx 50km and 1,500m of climbing for a training ride. A beautiful morning for it, with a great crew.  

It did hurt .... but after reviewing the gps data, I equalled my best moving average for the route at a lower heart rate than 12 months ago (which was also the last time I did this ride).  No wonder I feel a bit spent.