March 24, 2025
Picking Up The Pace
Yass to Gundagai
After yesterday’s very relaxed ride we decided to pedal a bit faster and further today. 102 km brought us to Gundagai with 925 metres ascents in 5hrs 30 mins and an 18.5 km/hr average. Lots of downhill runs helped.
The afternoon temperature was in the 30s with full sunshine, so we arrived in Gundagai feeling a bit baked.
We need to reach Deniliquin by next Saturday afternoon to participate in a launch event for the Bruce Simpson Rural Scholarship Fund. Hence the motivation to cover some reasonable distances … about 100km daily… over the next five days.
We are also riding these first few days on a main highway. The Hume Motorway. It’s noisy with heavy vehicles but does have a full width shoulder lane so feels reasonably safe. And the gradients are reasonable.
Nevertheless we’ll be pleased to turn off it onto country roads at Holbrook tomorrow.
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Today's ride: 102 km (63 miles)
Total: 164 km (102 miles)
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