Well after all that Apocalpytic forecasting for yesterday's epic ride from Fox Glacier, the 120km journey down the West Coast to Haast wasn't that bad. In terms of the weather anyway. For me, however, it was a whole new world of pain! Everything seemed to hurt, especially my arse, quads and right ITB. So I've decided to take a rest day today and let Baz crack on to do his own thing without the panniers on - I think he wants to either find a few mountain bike tracks near the coast or ride Haast pass for fun (I'll be doing that tomorrow with him). I'm quite glad it's a free day because once again the weather is dominated by west coast rain.
Here's to Lake Wanaka, our next major stop after we pass over the Southern Alps once more, where the weather is supposed to be more equitable.
-AC
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Hey boy.
Sounds like your having fun apart from the pain and the rain!
Not long now till im away, bout 6 weeks, im gonna embark on the Tour De Tasmania at some point, apparantly thats quite a mountainy place like NZ.
Can,
Tell you what's good to cure a sore arse. Not cycling 120km in a day... then I guess taht's what you're doing now. To solve your ITB problem... I suggest that you cycle with only the other leg from now on... after all, it should be fairly beefy by now.
The only things that google readily has to say about Haast is that they didn;t get any proper roads untill the 1960s and that it has it's own type of kiwi... a bit like the curraghs except thay have wallabys!
Glad to hear you're still enjoying yourself.
Rob.
Nice one Grosey lad, I got some positive news of Darren about your new lady friend!
Rob,
CHeers for the medical advice, I'm glad you're only a trainee otherwise I'd be worried! It's sorted itself out somewhat - it's all about getting the right amount of rest! In Wanaka now and the weather is HOT!
AC
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