Rest is equally as important if not more so. So we took a few days off and courtesy of air miles spent them in New York. We weren't completely sedentry and spent much of our days walk the streets looking at the sites and of course a spot of shopping.
Seeing the sites included the inspiring Empire State Building, its observatory on the 86th floor and then up again to the 102nd. The view all around over Manhattan was breathtaking. As I went in the lift from the 86th, rather than floor numbers the height above sea level lights up. I asked the guide how high we were in metres and he responded, "3 - 8 -1 Sir". My first thought was what have i signed up for the Galibier is still another 2000 or so meters above me!
Now that I'm home this thought has been on my mind and looking in more detail there are some pretty impressive landmarks or should I call them hurdles to ride over before I crest the Galibier.
I think I may tape this graph onto the top tube of the bike, as I hang my head, dragging myself up the climbs I could tick off each 'hurdle'Well back to New York, it was a brilliant few days and I was surprised to see the number of bikes and cyclinsts in the City that we did. New Yorkers are as much a fan of the bike as they are the car it seems, so much so I saw this mural and had to snap it.
Home now and most of the Jet lag has worn off, I have resumed my commuting as the weather is so good for it at the moment, long may it last and I'll be attempting to beat my personal best time up Box Hill tomorrow, which currently stands at 10:37...plenty of scope for improvement.
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