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aliases: ["Long ride — 2024-12-21"]
Is A: Event
Date: "2024-12-21"
Belongs to: "[[2024-12]]"
Related to: ["[[person-luca-rossi]]"]
Tags: ["Health", "Sport"]
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# Long ride — 2024-12-21
Solo long ride. 100km, 1334m elevation.

## Notes
- Winter solstice ride. Shortest day of the year — left at first light and had to time it carefully to finish before dark at 4:30pm.
- Rode through Chianti toward Greve, then south through Panzano and back. The winter-stripped vineyards have a stark beauty.
- Temperature hovered around 4°C the entire ride. Never warmed up. Numbness in the toes set in at km 60 despite thick overshoes.
- Motivation for winter riding comes from knowing that spring fitness is built in December. Every cold ride now pays dividends in April.
- Stopped at a bar in Panzano for a hot cappuccino. The heat of the cup on my frozen hands was bliss.
- 100km in 3h48m. Pushed the pace a bit to stay warm — average power was 205W, higher than a typical endurance ride.
