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aliases: ["Long ride — 2024-11-30"]
Is A: Event
Date: "2024-11-30"
Belongs to: "[[2024-11]]"
Related to: ["[[person-luca-rossi]]"]
Tags: ["Health", "Sport"]
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# Long ride — 2024-11-30
Solo long ride. 113km, 1122m elevation.

## Notes
- Last ride of November. Mixed route through the Arbia valley and then east toward Asciano. Moderate climbing, good for end-of-month legs.
- Frost on the roads at the start — had to be careful on shaded corners for the first 45 minutes until the sun warmed things up.
- The Arbia river valley in late autumn is moody and beautiful. Morning mist hanging in the fields, bare trees along the riverbank.
- Legs have that late-season heaviness. Not tired exactly, just the accumulated fatigue of 10 months of riding. CTL is high but so is fatigue.
- Stopped at the thermal pool bar in Rapolano for hot chocolate. The steam from the thermal water creates a surreal atmosphere.
- Looking at the numbers: November totals around 500km. Down from summer peak but still maintaining base fitness well.

## Follow-up
- [ ] Plan December training — reduce volume, maintain some intensity
