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aliases: ["Long ride — 2024-12-28"]
Is A: Event
Date: "2024-12-28"
Belongs to: "[[2024-12]]"
Related to: ["[[person-luca-rossi]]", "[[person-alessandro-ferrari]]"]
Tags: ["Health", "Sport"]
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# Long ride — 2024-12-28
Long ride with Alessandro. 105km, 1068m elevation.

## Notes
- Post-Christmas ride with Alessandro. Both needed to burn off the panettone and tortellini. Easy pace, social riding.
- Route followed the Arbia valley south, then looped through Buonconvento and back via Monte Oliveto. Gentle terrain for holiday legs.
- Alessandro got a new Garmin Edge 1050 for Christmas — spent half the ride fiddling with the settings and comparing features to his old unit.
- Stopped in Buonconvento at the pasticceria for a slice of panforte and caffè. Sweet, dense, and perfect for cold-weather riding fuel.
- Year-end reflections: talked about how much our riding has improved this year. Both did more kilometers and more climbing than ever before.
- Roads were very quiet between Christmas and New Year. Some sections we had entirely to ourselves for 10-15km.
- Finished at 1pm, plenty of time for a hot shower and leftover Christmas lunch.
