In the beginning... There was an exercycle ....
Well, the next 10 days/nights/sessions (I cycle in the evenings generally), saw me continue on my way south (virtually of course). I left Waimate and headed down through the historic cycling town of Oamaru and continued on towards Dunedin.
The blisters had burst - or I had started to develop calluses - and I was getting into a kind of rhythm. I was also starting to notice my distances were starting to creep up just a smidgen.
As I got closer to Dunedin, I also became very pleased that I wasn't actually doing this in the real world, that I wasn't experiencing the real weather out there. We had had snow in Christchurch, a very rare occurrence in this part of the world, so was glad to be cycling from the comfort of my lounge.
Also, there is no traffic, and no hills to contend with. So, I just straight out cycle for 45 minutes (on resistance setting 6 of 8) and record my distance. I confess I REALLY appreciated that when I went through Dunedin. In the real world, there's some NASTY hills heading into and out of the port city.
In the second 10 days of my Tour, I racked up 250.13 km. Bringing my total distance to 448.25 km. I had travelled from Waimate, headed south THROUGH Dunedin, and on south, through Milton and Balclutha. At that point I left the main highway, and continued South but into the Catlins. A lovely area of the country that has some really rugged scenery.
I was rather looking forward to what lay ahead.....
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