https://blog.ryanmoore.au/tags/training/This blog is dedicated to my adventures in the great outdoors, fishing trips, hiking routes, camping, etc. as well as a collection of thoughts and interests. It's not all outdoorsy: there's plenty of politics, work/coding, football and other random ~~rants~~ thoughts I have.en-auTue, 02 Apr 2019 22:06:17 +1100https://blog.ryanmoore.au/posts/2019/first-half-century-in-the-bag/Tue, 02 Apr 2019 22:06:17 +1100https://blog.ryanmoore.au/posts/2019/first-half-century-in-the-bag/<p><img src="https://blog.ryanmoore.au/posts/2019/first-half-century-in-the-bag/IMG_3541-scaled_hua0efba9daf97cb5f0a691036dc27bd66_1695563_1200x0_resize_q75_h2_box.webp" width="1200" height="1200" alt="First half-century in the bag!"></p><p class="lead">I achieved my first half-century today, logging <em>50 kilometres</em> on my way out to Creswick and back to Ballarat. The ride was very scenic, and the smell of eucalypts made for a strenuous but altogether very enjoyable day out.</p> <p>This wasn’t just the longest bike ride I’ve ever undertaken (so far) in terms of distance, but also time in the saddle, hitting almost three hours’ riding time.</p> <p>Although I’m really quite sore tonight, I’m also rapt to have hit that milestone so early in the month, and hopefully I can push it out to 60 by the end of April.</p> <div class="breakout not-prose"><div class="mb-24"> <ul class="not-prose mt-8"> </ul> <div class="space-x-8 md:space-x-24 space-y-8 flex flex-wrap items-baseline justify-center my-16"><div> <span class="text-4xl block text-center text-green font-black font-mono">50.5</span> <span class="uppercase tracking-widest text-center block font-light font-mono text-base">route distance (km)</span> </div> <div> <span class="text-4xl block text-center text-green font-black font-mono">629m</span> <span class="uppercase tracking-widest text-center block font-light font-mono text-base">elevation climbed</span> </div> <div> <span class="text-4xl block text-center text-green font-black font-mono">1</span> <span class="uppercase tracking-widest text-center block font-light font-mono text-base">days' riding</span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="map breakout not-prose my-two" id="map_f368dc369d14e657659de02c941df4ec" style='height: 500px; ' mapLat="-38.3410" mapLon="143.5855" zoom="8" scrollWheelZoom="true" mapId="f368dc369d14e657659de02c941df4ec" alt="" title = ""></div> <div class="breakout not-prose my-24 image-gallery"> <div class="image-gallery-cols" style="--gallery-n: 2"> <figure class="photo-figure w-full mb-4 break-inside-avoid" data-fancybox="gallery" data-src="https://blog.ryanmoore.au/posts/2019/first-half-century-in-the-bag/IMG_3538-1-scaled_hu3fd01b68260be02970c4cc330cbc82f5_277901_2400x0_resize_q80_h2_box.webp"><img class="rounded-lg" src="https://blog.ryanmoore.au/posts/2019/first-half-century-in-the-bag/IMG_3538-1-scaled_hu3fd01b68260be02970c4cc330cbc82f5_277901_82c5df936c747b3f3841d6d9d2df456c.webp" width="1280" height="314" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </figure> <figure class="photo-figure w-full mb-4 break-inside-avoid" data-fancybox="gallery" data-src="https://blog.ryanmoore.au/posts/2019/first-half-century-in-the-bag/IMG_3540-scaled_hue9716a45f5f98c3e4bbb37309ec8fffe_570358_2400x0_resize_q80_h2_box.webp"><img class="rounded-lg" src="https://blog.ryanmoore.au/posts/2019/first-half-century-in-the-bag/IMG_3540-scaled_hue9716a45f5f98c3e4bbb37309ec8fffe_570358_fb45c77f8bff386734e4bef2c2afdc16.webp" width="1280" height="359" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /> </figure> </div> </div>