Rode a beautiful 85km route through farmland and along sparkling lakes on hwy 2. It took me 3h51min. Record average speed of 22km/h. Probably because I road up 513m, which much less than before.
Category Archives: On the road
Day 5 Antigonish to Truro, Nova Scotia
Rode 130km today attempting to follow the old hwy (route 4) although it wasn’t overly well signposted and I found myself back on the main highway (104) several times. It took me 6h45min and over the course of the day I climbed a total of 1340m.
Day 4 St. Peter’s to Antigonish, Nova Scotia
The ride along route 4 was definately less hilly and strenuous than the previous day. Nevertheless, after 106km, 5h15min of biking with a total ascent of 996m I was content to sit downtown and enjoy an ice cream.
Day 3 Gillis Lake to St.Peter’s
Rode a hilly 67km along route 4 in 3h23min. Climbing at total of 834m. It was a tough but beautiful ride along the shore of the lake
Bras d’or.
Day 2: Sydney to Gillis Lake
Easy day today. Rode 25km from the ferry to Jimmy Gilis’ place in 1h50. Only climbing 276m.
Day 1 St.john’s to Argentia ferry
130km for Habitat in 6h40min climbing 1368m before returning to sea level. garmin says it burned 2999 cal, no wonder i was hungry.