Mount Rose highway: One of my favourite long rides…

This 4hr ride starts in Reno at 1300m altitude, climbs straight up to 2700m (takes me about 1h40 at 130 heart rate) and descends straight down to Incline Village, on the shores of Lake Tahoe. (1800m)

Fill up the bottles, (penalty points awarded for time spent off the bike) and start climbing back over. About 50minutes at 130HR. Then scream down the fun side and try to keep up with cars through the many curves on the way down.

I do this ride on my own. I get a lot of thinking and soul searching done. I think about racing, training and life. But mostly about racing. Then at times I’ll switch off and numb my brain with Battery 9’s “Oom Kosie” and others…

The start. Where there is still some air.

The summit of Mt Rose. 2700m. (8860ft) Where the air is rare. And cold!

Climbing at 130 heart rate at 2536m altitude, 2hr11min into the ride. All thanks to my Suunto t6.