Feb 14: For the Love of Health

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Lake St Clair -> Queenstown

Distance cycled: 93.2 km
Ave: 18.7 km/h
Max speed: 57.3 km/h

So you know those stay slow strategies we endorsed? Those are all fine.
Here are some strategies we don’t recommend:

Knee injury (self-resolving)
Inguinal swelling (self-resolving)
Saddle sores (self-resolving)
Nausea and vomiting (self-resolving)
Abdominal pain (persistent)

Flis was feeling pretty rough, but we set off anyways.

We booked an Airbnb in Queenstown so we’d have a warm, dry place waiting.

It was a long ride, and it rained off and on all day.
If Flis wasn’t hunched over in worsening pain the whole time, we might have appreciated the gorgeous rainforest landscapes more.
There were multiple yards of bee boxes along the route.
I made detours to Nelson Falls and to the grocery store before closing time
while Flis plodded steadily on.
Whoever was riding caboose carried the repair kit and pump as neither of us had cell reception for most of the day.
The last 8km into town involved a horrendous hill up and down. Even Flis used the brakes.
There was a bathtub, two big beds, a full kitchen, and covered bike storage.
Rarely have I appreciated an Airbnb more.

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