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@tika
i go to kent sometimes but never for rides longer than 60 miles and the hills don't compare to this italian loveliness! I didn't suffer too much until the point I met you and then everything went downhill. It took me ages to get to the finish. I had to walk a bit to the top of santa maria as I lost balance and fell and then couldn't make the bike go up again as it was too steep and I had no power left, apart from the heat that was making me sick. A bit afterwards I recovered my energy but it wasn't the same as the beginning, i was quite drained. I didn't eat la ribolitta because I feared that it would upset my stomach but in the end it was worse as I had no fuel to get going. I went at snail pace.