Sunday, December 28, 2025

When your ride with a 20 year old, you have to pedal hard and fast like a 20 year old - not the way you usually ride

Wheels of Happiness






This morning I rode with a 20 year old, a maritime student graduating this year - an apo of former HS classmate.   I rode with him and his cousin 5 years ago to Pililla.   He wanted to ride yesterday with me to Antipolo, which I failed to do yesterday, but I promised him today.  He lives about 12 km away in Pateros and we agreed to meet up at traffic light of Highway 2000  at 7:00 am today.   I came some 15 mins earlier and he came at 7:00 am exactly.  We pedalled through highway 2000 on the way to Antipolo  I pedalled hard and fast because he was doing exactly that.

I gave him 4 choices for the ride from highway 2000:

     1.  Go via the route he took yesterday
     2.   Go via the route he took yesterday and then ride to DOMSA
     3.   Ride straight to DOMSA

He opted for No 2.  I gave him another option:    up to Antipolo via Cabrera which he declined.  He looks like he is overweight at 200 lbs and may have difficulty in climbs. 

Riding up Antipolo he slowed considerably at hills  but was fast downhill

At DOMSA he saw Walls 1 and 2 and concluded that he was right in dismissing  #3.   
We must have pedalled over 40 km

To look young you must think you are young.  Choose the age 20 or 30
      

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