Rizal Philippines
July 25, 2016
We (7 in all: Armin, June B, Earl, Bryan, Lenard, Louie and Jorgeus Biker) rode to Jarrel's peak in Infanta Quezon via Marcos Highway yesterday, 5 am to 5 pm. It was distance of 72 km (144 km out and back in the cateye of Earl) It is a ride with no bonus both ways. One thinks that like Tagaytay, there is a bonus - hard going up and downhill on the trip back home. Jarrell is unforgiving: tough going up and tough going back. At one stretch from Saksak (which I tried earlier) it is 15 km going uphill to Sampaloc.
No wonder what they say about Jarrell's peak:
1. Taytay MTB riders say that of their elite riders only 3 have made it so far to Jarrell
2. It was good I did not join the Audax ride. They say that many wasted their entry fee of xxx amount because 50% did not finish. The first trip down Sampaloc was 1 hour overdue because of the difficulties.
The ride out was supposed to start at 5 am. I arrived at 7 11 at 5:05 and nobody was still there so thinking that I was left out, I rode even though it was dark (I did not know that they still waited for me until 5:20. According to Joe, the first one to arrive was Brian at 5:10) And though it was dark and my bike light was not functioning well I rode on. I was in Cardona by 5:30 and in Morong by 6:00. I thought I would have lugaw at Simples but they were not open yet. I had my breakfast at Lugawan sa Halaman in Tanay where I stayed there until 6:30. And then to Sampaloc
