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

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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

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There are conflicting advices:   one side says take it easy;  the others say take it hard.  Do hill climbs, do HIIT, do something harder than before.  I believe in the latter that is why lately I do short rides but do hill climbs.

So yesterday, I did hard hill climbs to Ynares blvd, quarry road and DOMSA.  (Thats on top of push ups, lunges and weight exercises.)

What do you think?

My ride to Antipolo City today, and having my SAVA bike blessed, today, First Friday of March

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Rizal Philippines
March 4, 2016

I rode to Antipolo City today at 7:15 today.  It was a hard gear ride.  I only used the 44 front chain ring through out the ride with 32 sprocket. at Beverly Hills.It was 25 at other parts of the climb.   I had the SAVA MTB blessed.  All that was needed was a donation. It gives you certain confidence that you and the bike are blessed to be kept safe from harm.

Later I had a conversation with a young rider from Taguig who wore a SAVA jersey,(he claim he is member of RP youth team but had to lie low because of work) and somebody from Teresa who knew about Audax.