Epic Camp Lite Kona - Day 5 - high road to Hawi
Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 02:28PM Bike – High road loop to Hawi ~100km
Run ~3km / swim skills / Run ~3km
This really is a classic ride that everyone should do if you have the time in Kona. From Mauna Lani we head to the end of the Queen K where instead of turning left on the ironman course to Hawi turn right up to Waimea for a long juicy climb typically into a head wind. Just before Waimea take a left turn with more climbing and spectacular views before bombing down to Hawi to rejoin the ironman course.
The coaches instructions were for today to be a recovery ride. When you are climbing from sea level to over 1000m that is easy said than done. So whilst we took it as easy as we could it was not recovery going up. It’s all worth it though with stunning views and a huge amount of downhill in the 2nd half. My joke of reminding everyone that is was a recovery ride as they climbed in their smallest gear for ~1hr was wearing thin with some athletes by the end of it.
To close out the day we ran 3km down to a nice little beach near Mauna Lani, swam and run back.
So some good mileage today at a low intensity. Time to start resting up tomorrow.
Bike file:http://tpks.ws/9Fn9x
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