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Old Aug 10, 2019, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by fern46 View Post
That's really awesome progress and such great exercise. Are you finding that the vigorous exercise lifts your mood?

I feel like I would freak out riding on an incline like that. You're so brave!
Rather than "brave" I think I should call it foolish.
The whole ride lifts my mood in a number of ways. First, the descent is a serious adrenaline rush. Then the workout of the climb generates serotonin so it's good for me, too. There's another endorphin released, but I can't recall it now.


To give you a sense of how steep and curvy the descent is, I have in the past overtaken cars because the car has to slow down for the curves but a bike can lean into them and keep a higher speed. I have done this more than once. Not smart. Today it was a conscious choice to stay behind the truck despite the fact that he was slowing me down.
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