Back on Track, Back in the Pain Cave 🩸🚴‍♂️ Christchurch, Canterbury ☀️

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First one back, full-send mode activated, and a big grin once the suffering stopped.\n\nGood to be back racing. Even better to still love the hurt box.\n\nStandout moments:\n\n* First race since April — comeback officially logged.\n* Track racing delivered the full lung-searing welcome party.\n* Legs complained, heart rate went feral, but the fun meter was pinned.\n* Cobwebs absolutely obliterated.\n* Finished with that classic “that was awful… when’s the next one?” feeling.\n\n😃 Keeping it steady\n🦆 ETC Training ()\n🧀 Fat 34%, 🍞 Carb 66%\n🕯️ Matches 3.1\n🔋 Maximum discharge 55.7%\n\n\n🔗https://www.strava.com/clubs/riduck\n🔗https://riduck.com\n\n---\nWeather Report: Clear sky, 13°C, and the wind was blowing 12km/h from WSW\r\n-- myWindsock Report --\r\nAerodynamics: 0.295 CdA\r\nFeels Like Elev™: +8m\r\nWeather Impact™: 4%\r\nHeadwind: 40% @ 15.2 - 16.1 km/h\r\nLongest Headwind: 0m 0s\r\nAir Speed: 31.9 km/h\r\nTemp: 11.7 °C\r\nPrecip: 10% @ 0 Inch/hr\r\n-- END 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