The EPIC Race
Challenge the Limits! Something that scares me but gives that adrenaline rush too.... So after multiple motorbike rides, car drives, running, trekking and 2 failed attempts to ride a bicycle to the top of Nandi Hills, here came a new challenge, The Nandi Epic Road Race by Bangalore Bicycle Championships . A 68.7km Road race that starts from the Bangalore-Hyderabad Highway (Century Sports Village), straight till Chikaballapur (25kms), a U-Turn, then 23 more kms on the highway, turning right onto the road that leads to Nandi Hills, and finally after 61kms of rolling terrain (ups n downs with 300m elevation), the final ascent of 7kms - 450meters (about 40 floors of a building) that seem impossible on a bicycle for a newbie cyclist like me.... So I registered 4 weeks ago, thinking lets give it a shot. Was not actively preparing for the race, but managed to do a few 30-40km rides, with flyovers as the tough areas, and this was a big mistake because the actual test was as steep as 30 f