Cycling around the Peninsula

So me and a few friends set out to cycle around the probably one THE most beautiful place on earth, The Cape Peninsula. In early hours of the morning about an hour before the sun came out starting out from the Cape Flats side down the Main Road. I guess its not often that cities have their own main road that stretches practically from one end of the city to the other. 

The weather was perfect for cycling,  25 degrees predicted and no wind. So off we went through Muizenberg heading towards Simon's Town. This section is an absolute stunner, I have riding this section of road for more than

 15 years but it always takes my breathe away. Its a good section for getting the legs warmed up before we start hitting the hilly section in the Cape Point area. 

Although this is quite a tough route, doing it with a couple friends coupled with the scenery makes the ride that much easier. The chatter takes your attention away from the pain of the ride as well as get in some  good laughs. 

By now the guys are bit more serious as we get closer to the first climb of the day. It went well and we did wait long of everyone to regroup are the top. Down towards Misty Cliffs where we had to attacks and some fast pacing. I must say that we past quite a number of cyclist around this section. Over Ocean View  drive as we headed to the killer Oukaapseweg. Most of the guys were climbing well on this 7.2km climb but is where a guys called it a day as the sun started beating down on us. This was a bit of a detour as the normal route was around Chapman's Peak but unfortunately it was closed for maintenance. As we dipped down into Blue Route the guys had to make some toilet stops.  It seems this worked because the pace was up on the next climb and over Suikerbossie. By now the heat was really playing a role in dishing out pain. We stopped in Camp's Bay for lunch  where we did some 'bird watching' while eating some food.

From then on it was about 30km to home for me. The wife starting calling already because we over stayed our time in Camp's Bay. But never-the-less, I got home in time to do some stuff around the house. I all, the this was one of the hard rides, I guess it will just get harder from here on out. I cant wait for the next weeks group ride, but it will probably be a short one because we racing the Sunday.