Today's #kickbike #ride was the longest I've done in a while: 55km. I rode from, through or to Rutherglen, Springhurst, Chiltern Valley, Wahgunyah and Corowa. According to my #garmin I burnt 2531 calories (10590 kilojoules), spent 27% (an hour + 5 mins) in Maximum heart zone, 50% in Threshold heart rate zone (just under 2 hours), and had an average moving speed of 15.7kph on the ride.

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Since 29th December 2023, I've received postcards for Dausa and Jaipur on the_conqueror_challenges Golden Triangle virtual #challenge . I've now also completed more than 60% of the challenge.

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Since 14th December, I've received the following postcards on the the_conqueror_challenges Golden Triangle virtual challenge: Agra Fort & Taj Mahal.

"Agra Fort, [was] the Mughals’ former residence when Agra was the capital of the empire, prior to its relocation to Old Delhi. It was built in the 1560s by Akbar (3rd emperor) as a military base and royal residence. The fort’s bastioned outer wall has a semi-circular shape with two entrances."

"Built by Shah Jahan over a period of 22 years, the Taj [Mahal] is a memorial to Mumtaz Mahal, his favourite wife, companion of 19 years and mother of his 14 children."

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Since 3rd December, I've received the following postcards on the the_conqueror_challenges Golden Triangle virtual challenge: Truck Art & Mughal Architecture. I've also now completed 20% of the challenge.

"As India’s economy grows, trucks play a crucial role in transporting goods all over the country. Drivers spend weeks and sometimes months on the road, making the truck their home. Here they cook, eat, sleep and sometimes share the space with co-drivers. To make their nomadic life more palatable, drivers paint their trucks inside and out. No two trucks are the same. The artwork is very personal and a reflection of the driver’s personality, tastes, beliefs, values and often a reminder of home and their families."

"The magnificent Mughal architecture is attributed mainly to four successive Mughal emperors: Akbar (3rd emperor), Jahangir (4th emperor), Shah Jahan (5th emperor) and Aurangzeb (6th emperor). Vast forts, mosques and mausoleums were built within a century and even though the Mughal empire existed for 330 years and had as many as 20 emperors, very little was built after Aurangzeb. The vision of these few men left a richly detailed legacy in monuments such as the Taj Mahal, Red Fort and Agra Fort."

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On 1st December 2023, I started a new The Conqueror Challenges virtual challenge: the Golden Triangle.

The challenge is 766km long. So far I have received the 3 postcards in this post, and completed 44.2km.

The Golden Triangle is a three-pointed journey through three of the most visited cities in India’s northwest. Beginning in Delhi, the challenge will take me southeast to Agra and the famous Taj Mahal, then head west to Jaipur, the pink city and finish back in Delhi. Along the journey there are ten UNESCO sites to explore, local flavours to taste, and natural and mechanical things to enjoy.

The plan is to complete the challenge by 1st March 2024 as a series of #kickbike rides.

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Today's 29km #kickbike #ride brought my total #kickbiking distance for the week to 120km. That's the most KMs I've done in a week in the last 6 weeks.

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After I completed today's 36.8km #kickbike #ride I had ridden 120km on the Kickbike for the week! That's the most Kickbike KMs I've ridden in a week in at least the last 12 weeks.

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On today's 24km #kickbike #ride I reached 10000km ridden on my Kickbike. My first on my Kickbike was on 9th August 2020. It took 3.087 years for me to ride 10000km, which calculates as an average of 3239km per year since the first ride.

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Today's 52km #kickbike #Ride was between Rutherglen and Wangaratta, via Boorhaman - a bit more indirect than the other rides between Rutherglen and Wangaratta that I've done in the last few months and was about 10km longer. It was the longest Kickbike Ride I've done in the last 2 months, and possibly the longest Kickbike I've done so far this year.

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The week just completed was my 1st 110km of Kickbiking in a week in at least the last 10 weeks, and more than 2000km of Kickbiking for the year so far.

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