Lukasz Wolejko-Wolejszo

Can call that a day. 😮‍💨 The morning been cold. af. And rolled out to Asni and turned on the roundabout left (2nd exit) towards Ouirgane, but in Marigha I took a right into the green fields towards Amizmiz. After a short downhill. along palm trees I been on the climb. Most of the road been less bad than expected after Garmin & Komoot told me it’s gravel. But on the descent you really need to watch out. Some cars on with damage on the side road, gravel, mud, water, rocks .. a real challenge. Amghras been quite calm, but Amizmiz is huge. Stopped just for 2 Tangerines 🍊 here cause I knew that from here to Lalla Takerkoust will be a 22km decline segment where I can relax a bit and still had one bottle. So consumed just ~60g of carbs. In Lalla Takerkoust I stopped and got water to refill 1,5 bottles added sugar and electrolytes and got some bread, coke and sweets 🍭 round about 700kcal I guess so been a bit over 1k which is still not so much for 70k w/ > 1000hm .. after this the beautiful segment through the desert 🏜️ 🐪 started. Rolling hills that still felt tough when you low on energy and on a gravel bike. But this still the easy part. The biggest climb for today is the one at Tamazirt. It’s a place known for paragliding. It’s amazing, but tough and it’s getting a nightmare of there is an angry group of dogs 🐕. Most dogs here are calm and chill. But this crew had a trouble maker. Who started barking and running behind me. I tried to ignore them and keep on moving. But he keep on running behind me. And. On this climb I’ve been slow. I think they been pretty hungry and tired, too. Else it would be easy to get me. After a few meter he stopped and then tried again. When his teeth been close to my clipped in pedal I screamed at them to leave. Have to check my heartrate here 🤭 I thought that the climb been brutal, but this topped it to the max. At one point I left them behind and a man crossing from the opposite asked in French what happened. And I just answered tired still climbing: “chien” and pointed down the road. After the climb you get through some small villages. It’s a up and down. Till at one point a group of 3 boys been on the right side of the road. 2 with bikes and one walking. I asked if they are on the way to Moulay Brahmin and they agreed. The two on the bikes tried to keep up with me. Been quite cute. It’s been still an incline so was hearing the work through their breath. While I had already 100k und around 1900hm in I just paddled as chilled as possible. At one point one and then the other been smoked but I enjoyed the escort. From Moulay Brahim it’s been a downhill into Asni and it got quite fresh. Been lucky as soon I saw 👀 the petrol station at the roundabout cause from here it’s just 10k w/ 260 to get back to the start point. Followed the last easy climb back with the view at the mountains. 🏔️ long story short a long nice day.

07:00

117km

16.7km/h

2,150m

2,180m

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Lukasz Wolejko-Wolejszo went for a bike ride.

3 days ago

D7 Atlas Escape: Imlil - Asni Back & Forth

Rained the whole day. Used the little window where it stopped and been going up and down the road to the spots where rain got stronger. Clouds played a nice chess game here.

02:58

60.5km

20.4km/h

1,130m

1,120m

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