Posted by: Naveen Shanmugasundaram | May 6, 2009

Cycling To Mamallapuram….

 

 

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It was another early morning  when  i got up before alarm , thinking of the scary 120 km ride  which everyone  around me said “Are you nuts/crazy”.I felt giving  a shot, if not possible  thought of   returning back.Without cycling for quit a while (actually 4 yrs :)   ), i felt strange on  riding  for the first few miles. The day before i  contacted radha who was organising  this  trek and felt relaxed that i can join them   if  guys were too fast during ride .

Me n praveen took the motorbike ride till IIT and  we  got assembled there at 5.15am.Then came bharath n radha where we had a quick introduction and moved to tidel park joining the rest of the folks . We had the rest intros on the way riding.Soon i realised that it was such a pleasent experience to ride early in the morning which i had missed allthese years.As notihng wasprepared for cycling, my seat played vital role in this trip gifted me with high velocity pressure (technically nothing but ache @ my bum :) ).We had some  stop for bumbreaks and continued our biking.I was accompanied by bharath ,an IITian and midhu, a citibank ofiicial on the way throughout the onward trip.Thanks to both folks so that i avoided lonnely rides.The rest 3 musketers radha , sritej and Nanda zoomed away.We had a  10 mins stop at 2 places @ semiconductor comp and other @ vinayaka mission.Then we reached mahabs enjoying the scenic beauty all the way..We were all quite excited  that wereached mahabs without  much pain.

 

We had a hefty brunch around 12 @ dhaba express with some cool chats.We roamed  around the beach n temple for a while and made our plans for return. we started 4 the return  trip with full josh!!!!

 

we chose ECR  to enjoy the sea breeze while riding.. but we realised the disaster when  the sea breeze was in opposite direction and too it was a mid-day..we lost our hopes after the 1st 15 km ride…we started juggling btwn bikes for next few kms… and we got parted altoghther evry1 were riding alone at some distance…finally we joined up  near VGP n i  was the last to arrive..  we keep pedalling till IIT -M  although  i felt dropping off ..we felt really great n relieved for completing our 1st cycling trip till mahabs!!!! we had a quick n relaxed  chat n started kicking up to our home..Hurray it was a wonderful learning n memorable trip to preseve….

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