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[English follows Japanese] 三回目の「京都の痛みノ木」. 今日のルートは：雲ヶ畑→桟敷ヶ岳→持越東→持越西→芹生南→芹生北→花背南→杉ノ峠→花背北→百井西→百井東→江文南→江文北 。今回は軽枝を追加して、獲得高度は4,673mになりました。スタラバーは約80mを泥棒を働いた。一日の獲得高度の新記録。😃

My third time to do this "Tree of Pain" ride, this time with enough added branches to bring the total climb to 4,673m (15,331'), as computed from Japanese government laser-ranged road and elevation data. Yet Strava, as usual, takes off about 80m for no apparent reason. )-:  This is the most climb I've ever done in one day.

This was the first time I did it with company: Whit,  Yifen, and Henry, each for joining for varying amounts. It was lovely to have company, and conversation made the kilometers melt away.  Yifen slipped on a banana. Henry joined midflight. Apropos to the camaraderie, after the last of them bid me adieu at Hanase Pass, it rained as I did Momoi... rained water and loneliness 😂.  Actually, I was feeling great, and in a great mood because I knew that I'd be able to finish.

This ride is my 44th century, and my 20th-longest ride; the most climb in one day.  It bumps up my Eddington Number to 79.

My prior "Tree of Pain" rides:

#1 ：4,292m (14,081') https://www.strava.com/activities/3004441906
#2 ：4,487m (14,721') https://www.strava.com/activities/3249291057 

I lost 4.2kg (9¼lbs) over the course of the ride, despite drinking a lot and eating a fair amount (though my food was limited to rice balls and energy gels).

One odd thing: after returning home and cleaning up, I relaxed into my chair and felt fine, but a coincidental check of my pulse showed it to be ~90bpm, where normally it'd be about 45~50.  I dumped the cup of coffee I'd just made for myself, and stuck with water.  I'm guessing it's a byproduct of the two Red Bull that I drank from my bidon over the last 7 hours of the ride.  (I don't normally drink this stuff; I've had eight of them in my life, all on very long rides.)

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