Enjoying Life On 2 Wheels: KLMBH Epic Ride1

Sleeping beside the rainforest is not exactly quiet. Unless you are the type that knock off the moment your head hits the pillow, you hear lots of things coming from nature. Even with the constant sound of water flowing beside our chalet, the sounds of insects and other creatures is still loud enough to keep you awake.

I thought I was the only one having trouble sleeping but when I woke up to take a walk after getting tired of rolling around in bed, Willy spoke to me. I managed to catch some sleep until nature call that I had to attend to and it's tossing in bed again until the alarm rang at 6am. I guess I had about 1 hour of actual sleep. The rest of the time was just pretending to sleep.

It was nice and cool 7 km ride from our chalet to the starting point. Good warm up. Along the way we saw a few cars with bikes mounted on them but no one gave us a hoot of acknowledgement. Aiyah, why so cold? One car took the wrong junction going towards Genting and turn back after seeing us cycling straight. Hey, you're welcome!

I have seen new riders who struggled to keep up after the first initial kilometers and with determination, improve their stamina and ride technique. Willy is one those who join the cycling fraternity last year and I am proud to see him taking part and able to finish 54 km of hard core riding.

Trying to locate our names amongst the long list of names at the registration counter. Luckily we were early and took our time. After that the crowd started to grow.

With long rides that this, we need to keep power gels and protein bars to replenish the energy along the way. Before ride it is best to store energy with the power drink (teh tarik) and power canai first. Restoran Al-Salma owners must be smiling cheek to cheek as business boomed for the day.