Thursday, September 14, 2023

early autumn

Parked Cheongtong 청통 township office and got around the northeastern countryside area of Yeongcheon 영천 region. The paddy fields slowly turn yellowish, grapes and apples are ripening. Autumn is just around the corner, or has already come.
This time, the route was not that long as the previous ones, because recently found out once again that cycling is not kind of a battle or struggling with the riding distance. Needed to relax as much as possible so far while cycling. It is necessary to accept the physical limits to do so. Otherwise, cycling becomes self-torture or heavy labor. Actually, Strava, GPS-based tracking services for cyclists, has motivated them to push themselves further. The desire to go longer with GPS tracking  naturally made a cyclist tired and exhausted. But then again, always cycled by oneself,  it has been only a tool of competition with oneself, not with others.
Cycling alone or riding solo is awesome and a pleasure experience, the least likely to be disturbed. We are all alone in the end anyway.