Tuesday was ridiculously beautiful. Pleasantly warm and authentic blue
skies. This is not a filter, folks. Here's our office bldg from the
neighboring apt complex garden.
A friend of mine set up an unsanctioned bike race through the streets of Shanghai. Inspired by races elsewhere, it's called Hell Track because the route is completely improvised and tangles with city traffic. Shortly after this photo, several checkpoint intersections were drawn at random, and after a few minutes of planning a route, we were off.
I snapped this after I arrived moments behind the leading pack. I was fortunate to follow a fast and knowledgeable rider, or I would have arrived much later and would have struggled to put together a route. As it was, we rode up, down, left, and right through the congested streets, stopping for little and spontaneously turning whenever a straight shot wasn't available. I spent most of the time busting my ass to catch up knowing I had no chance of a top finish without a guide. No pedestrians or riders were injured in the making of this story. It may have been a bit reckless, but it was fun, and I haven't had 40 straight minutes burn like that since we arrived in Shanghai.
Damn, that sounds fun!
ReplyDeleteDoes sound fun. Except the traffic in that city would scare me out of it.
ReplyDeleteNice photo shopped pic of your office by the way.