Fargo and Away

The day after the Stelvio, I was not feeling all that well she I woke up and was contemplating not riding. I had booked a massage for the late afternoon and would have been content to rest all morning.

But, plans were being made to ride up a pass towards Livigno, a ski town near the Swiss border. It was an out and back course over with about 6000 feet of climbing over 50 miles, not nearly what we had done the previous day but also not exactly a light day.

I chose to put in my cycling gear and just follow the group for a couple hours and then turn around. I figured I could get to the top of the main climb for the day, take some pictures, and have plenty of time to get back for my massage.

The climb itself wasn’t overly hard, but I took my time anyways, to let the legs just spin. Steve and Beata had also decided to take it easy for the day. we reached Passo Foscagno by mid-morning.

The van met us for a refuel as most of the riders were continuing on down the other side of the pass to Livigno.

Steve, Beata and I started back to town, but stopped for a few more photos.

We got back in plenty of time for lunch and a shower before the massage. Overall, I felt good about my decision not to extend the ride. We had one more climb planned for the week and I was looking forward to having fresh legs.