Figueira da Foz - First day real pain.

Facts:

July 15th - L4- (actual) Batalha to Figueira da foz

Distance - 44.5399 miles/ 71.68 km

Time - 5:46 (start 10:19am)

Weather - 21c with 10km nw wind

Climbs - the first one almost killed me.

Difficulty - 5 hard... the lights went out around 3.5 hours.

Scale: 0 = 25 miles around San Francisco with the marin headlands climb.

10 = Next to the last day of a hell week in the military with a few hours of sleep.

Hotel - Hotel Wellington- 55 euro´s with breakfast. Too tired to search for something else.

Comments:

A. The first climb was outrageously difficult. It took about 50 mins. to make the first 5k. I have climbed high mountains faster than that.

B. It left me with burning legs, about 3 miles down, and 40 to go. Complete noddle by the time I made it here. Cramps.