About halfway up the leg-breaking climb, that familiar wave of crushing fatigue swept through my legs as I gulped for oxygen in my struggle to hang on.

• 在那段令人铁腿的上坡路段，骑到一半时，一阵熟悉的虚弱感席捲我的双腿，我大口吸入氧气，挣扎著想要跟上。