adjective
Geared out
/ɡɪəd aʊt/
The hollow half-second you reach for one more gear going uphill, and realise there isn't one left.
"I was completely geared out by the top of Ditchling Beacon."
Collection 02 · The Field Dictionary
Words for the feelings between the car park and the summit.
Every entry is a design, the word, its definition, worn or hung or raised where the right people will nod and say yeah, that one.
verb
Granny'd
/ˈɡrani:d/
Already in the granny gear, spinning for your life, and the road is still tilting up.
"Two miles in and I was fully granny'd."
noun
Cresting
/ˈkrɛstɪŋ/
The involuntary lift in your chest the instant the gradient lets go and the world opens out.
"Pure cresting as the Downs fell away."
adjective
Dawn-stolen
/dɔːn ˈstəʊlən/
The quiet smugness of being above the cloud before anyone else has woken up.
"Summit to ourselves, properly dawn-stolen."
noun
The Pint Mile
/ðə paɪnt maɪl/
The final stretch where your legs are entirely gone but the pub at the end is entirely real.
"Nothing left but the Pint Mile."
verb
Type-twoing it
/taɪp ˈtuːɪŋ ɪt/
Pressing on through something you'll genuinely love tomorrow, and absolutely do not love now.
"Sideways rain on the ridge, properly type-twoing it."
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