Category: Cycling 2025
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Day 2: When rain plays mind games – 115km and a lesson in humility
The unwelcome wake-up call 5 AM. Heavy rain hammering against my window like an impatient debt collector. This wasn’t in the optimistic forecast I’d checked last night. My alarm wasn’t set until 6:30, but sleep was now impossible with that relentless drumming overhead. When I finally dragged myself up, every fiber of my being wanted…
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Baltic to Adriatic Day 1: Escaping Copenhagen, battling headwinds, and meeting fellow cyclist
The journey begins (208km/2011km – 10% Complete!) They say the hardest part of any journey is taking the first step. Today proved that saying right, though in my case, it was more like taking the first pedal stroke an hour later than planned. The reluctant start I’ll be honest, I postponed the departure by a…
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May: How a devastating crack nearly destroyed my ultimate journey
As previously mentioned, May became my official “month off”, which in cycling terms means I barely touched my bike for two weeks and called it “recovery.” After April’s Mallorcan torture session left me questioning both my life choices and lung capacity, my body staged a well-deserved rebellion. The great bicycle boycott of early May Most…
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Pedaling through pain: My shocking survival of Mallorca’s brutal 312
…nothing went wrong but everything happened. April was meant to be my final training crescendo, but Mother Nature had other plans, hurling snow blizzards at me in Helsinki while my work travel schedule played calendar Tetris with my riding days. My training suffered more than my quads on a 20% gradient, and those crucial long…
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From Spanish rain to surprise half-marathons
Hello, dear readers! It’s time for yet another monthly recap of my failed successes. But wait, this time I’m actually on schedule with my monthly update! Let’s dive into my past mishaps and the future ones I’m eagerly planning. The Spanish Rain Festival (That Was Supposed to Be a Cycling Camp) I never mentioned my…
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Happy New Year… If we’re still counting in March
Greetings to everyone I’ve neglected to wish seasonal joy, and yes, I’m aware wishing “Happy New Year” in March is like bringing out the Christmas tree in February – technically possible but generates enough raised eyebrows to power a small village. I’ve finally diagnosed my blogging condition: chronic inspiration deficit disorder. I wait for divine…