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What do I have in a travel week So many of us travel often, we have a routine, and there are some basic things that are common to all of the work travelers. You arrive to an airport, go to the hotel, go to the office, come back to the hotel, and at the end … Read more
I have been able to travel again a week to the Pirinees mountains with the mountain bike. This is a journey I love to do and I was able to do it after 2 years off. The first thing is to prepare me physically. 7 weeks riding at least 3 times a week made the … Read more
I use Strava as one of the environments that let me analyze the rides I do. I find very useful the kudos system, the way to show the data, how to compare with yourself, etc. Yesterday I took my bike in Sevilla. It was October the 1st but there were around 35ºC at 17.30 that … Read more
Family traveling, me preparing the vacations to the Pyrenees mountains, and suddenly the possibility to ride this race. For sure I’m still far away of the shape I need for the Pyrenees, but this was a good check point to know how I was. The total distance, taking into account the launched start was 62.17 … Read more
Last year we did the ride from Philadelphia to Atlantic City, this year we repeated. The weather this time was better and we completed the distance at 13.30. We stopped a lot and we were talking to so much people during the whole journey. So when we arrived to Atlantic City, we were in better … Read more
Last Sunday I participated on this ride organized by ACS (American Cancer Society). Between the route and the road to home we did 120 kms, which is not a bad distance with the temperature and the humidity we had. The route itself has interesting parts with nice views and some others that are a little … Read more
When I discovered the global Strava heat map I was doing the same thing that the day I installed google earth on my computer: looking for places. The only difference was what to look for: some years ago it was NYC and now it’s the tourmalet road. So many things to investigate: Countries where adoption … Read more
I read an article about the the positive impact of the use of the bike in Paris after the people receive a monthly compensation for going to job by bike, promoting a set of behaviors that benefits the whole city. This made me think about bike adoption in cities. I´m becoming older and I am able … Read more
This year I was able to go to the Pyrenees mountain and ride for five days on the never-ending trails of Ainsa. Nice place to ride and rest, a year where we picked the routes in a very good way. The only problem we had was the temperature, so so warm days. (Bajo de Peña … Read more
New edition of this fan race, again 75 km and 2100 difference in height. This year the route changed and had a lot of small paths and new roads.