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Via Race, Chapter II: The Grand Departure · Zone2Speak Podcast

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Welcome to Zone to Speak, reporting from the road at the Via Race,
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4,000 kilometers of pure ultra-cycling from Italy to the Netherlands.
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I'm Juliana, traveling with the race and bringing you daily highlights,
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writer's stories, and the moments that define the ride. Let's dive in.
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You are listening to Zone to Speak, where endurance, mindset,
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and adventure meet on the road.
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I'm your host, Juliana, and for the next few weeks, I'm traveling with one of
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the most ambitious ultra-cycling events in Europe, the Via Race.
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From the southern tip of Italy to the north of the Netherlands,
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over 4,000 kilometers of self-supported riding, I will be bringing you daily
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stories straight from the course.
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Expect race highlights, conversations with riders, behind-the-scenes moments
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with the media crew, dot-watcher drama, and the raw reality of what it means
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to ride this far, this long, and this deep.
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Whether you are tuning in from a training ride or dot-watching from home,
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welcome to Zone to Speak on the road with Via Race.
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Via is no ordinary race. It's a self-supported ultra-distance that blends serious
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athleticism with serious storytelling.
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The route? It's not just about the roads. It's about recreating history.
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Last year, in Chapter 1, writers followed the path of Hannibal,
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yes, the Carthaginian general, who marched across the Alps with elephants to take on Rome.
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That journey ended in Giovinasso, a beautiful coastal town in the southern Italy.
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And this year, that 2024 finish line becomes the 2025 start line.
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Now, we are following the footsteps of Germanicus,
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a Roman general who led brutal campaigns into what is now Germany,
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chasing redemption for the Roman Empire after a humiliating defeat.
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The guy wasn't exactly known for his kindness, but his journey covered staggering ground.
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And that's exactly what VIA Chapter 2 aims to capture. Not war,
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just the epicness of the route.
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Roughly 4,000 kilometers and 40,000 meters of climbing, give or take a few blisters and breakdowns.
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Trust me, it's not for the faint at heart.
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Now, you might look at Google Maps and think, wait, 4,000 kilometers?
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That should be less than 2,000. True.
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But this isn't a straight shot.
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Riders must pass through a series of mandatory GPS checkpoints.
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Some are gates. Others are refuges.
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Gates are simple. Ride past, get pinned. Refuges?
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That's where riders can catch their breath, refill bottles, maybe chat with
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other weary souls before pushing on. The twist?
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The routing isn't totally free. The placement of these gates forces riders into
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some pretty gnarly climbs and, let's just say, creative detours.
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We are talking alpines, alps, black forests.
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It's going to be stunning and punishing.
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And who is taking this challenge on? This year, we have got over 120 riders
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signed up, a huge jump from last year.
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This includes 11 women, 5 pairs, and some incredibly inspiring participants,
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like paracyclist Wayne Harrod, who is returning after heat issues forced him
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to scratch last year, and Mel Nichols, a Paralympian, riding a handbike across the entire course.
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Just let that sink in. And while we never really know how a neutral will unfold,
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tired legs, route gambles, mechanicals, meltdowns are all part of the game.
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There are definitely a few dots to keep an eye on.
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This dot watcher gold comes from courtesy of the brilliant Bartek Piazzi,
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our favorite long-form tracker and storyteller.
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In the men's category, Adam Biliak, last year's champion and hands down the rider to beat.
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He crushed chapter one with a 16-hour lead. But don't count your eagles before they fly.
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This year, Bruno Witt has proven he's got the legs and the mind,
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outsmarting Adam at the race through Poland with flawless execution.
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Word is, Bruno thrives in cooler temps, so the weather might tip the scales.
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Also in the mix, Lucas Becker, second last year and always near the top.
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Christian Jabubek, who pulled off an audacious coastal move to snag third last year.
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He's not at peak form right now, but never count out a wild card.
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And Marc Buschel, a strong Swiss rider who might be looking for redemption after
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routing mishaps last year. And don't forget, he's got a bit of a friendly rivalry going with Bruno.
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On the women's side, it's shaping up to be an exciting battle.
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Joanna Ruminska-Pieti is back to defend her crown after a decisive win last
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year, though she had a near miss with a gate that could have cost her everything.
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Gossia Wehrlich, who just came
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second overall at the Indian Pacific Wheel Race, is an interesting one.
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She's done well in shorter events like Dead End Zendoche.
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Her background is long non-race rides might make her want to watch.
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And Fiona Shorten, who scratched last year but came back strong to win the Amherst
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Forest, Sourland Amherst Forest epic.
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Redemption? We love to see it. Via isn't just a race.
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It's a mirror of resilience, grit, and spirit.
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It's a platform for inclusion and for storytelling, which is where I come in.
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Each day here on Zone to Speak, I will be bringing you updates from the field,
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writer stories, route drama, surprise from the dot watching universe,
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and conversations that review what it really takes to keep paddling day after day across a continent.
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So, buckle up. It's going to be long, it's going to be tough,
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but it's going to be worth it. Let's ride!
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Now that I have set the stage, the route, the history, the dots to watch,
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let's head to the heart of it all, the writers themselves.
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I spent time at the registration in Giovinasso, catching up with writers as
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they checked in, loaded up, and took that deep breath before the storm.
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There is a mix of nerves, stoke, and quiet determination in the air.
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And every person here is carrying their own story to the star line.
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You will hear from seasoned contenders, rookies, and paracyclists defying limits.
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Some are chasing the podium, others are chasing peace, and all of them,
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Everyone is chasing something that exists just beyond the horizon.
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Here's what they had to say in their own words.
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All right, so what's your name? Enrico Hadix. And tell me, what are you riding here at VIA?
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I'm riding a recumbent bike, a Velo Mobile. How does that work?
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You just sit in there and you paddle.
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So yeah it's more like a laid-back bike so completely covered it's a lot better
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in wind and you have usually more speed except going uphill so that's kind of a challenge in this race,
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how did you create your route did you try to avoid hills as much as possible
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because of the velo mobile yeah of course i go a lot more kilometers than all
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the other participants i guess and try to avoid every hill I can avoid.
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But most of the track points are completely on top of the hill,
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so sometimes I have to go up there.
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And how do you plan to go up the hills?
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It's very interesting. I try to walk. I'm going to pull the Willemobile up there. Pull, not push.
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Is there a harness or something that you attach or just by hand?
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No, I put a kind of rag on me and then I pull it up.
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Wow, that's a lot of manpower. That's amazing.
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Yeah, like a horse.
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You said like a horse. And when you are inside, you are sitting,
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obviously, right? Yeah.
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And how do you eat and drink in there? Just like you're on a bike,
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just take one hand off? Or can you be hands-free?
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How does it work? It depends on the speed. I can do hands-free.
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It's pretty straight, so I don't have to steer all the time.
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But if it's going too fast, I need to have a hand on the brakes and on the steering wheel.
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Really cool. And how fast does this go on flats?
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And does it also, of course, no, of course, because I don't know,
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but it depends on the power you put on your legs as well. But how fast usually goes?
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Usually I'm depends like
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you can do if it's really flat and good roads you
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can around 50 kilometers per hour with around 100 120 watts amazing and have
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you done any of this type of events before with it I've done a couple of thousand
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kilometers around stuff but not that long,
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A couple of thousand kilometers is still a lot, so you do have the experience.
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You kind of know what to expect.
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Yeah, I did the first VIA last year with the upright bike, so I know what distance it is, yeah.
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Okay, so you were here last year. How was that? Oh, pretty hot.
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Yeah, I got a kind of heat stroke the first three days after puking and not
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sleeping and not being able to eat or drink.
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Then I kind of recovered and I got in in the
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into this place and on
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time so oh that's great kind of
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worked out yeah well sorry you got sick but glad you worked out in the end well
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it's nine or ten o'clock not even and it's already so hot but the forecast says
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that as we travel north we might have some rain and some cooler weather and how does the,
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the velo mobile does on the rain
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well i'm mostly covered
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except that i'm not here with the hood because it's
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too hot with the hood and therefore i'm gonna
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get some rain as well if it rains too long i
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had it coming here because i drove here by the velo mobile so
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i had rain for 12 hours straight then it
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kind of feels really wet in there does it
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accumulate water or is there like a sorry so many stupid
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silly questions or does it drain drains the
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source in there and the water just comes out again but all the stuff inside
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gets soaked so including me yeah where did you ride from from munich okay nice
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well best of luck i'm really really excited to follow you and see you at the
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finish line Thank you very much.
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What's your name? I'm Phil. Hi, Phil. Where are you from? I'm from Germany.
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And how old are you? I'm 43 years old. All right.
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And is this your first ultra race or you have some experience?
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It's actually the second one. I still don't have that much experience.
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I did three peaks bike race from Vienna to Nice last year.
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And I was really excited about that. But second day, I was like,
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why the hell am I doing that?
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But by the time I finished, I was pretty sure I'm going to do another ultra race.
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And yeah, I just came across VR Race and the routing was kind of nice and the
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team looked professional and well organized. So I signed up for VR Race.
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Awesome. Yeah, it's an amazing team. I love what they are doing.
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And it's a tough one for being your second ultra race.
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I think it has some aspects that a lot of people are afraid,
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which I am, of making my own route.
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How are you navigating that? Well, I spent a lot of time in front of the computer,
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did the research on different tools like commode, right with GPS and had a look
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at all the maps, Google Maps, Street View.
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And actually, it was kind of fun to do all the planning. So I'm really excited on how it ends up.
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But to be honest, from my experience from last year, I mean,
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last year, I didn't spend too much time on the route planning.
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But at the end of the day, things change. things
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change quickly so i might just do
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something spontaneously so i'm i'm i'm pretty
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confident i did good route planning this year but you never know that's actually
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a good point that you can make a route but if something happens or you change
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your mind you can always reroute and do something different and spontaneous
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definitely that's nice and that's that's part of the game and that makes it
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interesting and it's fun.
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And yeah, for me, it's just like playing a board game and you're just a small player.
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Like the map of Europe is just like a game for me.
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And do you have any goals? Are you enjoying, you don't care where you are,
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middle of the pack, back of the pack, front of the pack, or you have like a
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mission of, I want to do this in the next days?
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As I'm not that experienced and I just need to learn a lot more,
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how your body is dealing with all those issues you get along with during the race.
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I don't have too much expectation, but after 15 days, nobody is going to wait
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for you at the finish line. I mean, we have as much time as we want.
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We can finish within one month, but I would really like to finish within 15
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days to be part of the finishing party.
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Yeah, that would be fun to be at the finish party. If I do this,
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I'll probably take a month or more.
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Well, may the weather be in your favor and that, you know, do really well and have a wonderful time.
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And I'm going to be looking forward to seeing you at the finisher party.
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Great. Thank you very much.
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All right. What's your name? Hi, my name is Leona. Leona, I hear you are a rookie at the race.
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What is your experience and why via race? You mean my experience with the other ultras?
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Yes. Oh, yes. I've done a few ultras before, like Bright Midnight and Alps the Vite.
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And I'm also doing a lot of long distance stuff just on my own,
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like the European Divide Trail three years ago. So, yes, that was my biggest
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adventure so far without being
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in a race, but just being on my own and off-road crossing Europe. Yeah.
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Amazing. A lot of experience. And you have experience doing your route before
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since you've been crossing Europe as well?
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Yes. The route was fixed on the European Divide Trail and it was like 70% off-road.
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So, yes, it was maybe a bit more tricky like this one on the road.
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But yeah, we'll see how good I planned the road now.
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And how does it feel to be one of the few women here at the start line?
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It feels really good to be one of them.
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I really would wish for more women on the start line. Sadly,
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yeah, we are just a few here.
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But I really want to inspire other women to do the same like me and to be just
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brave enough to try and to go for an adventure. and push maybe some limits and
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to keep on growing for themselves.
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Beautifully said yeah i couldn't agree more i hope
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to inspire myself i have done a few ultras but
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nothing above a thousand kilometers and four thousand sounds
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a little bit scary i know people have a lot of time to finish you don't have
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to be at the finisher party you can continue and finish later but but what is
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your goal for this race do you have a set timeline to finish i have two weeks of holidays,
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so I have to finish in two weeks.
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If I would be a bit more quicker, I would be really, really happy.
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I just want to see how far I come throughout the day and just trying to keep
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on pedaling as much as I can and just enjoying the race.
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And any strategy on stops and sleep?
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How much you plan to stop and how much you plan to sleep? Some people like to
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be super efficient and have more time to sleep. Some people want to stop,
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take pictures and enjoy and maybe sleep less.
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Or some people actually just do all the above, right? They want to be super
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efficient, sleep as least as they can.
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Yes. So I will try to go really efficient this time, but I will just try to
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listen to my body and stop whenever I can.
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And especially in the heat, I really know I have to hydrate much more to really
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stay consistent throughout the long distance.
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I think I will at least sleep for two or four hours because I really know my
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body can handle this sleeping time very well.
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And then I just try to keep the stopping time as little as possible.
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Wow. Two, three hours for two weeks. I will try.
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That's the plan, but we can change the plan. Absolutely. That's the beauty of
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this race. You can even change your route if you want to, right? Yes, yes, I can.
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And how do you do with the heat? Is this a big challenge for you?
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Do you rather cold weather or is this a strength?
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Not my strength, but I think I'm pretty adapted to it.
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I was for the winter months until June. I was at Mallorca.
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So yeah i try to adapt to
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the heat but i'm more the nordic person i'm better
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with a bit more rain or cold but yeah i
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just take everything as i as i can where are
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you from germany ah okay yeah yeah well
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i'm glad you had some time to work on the
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heat adaptation yeah i wish you all the
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best i am very excited to follow the women obviously
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being one and wish you all the best yes
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thank you all right what's
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your name my name is Cesare from Bologna Ivalin
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all right I came to talk to you because I see you have a very interesting setup
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you are riding 4,000 kilometers on a fixed gear it's not a fixed gear it's just
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a single speed and the difference between a fixed gear and the single speed
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that is with a single speed you have the freewheel so you can coast yeah if you like.
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Fixed gear is when everything is fixed.
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No freewheel and you pedal up and down.
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I also used a fixed gear bicycle for an example for the transcontinental race in 2017.
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I used a fixed gear bike and it worked. It worked okay.
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And now I'm getting lazy. So single speed will be enough and enough challenging for me.
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Absolutely. How are you planning to go over the climbs? How did you make the
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route? Are you trying to avoid a lot of climb?
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I tried my best to avoid the climbs. Only?
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Every time I achieve this goal,
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but if something goes wrong and I need to jump off the bike and walk.
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As an example, last year I did the VRing and we had the Nibolet checkpoint.
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And so I worked for 40 kilometers on cycling shoes and I needed 10 hours, 10 hours for that time.
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And after that, it was all the same to the Vinaxel almost.
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Wow. Well, 40 kilometers, it's pretty much a marathon.
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So you walked a marathon in 10 hours. Actually, that's pretty good timing,
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given you have cycling shoes and a bike.
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It was easy because there was a speedometer on my bicycle.
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So I just had to stay on four kilometers per hour.
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And in 10 hours, it was at the top.
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So you are a VIA race veteran and you have a lot of experience.
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You mentioned you've done TCR. What are you looking forward the most on this year's race?
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I will try to get to the finish line in one piece and to enjoy this time by
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myself and also with my friends and the invisible peloton which will share my days, actually.
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I'm never alone now. I'm in this race. I know that all the other people are
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in the same race, in the same pain, in the same heat.
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And so I'm with all of them.
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And it's being together, riding our bikes by ourselves.
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Yeah, that's a good mindset to have. You know there's always someone ahead or
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behind and everybody's going through the same experience. Exactly.
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And how about sleep? Are you doing hotels or are you camping?
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I use my hammock and my sleeping kit. And I prefer hammocks to mattresses,
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air mattresses, because they are unreliable.
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And of my height, they are pretty heavy.
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And so hammock is perfect for me. I just find two poles, two threes,
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whatever I can fit my hemophone to, and it works.
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Wow. Okay. So I came to talk to you because of the Seville Speed bike,
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and now you also sleep on a hammock. Yeah. Never seen this before.
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Incredible. Is it easy to find two poles to... Whatever fits,
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it fits between two poles that are at least three meters of distance,
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one to the other, to six meters.
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From 3 meters to 6 meters so we can find many places in this park it's very
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easy very cool, well I wish you all the best I'll be in the refugee,
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so hopefully I'll see you around sure, we'll meet later,
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in the next days yes, thank you you're welcome.
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So what's your name? Christoph. Christoph. So where are you from?
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I'm from Switzerland, from Bern.
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From Bern. All right, nice. Well, it's nice and cool there. How are you dealing
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with the heat? Well, I'm adapting, I guess.
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It's a bit different, but we had hot weather before. But I guess if I look at
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the weather forecast now, it's pretty much raining. So we'll see how it goes.
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Yeah, I think as you guys ride north, it's supposed to get a little bit better with the rain.
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So there's hope but it's quite hot here at
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the southern Italy I think
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it's like 35 degrees right now we're all toasting here it is
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and I guess the next couple of days will will kind of be
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like that but it was my hope as well so going
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north getting more to my temperatures again but we'll
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see how it turns out but I guess
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preferring a bit of hot and then some kind of
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weather change in the worst and a
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lot of rain is not as easy as as a lot of
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heat again so we'll see yeah
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and what is your experience as a ultra
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rider i did a couple of shorter ones so i got with 500 to a thousand kilometers
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in usual races i would say and i had a lot of private projects two years ago
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i crossed the whole alps from vienna to finale liguria but on gravel and packed
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with tent and everything.
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And so there is a lot of experience in long distances, but not that many races, I would say.
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But yeah, that's why I'm excited to take it to the next step and go with 4,000
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and kind of crossing quite a bit of Europe.
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Yeah, it's a beautiful route. So much to see. I'll definitely be feeling FOMO,
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seeing all you guys pass my car.
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But I'll be also waiting for you guys at the refuge and hopefully get more of
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how is it going on the road. do you plan to camp at all or are you hotel?
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I have a hotel strategy just because of hygiene and good sleep.
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It's just, it's a long ride and I don't think I gain much by just have a crappy
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sleep and go from there. And so, but I have a.
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Emergency baby with me so if there
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is nothing I could find or if I just feel good and think three hours suffice
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then I will just sit down at a wall and take a nap but otherwise the plan is
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to have proper sleep and then go again just yeah yeah that makes a lot of sense it's it's long,
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ultra long distance 4 000 kilometers
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is no no joke and yeah also charging everything I'm also team hotel.
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I always prefer to stay in hotels because you can get a better night's sleep,
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you can shower, you can charge everything.
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But the BV strategy, I think it's brilliant because if you feel good and you
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want to keep going, you can.
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And if there's nothing, you can just be it, especially that the weather,
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you know, it's not, I mean, it's hot, but it's not, I think it's worse to sleep
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outside when it's really cold and you have to take more gear with you.
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Right? Exactly. And I guess we don't have to forget it's, it's a vacation.
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So it's, it's for pleasure and I love writing.
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I love writing hard and long, but in the end, I want to enjoy it.
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And I think with five hours of sleep, I will enjoy it a lot more than with some
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two, three hours in a ditch.
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So that's so team hotel. Yeah, definitely.
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I love the mindset. Well, I hope you have a wonderful time and get what you
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came here for. And I can't wait to see you on the road.
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Thank you. See you later. Later.
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So tell me your name. Sebastián Restrepo.
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Sebastian, have you had all the experiences in ultracycling?
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Yes, I've done around five races before this one. Three peaks, I did twice.
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Transiberica, Beehard in Bosnia, and Mittelgebirge Classic in Germany.
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Okay, so you're ready for this. I hope so, yeah.
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You get a lot of experience by doing it, but there's no guarantee of doing this
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thing. Yeah, you never know.
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Mechanicals, stomach, weather.
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What are you looking most forward during this experience?
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Just the landscape, meeting new people and making new friends and riding my bike.
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Awesome. And any motivation for the finish?
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Do you have a plan of how many days you want to finish this?
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So I think the first goal is to finish as long as it takes.
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But of course, you want to push yourself, do it as fast as you can.
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So I think after a few days, that motivation really kicks in and you want to do your best.
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But the priority is just to enjoy the time, ride my bike and finish.
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Sounds great. I hope to see you all there and get more reports on how you're
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doing on the road. Yes, see you on the road.
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So Rafa, tell me, you had quite a journey to get here to Giovinasso. What happened?
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I'm from Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. So I took a flight to Istanbul.
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I spent a layover of 13 hours because I was safer.
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The other option was two hours and I don't want to risk a long trip to miss
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a connection. So I took the 13 hour layover.
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I have a friend I had to visit and I flew to Badi this morning. for another two hours.
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Wow, so not so fresh for an early start tomorrow morning?
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No, pretty much the jet lag is going to be for the, I mean, I'm training the
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jet lag, so I'm going to be jet lagged for the rest of the two weeks that I've been riding.
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So yeah, not super fresh, but ready for the non-sleepy.
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Well, you're a very experienced rider. You were here for chapter one now we're
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back for chapter two what are you feeling.
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It's moving actually i was not supposed to be here.
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That's one of the things that happens when you don't sleep better,
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when you don't sleep good.
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So I wouldn't say I'm super experienced, but I learned a lot last year.
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I changed a few things on my setup.
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I already dealt with the traffic in Italy, which is, I think,
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a serious thing for many riders.
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It's very similar to home but but
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it's uh it's something i already know and and
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yeah i'm i'm ready to see what what's
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what's next what what happens in eslovenia and then going back and then germany
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and let's see what happens yeah we're all also super happy that you made it
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i know you are about to cancel the entire trip but you made it here i want to
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wish you best of luck i'm in you know,
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biased and we'll be cheering for you a little bit more because we do have a connection.
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Follow me each other on Instagram for quite a while. And it's so great to finally
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meet you face to face. Yeah, likewise.
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Yeah, it's exciting to make it and have a lot of support from many people. Thank you.
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