As every year at Devex the company takes a week long Summer break in August. August isn’t really the best month to take holiday in Spain, because on the one hand everybody does and on the other hand tends to be really hot. That’s why I tend to do a trip on my own, without my girlfriend. In the recent years this have been cycling holidays. ...
The year comes to a close and it is time to see what happened to my New Year Resolutions. Yoga Everyday Well, this didn’t go so well. Overall I managed about every second day, though I have done most of it in the first half of the year. But it turned into a habit now, so I tend to do it a few times a week. Cycling Mini Adventures I managed to do quite a few and had fun doing them. ...
Amazingly this is the first multiple day cycling trip that I have done alone so far. I had the weekend for myself and decided to use it to explore some new roads in Catalonia. After asking my cycling friends for some tips I decided on using Ripoll as a base. It is a two hours and €8 train ride from Barcelona and surrounded by nature parks and nice mountains. ...
Mauro talked me into taking part in the La Ruta Minera sportive, conveniently he broke his collarbone before and didn’t join. On paper this looked like a lot of fun. It is a bit shorter than Gran Fondo La Mussara and a “bit” more climbing. The event starts and finishes in Berga, which is an hour away with the car. There is no good rail connection, so I rented a car for the long weekend. I booked a hotel through the sportive organisation from Friday to Sunday, with the race being on Sunday. The Hotel HCC Ciutat de Berga was nothing special, but the front desk was very friendly and he did the sportive last year. He even checked out my gears to make sure I was not trying with a 11-25 cassette. They allowed bikes in the rooms for this weekend and also provided extra early breakfast and late checkout on Sunday. ...
Last year I attended the the Gran Fondo La Mussara, it is a great event, well organized and with a beautiful route. Sadly I was not able to finish it. I had to give up after 110 of the 189 km. I was not properly prepared due to various injuries and illnesses in the beginning of the year. And I got another injury during the ride. But I decided to give it another try this year, so I registered early as this event sells out pretty fast. ...