But there is also a lot of hours and days where everything is calm and you just bike all day long. This time I will take you through one of those days, where it's just me, my bike and the road.

On a bike you live slow paced, making many hours not as entertaining as one might think.

While the nature and the ever shifting landscape don't get any less beautiful, everything is slow on a bike. So you get used to see the same kind of coast, the same mountains or anything else you are going towards for a very long time. This can often test your patience and your ability to accept, that not every hour of the day will be action packed.

Eventually you get into a flow, turning off the brain and letting the road lead your way

As the hours go by, your body adapts to the surroundings. You don't feel the scorching sun from above the same painful way anymore and your biking feels as normal as breathing. In the end you let your brain flow into thoughts and memories, your eyes keep navigating the road but you are not really there yourself.

On the other side of the pole, challenges suddenly wakes you up, forgetting everything about the past and the future.

Suddenly something wakes you up, demanding your full attention to a upcoming challenge.

Maybe the terrain started testing you with steep climbs, maybe a storm just rolled on top of you, forcing you to bike in heavy winds and rain. (trust me, with a heavy load on your bike that can be difficult at times). Other times you might have gone into a narrow and busy road, with cars driving close to you constantly and you have to find a balance between not driving off the cliff and not getting hit by the cars. You are never really scared but you know focus is needed to keep it safe.

-Holm