Cycling to Athens, why not! A road cycling adventure Guide, Story and bit of Science.

In the last episode with the name "Cycling to Athens" this epic trip and podcast is finally coming to an end.

It is about the emotional arrival in the capital of Greece, and how an insignificant pedestrian bridge almost intercepted with a successful arrival.

In addition, a guide of "Sending the bike home on plains" will be discussed to give you ideas for your trip.

Finally, a reflection of the entire trip with some lessons learned will be part of this episode.

At last, I would like to say "THANKS".

"THANKS" for you tuning in, for my family and close friends for supporting me and for all that brought me safe and sound back home!

“A world, in which all people fall in love with sports, would be a better on”. 

Berni Schuster

RAG - Race Across Germany - https://www.raceacrossgermany.de/

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In "Tailwind" it is time to leave the Greek mainland, discover the first road sign of Athens and talking bike-fitting.

This day-tour is bringing us towards and over the mighty Rio-Antirrio bridge towards the Peloponnese Peninsula via Athens will be approached.

Cycling eastbound, towards the final destination, a nice tailwind is giving me wings - physically and psychologically.

As a special topic "Bike-Fitting" will be discussed and with that hopefully some insightful tips for you.

Enjoy, the 2nd to last episode of "Cycling to Athens, why not!".

Euro-Velo homepage: https://ecf.com/what-we-do/eurovelo

My bike fitting partner: https://www.mariokummer.com/de/background/sportliche-erfolge/

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In "The undersea tunnel race", I am talking about the thrill of racing under the sea, about empathy and kindness of a Greek family and about optimizing your cycling performance for free.

Starting in Preveza, the tour brings us further north, cycling beneath the sea, enjoying the coastal roads and with it the beauty of Greece.

A normal stop at a gas-station turns out to become super special.

Did you know, that most likely you are cycling with too much air-pressure in your tires? If not, you might wonder how a cycling chain is constructed and how best maintaining it?

On top of this, aerodynamics stays a major topic, focusing on easy tips and tricks that come almost for free. 

Tire-pressure calculator https://silca.cc/blogs/silca/part-4a-rolling-resistance-the-history-and-previous-works

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In "Back on Track", it is all about enjoying the Ionian sea and aerodynamics in cycling.

It is the first full day in Greece. We will talk about magnificent coast roads, swimming in the Ionian Sea and as the main topic aerodynamics is on the menu.

Setting the focus on the influence of air resistance on the cycling performance and simple ways to improve it.

Did you know, that one cubic meter of air weights 1.225kg?

The drag, the air resistance in cycling, is strongly depending on the cycling speed and is increased by the square of the velocity.

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In - Don't stop believin´ - it is about finally arriving at my destination country with a chance to fix bike and gear.

Let us start at the beginning though. Hopefully, the last day of cycling in Albania, if "bike", "cleat" and "body" endures the stresses of the last days. Aiming for Igoumenitsa in Greece, with a specialist bike store that should be able to help.

Enjoying and inhaling the last time the beauty, the roughness and the historically rich country of Albania. Merging road cycling emotions, sports with history and culture like the Bustrint National park, remains of the World-War I and even submarine tunnels from the cold-war.

In the "main topic of today" I would like to talk about mental strength, manifested through trades like perseverance and discipline that result in behaviours of routines.

These routines are the fundament of success.

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It is dark, all street lights are off and the main road is completely abandoned somewhere near the coast of Albania, just myself, the Airstreeem and my thoughts ... as suddenly I get attacked.

You wonder what happened? Starting in Lezhe, I had a easy day ahead of me with 2 highlights, visiting the capital of Albania, Tirana, and staying at a lovely beach resort called Spille at the beach. But instead i faced obstacles, delays, rerouting that resulted in stress.

Stress became the main topic of this episode. Do you know that "Leaders are forged in Crisis"? Do you want to know why Mohammad Ali, started to count his sit-ups only when it started to hurt?

Most important links of this episode...

4As to deal with stress:

https://www.thrustflight.com/manage-stress-during-flight-training/

3 Types of stress:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/open-gently/201812/the-three-types-stress

Real leaders are forged in crisis - Harvard Business

https://hbr.org/2020/04/real-leaders-are-forged-in-crisis

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Unbelievable but it is happening, leaving Croatia on the 7th day of cycling for good, just to cross Montenegro in one go, only to arrive for the final destination of the day in Albania. Beautiful coast cycling, magic music experience with CCR fortunate son and a smooth ferry cruse were the highlights of the day. Just a perfect, but strenuous 180km ride that only gets disturbed by a slight skin irritation.  

Does the "Unknown" around Montenegro and Albania become not the expected challenge?

Here we go: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4l2CDniLnuNlHV1VjQoOm1?si=ec3d4207f67649ae

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The most beautiful Croatian coastline reveals its hard side - many hills which means many climbs. The south of Croatia, a wonder, with its most famous city, Dubrovnik. This culturally exciting city has been Kings Landing in the HBO series "Game of Thrones". The trip was brilliant but really tuff and nutrition was key. Reason enough to focus in this episode on nutrition for long endurance cycling trip. Have you every wondered how and what you should eat and why sometimes you are getting so hungry in a short amount of time?

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https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/nutritionscience/chapter/10b-fuel-sources-exercise/

https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ebooks/lookinside/10.1055/b-0034-41797

https://www.scienceinsport.com/sports-nutrition/our-guide-to-a-long-distance-cycling-nutrition-plan/

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Fully recovered we will start into Part II of our road cycling journey, which is called "The Unknown". Slowly but surely approaching countries like Bosnian Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania with zero personal experience about road conditions and map-material for navigation. Will I be able to navigate and find a good track for the estimated 1500km to Athens?

On day 5,  I continued to cycle along the Croatian coastline, passing Trogir and Split next to the breathtaking islands of Brac, Hrva and Solta. Beautiful landscapes, views and weather are my companions towards Drevenik.

The cycling fever immediately got me again and with it the energising power for further adventures.

In this episode I will focus on tour planing and navigation so you are equipped with all you need to know to find your way through foreign countries.

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