Well since my last race in Germany, Me and my girlfriend decided to head back to Salzburg Austraia to visit Ankes (my girlfriend) sister and friends. This was my second visit, the first 2 years ago when i was living in Germany, it still seizes to amaze me how beautiful the place really is, settled in the Alps.
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| Rainy day |
I took some much needed time off the bike as pretty much Ive had the last almost 2 months of just racing and training. Although i was off training I still ended up climbing a nearby mountain called the Gaisberg (1265m) with my girlfriend. Its so hard not to go hiking when your in the alps cause their literally hundreds of hiking trails.
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| Gaisberg |
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| View of the Alps along the way |
The Gaisberg left me walking with a limp for a day a two :P legs aren't use to walking i guess, just riding. Beside that we just enjoyed catching up with friends and borrowing there commuter bikes to tour around some of the neighbouring castles and mountains.
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| Riding to a nearby Castle |
The trip was what i really needed to refresh and be ready for the weekend of racing back in Germany. Sometimes the biggest problem with bike racers is that we just don't know how to take a day off and in the end it can really just drag your performance down. So to all those aspiring riders remember to just have fun and listen to your body.
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| Salzburg |
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