INSPIRATIONAL !

Daily jaunts on the bike recently have within a few kilometres headed upwards on fairly stiff grades ! Fact is i get fedup with riding the flat unless it is chasing down a cyclist i see in the distance . In the area of the Tirol that i am currently living there is a diversity of climbs both gentle and severe .

This morning i headed out with a couple of ideas in mind but the bike turned into the Brandenburg Valley and i started up the climb that i had not done recently knowing that there was 25km of a circuit with 15% for 4 km towards the end . Bright sunshine with cool temperatures in the shade so i was comfortable with this direction .

After about a kilometre i was starting to ask myself what i was doing , i wasn't hurting but i was questioning the motivation and whether i should head back to the valley floor and choose another route for the morning's exercise . During the past weeks i had descended on this route several times and promised myself that i would make the climb as soon as possible .

Most of this week my lower back has been a little uncomfortable and i put this down to getting a chill on the back during the night at the weekend . Certainly quick movement results in an uncomfortable sensation so i have to endure until it passes .

Yesterday on Twitter i found the following item : http://vimeo.com/26802254

Remembering this item and the fact that the guy no longer has two legs i decided that the headacke and gut acke that were intruding on my mood were of no consequence . So as the 2km mark passed i decided that i needed to lift my game and not be a whimp . Certainly being on 39 and 23 was a little unsettling as i recalled going up this section previously on the 19 but gritting the teeth persevered . Reaching Brandenberg i decided to add to the jaunt by heading up into the hills behind the village , already at about 1000m+ but exploring took me into other sections of the hillside i had not been in previously .

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On turning back to the main route i came across two Mt Bikers heading up with the intention to go exploring the forests at the end of the paved road .

Descending to the river level i chased into another valley until i came to gravel roads once again so it was back to the main route and thence up the 15% climb for 4km until Aschau and thence up the road above in the direction of Steinberg . Travelling alone i decided that off roading was not a good idea so then it was back to Kramsack but the red car following managed to get pass me in the last kilometre .