The text of an article that many would like to read would be, I imagine, “How do I train for the Tuscany Trail?” followed by a long presentation of numbers, data, kilometers, tables, how to find motivation and things like that.
I would change it to “How I don’t train for the Tuscany Trail”. Let’s be clear, I’m not going to arrive in May with a preparation made of beer and sandwiches leaving the bike in the basement all this time.
My formula is simply the desire to get on a bike and cycle every morning to go to work with already in mind what I will do in the evening or at the weekend. I love to move, whether it’s running in the mountains, pedaling on roads or trails; it’s not a duty for me; I pedal because I like it and I spend most of the year doing it… this inclination has led me to test myself in races and events always with some ease. I love the approach to an event, I love the daily routine of keeping my body in a state of well-being that only those who have experienced it can understand. I have no labels, the evening after work I leave the day at the office behind, I go straight to the city mountains and, one evening I attack it to get my best time as the worst of the competitors, the other evening I climb it at a steady pace listening to my thoughts, another evening I climb the trails and throw myself down the downhill slopes; for me, it is a way to positively set the day aside, expel my tensions, find myself in the darkness of the mountain, with my breath, fatigue, season after season.