1 Week Out From My First Cycling Tour – Preparing for Iceland

Preparing for my biggest adventure yet, a week or so of workouts and organization before I flew out to Iceland!

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We’re like halfway there excuse these glasses I thought they were cool when I bought them but all my friends said they’re silly so I’m leaving for my first ever cycling tour in about a week from today which means I’m kind of in chaotic prep mode I have

A lot to do this week this week is going to be a balance of training work working and all the prep that I still have to do before we leave I wasn’t working today but I only had like 2 and 1 half hours to spare so

I biked as far as I physically could in 2 and 1/2 hours and now I’m going to actually eat breakfast because I forgot now obviously nutrition is a very big part of training as an athlete now obviously nutrition is a very big part of training which is why I eat good So today I tried to finish most of my last minute shopping I got all the food I needed I got a bunch of little toiletries Iceland is obviously very expensive I’m also going to be wild camping so I want to bring as much food as I can because I’m not always going to

Have like a gas station or campsite to buy food at why I have a bunch of these Backpackers meals and then I got some granola bars I have one protein bar these instant mashed potatoes I have a ton of oatmeal some instant coffee some gels I have nuts peanuts candy and then

I’m going to figure out what supplements and vitamins I want to bring as well do we look fast or do we look Fast all right thank you thanks sorry thank you for your Time We’re on our way to ghost Lake which is about 75 km from where we live this is a nice you like my bike yeah I thought it’s going to be more like it’s not as heavy as it looks no um we’re like halfway there we got matching shirts we’re trespassing it’s say beware

Of dog just wanted Shade Crazy day we made it though oh should we jump in the lake you can scout if you want but yeah we can scout before we um set up the tent wow it’s really Smoky right now I congested congratulations you did it the leak’s just over there are you ready so tired

It’s not that bad it’s actually kind of nice it’s kind of nice a little boat I know we have to do that what Keep so I have to bring my bike into the shop tomorrow to get it packed up in a specific size box so that I can bring it on the plane to Iceland and I’m allowed to have my Panet on the bike while it’s in the box but I’m not allowed to have

Anything in the pys while it’s in the Box on the plane so tonight what I have to do is pack every single thing that I’m going to be bringing to Iceland on the bike to make sure it fits and that I can bike with it and then unpack it all

So I can bring the bike in to get it boxed up redundant but necessary for reference this is the list so here’s our rough plan for the continue Down Hi buddy come here oh are you the cutest are you the cutest guy ever I think so oh really I miss you okay I need to Pack look horrendous so basically the way I’m carrying my tent is that it’s going to be strapped onto the back of my rear rack like on top but when I was riding with it last time the tent bag was kind of like rubbing on my tire and so I needed

Something W and thin to stop my tent bag from sagging down to the tire does this make sense so I cut up the cardboard from my laptop box and I bought some what is this water sealant tape from the dollar store I don’t know if this is

Really going to work but I just needed something that was like cardboard but wouldn’t melt you know so I’m hoping it’s like tape for like when you have a leak in your faucet or something and I’m hoping that this will help keep water out of my cardboard so that it stays

Rigid and not flaccid I also spent a couple hours this morning packing my bags I bought essentially a throwaway suitcase I don’t want to have to throw it away but I bought like like a $15 suitcase off of Facebook Marketplace so that I can bring all my stuff to Iceland

But obviously I can’t bike with the suitcase so if I’m not able to store it anywhere it’s not going to be a big loss if I have to say goodbye to it you know should should be Good so I’ve managed to fit everything I’m bringing into one luggage case one carry-on one backpack and of course the bike box which is only allowed to have my bike and P in it and so when I get to Iceland I have to store unfortunately I have to rent basically a little storage

Unit or something that can fit the bike box in it kind of expensive but I’m going to need the bike box on the way back and I’m going to also see if I can fit these bags that I can’t bring on the bike into the bike box while it’s in

Storage so that I don’t have to buy new bags on the way home so this is the setup I’m heading to the airport tomorrow our flight’s at like 3:00 p.m. I’m actually flying with my friend Molly she was supposed to come biking with me the entire way but she decided that she

Ultimately wasn’t ready to do a bike trip so she’s kind of going to do her own thing she’s going to go hiking I think for the whole 3 weeks and I’m going to be biking and then we’re going to like try to meet up at some point I

Have a lot of stress acne right now I ended up squeezing in one last workout before we fly out tomorrow and it’s not even because I felt like I needed a workout but I just had so much anxious energy in my body that I needed to do

Something or else I wasn’t going to sleep like I’ve been running around all day and I probably should be tired but I’m not it’s just like purely anxiety right now so I’m squatting I got the Crocs I got the gym to myself and I’m trying to burn off all the Anxiety This is the loudest whole town was not wild wild so cute those horses just grazing Grazing In the sunset oh to be a horse in Iceland Grazing In the sunset with a bowl cut J