Training Log Archive: Clara

Hit the wall at about 7pm in Salzburg tonight. Legs didn't want to go any further. Never actually seen the Sound of Music so not really sure what I'm doing here.

Caught the train from Lake Bled to Bohinjska Bistrica then rode from there to Lake Bohinjsko (possibly on recommendation from the carnival organiser of Cerkno, he mentioned a different lake near Bled which I forgot the name of about 2 seconds later).

Stopped for lunch and a swim.

Times are approximate. Nice easy ride to Jereka, where I discovered the Slovenian for 'detour'.

Unfortunately the detour went up a rather steep hill. There was a sign that mentioned '12%' gradient. Had to stop every couple of hundred meters. Bloody hell it was hard. Never going to ride in the TdF. Arrived VERY hot and sweaty at some gostilna/someone's house in Goreljek and filled my water bottle from their cow trough tap and got peer pressured into some 53% alc blueberry schnapps.

Going down was much more fun, either due to the lack of pedalling or the schnapps. Riding along singing the 'orienteering you and me...' song the Israelis had been playing all weekend. This time the gradient was allegedly '18%'. Respect to the people going up. Kmart bike felt like it was getting speed wobbles though.

Cruise into Bled to drop the bike off.