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A choice

May 19, 2015

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Throughout life you have a choice:

– a tiresome life full of frustrations

– an amazing life full of opportunity

Balance ability and enthusiasm. Build awareness. Live authentically.

Choose wisely.

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Avoriaz. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “If you are in a beautiful place where you can enjoy sunrise and sunset, then you are living like a lord”. - Nathan Phillips ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🙌 Admiring the beauty of this place after we climbed for an hour just for a pizza 🍕😋 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #sunset #mountains #avoriaz #getoutside #activity #exploremore #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #igdaily #iphoneonly #beauty #playground

Normal service has resumed. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @g.h.brown is back on her bike. Spot her in this photo... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Making the climbs look effortless; gliding down the descents. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸 : descending from Avoriaz down the Col de la Joux Verte ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #sunset #cycling #mountains #alps #landscapephotography #vanlife #endurance #igdaily #fitness #fitnessgirl #bikepacking

Hugely proud!! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Posted @withrepost • ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @thetranscontinental ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Gail Brown is the third woman to arrive at the finish in Brest. She finished 31st, completing the race in 13 Days, 5 Hours and 1 Minute.⁠ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📷 @angusung ⁠ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #TCRNo7 #TCRNo7riders #TCRNo7cap134 @apidura #NoBadDays

Dot watching... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Waking every hour during the night to check on progress....now at 5am only 68k straight line distance to the finish, or in reality a few Km for the final parcours, an est. 75km section of road into the finish where we’ll be waiting. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A big push through the night with over 24hrs in the saddle, with absolutely awful weather last night, I can’t imagine how cold, wet, knackered but tantalisingly close G must feel! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Hopefully only a few more hours to go! Please may sunrise bring some sunshine! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #TCR #tcrno7 #bikepacking #dotwatcher #europe #europetravel #endurance #enduranceriding #respect #femalecyclist #inspiration #fitnessmotivation #journey

*TCR UPDATE* ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For those of your wondering how G is getting on, she is now making her way up through France having gone through the final control point up Alpe d’Huez. Taking a longer, but it seems faster route further north through Switzerland took her from 4th woman through CP3 to 3rd through CP4. Still, she put in a 390km day for that! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ She sounds healthy in herself and is still problem solving & puncture fixing to keep that momentum up, despite the fact she’s been on the go for 11 days and covered roughly 3,400km so far... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This is a hugely inspirational ride; I’ll be wishing the best mechanical luck for this final push through France! 📸 1: Burgas, Bulgaria. 📸 2: a screenshot of G’s strava! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #TCR #tcrno7 #endurance #bikepacking #inspiration #travel #europe #europetravel #sunrise #fitnessmotivation #igdaily #iphoneonly

Tre Cime di Lavaredo. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The north faces of the Tre Cime: Cima Piccola / little peak Cima Grande / big peak Cima Ovest / western peak ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Since I was out here for the Cortina Trail I’ve been desperate to come back and see the Tre Cime (the Three Peaks) in person. It’s such an awe-inspiring landscape. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I was up at 5am for a 36k run with 1,800m elevation gain just to visit them on foot within a weather window! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #trecimedilavaredo #dolomites #mountains #landscapephotography #trailrunning #instadaily #instatravel #europe #europetravel #runsteepgethigh #igdaily #blackandwhite

Goodbye Greece 🇬🇷. Hello Italy 🇮🇹. • So happy to be back running in the Dolomites, after taking an overnight ferry where I could sleep in the camper?!! Dream. • A distinct change in climate from the mid thirties wall-to-wall sun to running through broken storms & sun. Still, this place 😍. • #dolomites #cortina #sunset #mountains #trailrunning #camper #campervanlife #europetravel #europe #getoutside #exploremore #landscapephotography #travel #travelphotography

Ridge-top campsite. • After watching the start of the TCR in Burgas, I am taking a different route back to the finish point, going south through Greece then a ferry across to Italy. • The TCR riders are allowed no outside help, so I won’t be following the race route so it’s clear I’m giving no assistance to any of the riders. Great excuse for a two week holiday! • #vanlife #traveling #europe #grandtour #europetravel #vwcamper #transporter #evening #landscapephotography #campsite #getoutside #exploremore

And so it begins. • 0600hrs local time (0400hrs BST). • Best of luck to all those brave & mad cyclists. Have an incredible adventure. • #TCRNo7 #bikepacking #endurance #europetravel

The most exciting part of our summer starts tomorrow morning!! @g.h.brown is registered and doing the final bits of admin for the Transcontinental Race, a self-supported bike race across Europe. • Starting in Burgas, Bulgaria, the riders will navigate their way via four control points as they cross Europe, finishing in Brest on the west coast of France. • Months of route research & planning have gone into deciding how best to tackle the distance, and what kit to take. No support vehicles, no support crews, just the rider and what they find en route. • A beautifully simple concept for a race, a punishing distance and a clock that never stops. It will be quite the spectacle. • An estimated 4000km of adventures lay ahead. • Follow at: https://www.transcontinental.cc cap number 134 • #TCRN07 #transcontinental #bikepacking #europe #europetravel #endurance #mindsetiseverything

Had the pleasure of staying in some cracking places last week as we travelled east. Started in Austria 🇦🇹 on Monday, then Slovenia 🇸🇮, Croatia 🇭🇷 and finished with a couple of days in Serbia 🇷🇸 . We treated ourselves to staying in an actual campsite at the end of the week after a month of living ‘off the grid’ being dirtbags and wild camping. • We’re now in Bulgaria 🇧🇬 , ready for the start of the Transcontinental bike race (not me....the better half @g.h.brown ...) • Thank you Europe for such cool and varied terrain. • P.s. even managed some studying over a beer (#geek) and got my medical qualifications verified over a conference call with someone in the States at one of the spots. What a connected world we live in these days! • 📸 @g.h.brown • #travel #travelphotography #vanlife #campervan #grandtour #europe #europetravel

Starting the new week like 😆😆. • We’ve moved on to Austria now but I’ve just got the official race photos from the Cortina Trail and been reminded of how AMAZING our time was there. Beautiful surroundings, miles of trails and sunshine —> what more could you want?? • Getting back into training after an easy week following the race. Started with an interval session this morning (legs feeling like clay) and hope for some more quality training through the week, while we move further East. Thinking back to those gorgeous trails and forward to the next race! #MCC • I hope your week will be as fun filled and exploratory as ours! • #onwards #findingnewplaces #grandtour #europe #cortina #dolomites #sun #mountains #trailrunning #fitnessjourney #mylut #travelphotography #landscapephotography #milesandsmiles #running #runningmotivation #fitnessmotivation

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