There are some points in life, milestones or benchmarks, that show you your progress, are your goal, motivation and reward at the same time! 

This amazing trip was the payback for every hard  training at the gym, for every time that I didn’t really want to go running because the weather was terrible but I went anyway, for waking up at 4:30 or for boring hours behind the wheel trying to get to the mountains through the heavy traffic.

It was all worth it and it all got me to the point where I could safely enjoy a beautiful tour to a stunning ridge and an even more exciting long ride through all kinds of terrain!