{"id":4399,"date":"2022-03-12T13:22:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wombat.vision\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2022-03-12T13:22:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:22:22","slug":"4-week-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wombat.vision\/index.php\/2022\/03\/12\/4-week-update\/","title":{"rendered":"4 week update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/wombat.vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/So-far-stage-1-to4-copy-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wombat.vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/So-far-stage-1-to4-copy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wombat.vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/So-far-stage-1-to4-copy-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wombat.vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/So-far-stage-1-to4-copy-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wombat.vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/So-far-stage-1-to4-copy-1536x864.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/wombat.vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/So-far-stage-1-to4-copy-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/wombat.vision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/So-far-stage-1-to4-copy-1568x882.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4 weeks on the road, or trail to be more exact, and I am feeling a bit better than when I posted the 2-week update. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wish I could say that my fitness has improved a lot, but it has at least improved a little bit. Lots of shorter days and many rest days have been needed. But any way you look at it, I am getting a little bit fitter each week. More importantly, I am enjoying the cycling more and am more and more leaning towards continuing along the European Divide Bikepacking Trail for at least a couple of months more. Something that I was very unsure I would feel when I posted the 2-week update!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far I have covered 967 km according to Komoot, which is probably not more than 50% of what I was hoping\/expecting to do in this amount of time. Still, I have to realistic and have to be gentle with myself in the beginning. Especially if I am going to have any chance of doing a lot of distance on the European Divide. I need to build up my fitness and be careful with my worse knee (those of you that have followed me before know that I have one bad knee and one worse!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the trail and the experience has been great so far. Lots of interesting and beautiful scenery and towns. If you are considering doing this part of the trail, I would recommend a slightly later start, as it can get a bit cold this time of the year, especially in the coming sections that are at a higher altitude. My 4-week break for work is coming at the perfect time. Hopefully, it will be just a little bit warmer when I return to continue up into the mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If everything works out tomorrow, I will be leaving Betty (the bike) here in Cazorla with a Warmshowers host and can head off towards Granada for a few days before I have to make my way to Barcelona for work. I plan to make some changes to my equipment if I can and just generally get a little bit better organized. It always takes a few weeks before you start to get a hang of how you want your stuff to be packed to make it easy to access. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I&#8217;ll post updates both here and on Instagram during the coming weeks and I am already looking forward to being back on the trail in a month!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 weeks on the road, or trail to be more exact, and I am feeling a bit better than when I posted the 2-week update. \ud83d\ude42 I wish I could say that my fitness has improved a lot, but it has at least improved a little bit. Lots of shorter days and many rest days&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/wombat.vision\/index.php\/2022\/03\/12\/4-week-update\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">4 week update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wombat.vision\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wombat.vision\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wombat.vision\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wombat.vision\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wombat.vision\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/wombat.vision\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4402,"href":"http:\/\/wombat.vision\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399\/revisions\/4402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wombat.vision\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wombat.vision\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wombat.vision\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}