Can't beat an early morning MTB spin!

Wow, I almost forgot how cool an early mountain bike spin can be! Luckily I got a reminder of this stuff that I love so much. But let's go from the start!

Champion's breakfast: muesli & fresh fruit...lovely

The alarm went off at crazy o'clock and I didn't want to believe it's already time to get up...but I pulled things together quickly and after a brilliant brekkie I was ready to go.

5:45 am sharp, it's time to head towards the mountains

Sure, it's spring and all but I can tell folks, it was a pretty cold morning today. Left the house in -5°C, so it took me a little while before I felt good on the bike. But when you turn those pedals half asleep, you get the freezing cold air into your face and you have a savage Bullet For My Valentine song screaming from your headphones, you wake up pretty quickly!   

Nice sun rise up on the trails

This morning I realized how much I love riding my bike on these early mornings: everything is calm and silent, not a single soul on sight. By the time the day starts for other people I'm already back with a savage training spin under my belt. It really feels good! :)

Savage MTB session this afternoon

Finally! The local trails have dried up nice & good, so I wasted no time to get some proper mountain biking done this afternoon. I was absolutely dying to be able to go off-road again so you can imagine how good today's spin was!

Of course I went out for my favorite training loop:

Zagyvaszántó - Petőfibánya - Petőfi hegy - Apc - Somlyó - Jobbágyi Kilátó - Szurdokpüspöki - Jobágyi - Széleskő - Apc - Zagyvaszántó

It's a 33 km long loop (mostly off-road) with 740 meters elevation along the way. The aim was to get it done under the 2 hours barrier. I wasn't far of, I managed to finish the loop with 2 hours and 4 minutes time. Not too bad, next time will be better though! :)

It was absolutely brilliant to ride off-road again and the super-mega-über slippery downhill back towards Szurdokpüspöki made things even better!  Let's just say I had a few close calls on the descent! :)

Another Saturday, another great spin done & dusted! Let's celebrate with a nice glass of...

...refreshing home-made tomato juice #yumm 

What a lovely Birthday Present!

Wow, what a nice surprise! I got this shot today from the brilliant Wicklow based photographer Rodrigo Cunha ( check his FB page here ). He sent this photo as a Birthday Present and I gotta be honest here, it's one of the coolest present I ever got for my birthday! Thanks man! :)