Portugal Tour de ZWAP
Introduction
10 years ago I got the diagnosis Parkinsons Disease. You can read more about it here if you are interested (I’m still standing).
I really thought everything would come to a hold for me, but as the years has gone by I have realized that a lot is dependent on what’s in your head. It’s a mindset. A great source of inspiration is my former colleague and friend Alexander Arvidsson who has MS and his take on life (check out https://www.alexanderarvidsson.no/).
Alexander and I held a talk together that we called “It’s all in the head. 100 in the body 25 in the head”
I have also hgotten to know 2-times-Rune (2XTR), Rune Bjerke and Rune Vethe. They have the same motivation and mindset and use to activate and stimulate the comunity and raise awareness arouind the disease.
Preparations
If anyone had said to me, 10 years ago, that I would cycle Portugal from the top to the bottom, I would probably called the a yerk! But here I am preparing for the trip. The trip goes from xxx in the north to Faro in the south. It is about 850 kms long and we will climb around 7500 m during the trip.
We are xx people, from various parts of the world, on the trip and xx of us had PD for several years. For me trip is about not giving up, but fight PD and make the progression. as slow as possible, and the only way todo that is to exercise (which is the only documented way of slowing down the progression of the disease).
So here I am training for the trip. Here is and example from a training session where I tested the photo gear I’m bringing for the trip. I will leave my
Day 1
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