Day 8 of the Via Francigena (60km)

October15

60km / 3 hours 51 minutes / 1,249m gain

Today was a stunning ride. I barely saw any cars and the countryside was beautiful and STEEP. I set a new all-time ascent record :). My previous record was set on my Camino ride in 2021 at 1,153m.

I am happy to say I didn’t walk any of it, although I def stopped and took some water breaks. I did a much better job training for this ride and I can tell the difference. I don’t feel as broken as I did last year on my ride, I feel pretty damn good!

And, since I had a lot of water breaks, lots of beautiful pictures :)

I am staying at an Airbnb for 2 nights as I wanted a rest day. And I am excited to explore Pontremoli.

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