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Posted by Etienne Robert on November 23, 2017

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Today is our first wedding anniversary! 🥳 Ceci & I might be worlds apart at the moment but our bond has never been stronger! For example: Ceci still imagines that she has to climb over me in the middle of the night to go to the washroom, and I still look for her when I hear something falling on the floor! 😛 It’s been a beautiful year full of challenges, for which I am wholeheartedly grateful. Life has already conspired, many time & against improbable odds, for us to be together, I believe that one step, one pedal stroke at a time, we we’ll find our way to each other again. Much love from 5,000km away. ❤️

After just 3 weeks back on her mountain bike 🚵🏼‍♀️ since Cuba 🇨🇺, and a challenging few days trying to get to know the course 🤔, Ceci was back at it on Saturday with a 4th place finish at the Epic Ajusco & first in the Hill Climb🔝! A great way to start the 2020 race season⚡️! 🚴🏼‍♀️💨 . . . . . #specializedmx #iamspecialized #ridelikeagirl #ridelikeagirlmx #specializeddiverge #iamspecialized_wmn

We had a great time at Desafío en las Nubes ☁️ last weekend! Grateful for a 7th place finish in the 20k considering the short 2 weeks training block! Thanks @utmx for putting on such a fun event! 🏃🏼‍♂️#den2020

The Cycling Cuba article is out! 🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️💨🇨🇺 Riding 3000km around the island was an absolute epic adventure! Hop on for a wild ride! https://lifeathlon.ca/2020/02/15/cuba-2020/ . . . . #specializedmx #iamspecialized #lavueltacuba #ridelikeagirl #ridelikeagirlmx #specializeddiverge #iamspecialized_wmn

Thanks for the patience! 🤪 We went from long cycling days 🚴🏻‍♂️🚴🏼‍♀️ to even longer days of writing, editing & design ✍🏻! We’re a few days away from unveiling the main Cuba 🇨🇺 article with you. Stay posted!

Back at it 🚀! . . . . . . #specializedmx #iamspecialized #lavueltacuba #ridelikeagirl #ridelikeagirlmx #specializeddiverge #iamspecialized_wmn

We finally made it back home to Mexico 🇲🇽, ready to begin the last stage of the trip 📖! Such a dense experience requires & deserves time to age, so to speak, to acquire the full depth of its flavour. We’re excited to soon share the resulting mixture of experiences, emotions, thoughts & hopefully wisdom with you! #comingsoon . . . . . . #specializedmx #iamspecialized #lavueltacuba #specializeddiverge

3....2....1.... Take off! ✈️ #adioscuba 🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️💨🇨🇺

We made it!! We finally made it! 🤸🏼‍♀️🤸🏼‍♂️ An epic 3000km journey has come to an end. Time to let it all sink in & celebrate by getting drunk on at least ½ a mojito each tonight! As always, thanks to everyone who made this adventure possible & to everyone who in one way or another followed our trip around the island of Cuba! 🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️💨🇨🇺 #wemadeit . . . . . . #specializedmx #iamspecialized #lavueltacuba #specializeddiverge

Tomorrow is the last cycling day of the trip! 🥳😭 Only 105km left to Havana, then one day to pack 📦 the bikes 🚲. We live through a hearty ❤️ mix of daily emotions as we contemplate the end, but all things considered, we are excited to return home to Mexico 🇲🇽 🌮 🌶 #ayayay

Sooo many unexpected events in this trip! 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♀️ In fact, I don’t think a single thing went according to plan ever in the last month & a half. 🤔 Today we had to switch plans many times & ended up preeetty far from our intended destination. But with 2 days left, we’re just rolling with the punches! 🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️🥊 #cyclezombies #justkeepcycling 🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️ . . . . . . #specializedmx #iamspecialized #lavueltacuba #specializeddiverge

How do you know it’s a rest day? 🤔 We cycled 130km light & fast just to check out this amazing 45km stretch of road with ocean on both sides! We ate lunch (5 coconut waters 🥥 , 3 milkshakes🥛, 2 fruit juices 🍍, 2 pizzas🍕& a sandwich 🥪!) in Remedios, a cute little colonial town & rode back to Santa Clara. Thanks for the recommendation @nico.alvarez.i ! Only ~300km to Havana! 🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️💨🇨🇺

Only 6 days left to our Cuba adventures! Can you believe that we’ve only swam 🏊🏻‍♂️ in the ocean 2-3 times since our arrival? Every time we reach a beach the weather turns stormy🌪! Let’s hope the sea breeze turns to a tailwind for the last 500km! 🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️💨🇨🇺 . . . . . . #specializedmx #iamspecialized #lavueltacuba #specializeddiverge

This morning, we visited my great-aunt Andrée & and her partner Marc on our way to Holguín 🚴🏻‍♂️🚴🏼‍♀️. And what an energizing stop it was⚡️! We traded travel stories, contacts & tips over breakfast AND they sent us off on our way with certainly more than 3kg of delicious food & pastries🐷! We obviously ate every crumb of it not even 10 minutes down the road like the feral cyclists that we are🔥! My great-aunt has been a traveling inspiration of mine since my first ever trip to India 🇮🇳 10 years ago! My brother & I bought our first ever Lonely Planet 🌏 with her & have not stopped traveling since! Sometimes path cross in unexpected ways, we’re really grateful for this morning’s visit that gave us a little boost for the last leg of the trip 🙏🏻. Safe travels! #family

The beauty of a journey lies in loving its imperfections.❤️ #wabisabi . . . . . . #specializedmx #iamspecialized #lavueltacuba #specializeddiverge

The sun ☀️ came out on our rest day in Baracoa, one of the Island’s rainiest 🌧 city, and so did its people!

There have been many highs & lows in this trip, both mentally 🤪 & physically 🤕! And although many such moments await us still on the road ahead 🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️, I already look forward to sitting down with a cup of Yerba Mate 🍵 to put it all into words📝! Did we mention we’re publishing a magazine 📖 about the trip? . . . . . . #specializedmx #iamspecialized #lavueltacuba #specializeddiverge

☁️ Goodnight Baracoa. Tomorrow we head eastward to Moa & the last 10 days of the trip! 🚴🏻‍♂️🚴🏼‍♀️💨🇨🇺 #idontwanttoleave

⛺️Camping on a beach after riding 100km might not provide us with the much needed comforts & commodities of a Casa Particular 🏠, but, in our books, falling asleep to an infinity of stars dancing across the blackest sky, and waking up just as the sun shimmers on the horizon, whispering life into both sky & sea, is an experience of such energizing & spectacular beauty, that it’s well worth the sacrifice! 🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️💨🇨🇺 . . . . . . #specializedmx #iamspecialized #lavueltacuba #specializeddiverge

🌻Enjoying a few moments of calm before the last blitz to Havana! 🚴🏼‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️💨🇨🇺

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