Swiss Epic 2021 - Stage 3 with Faranak Partoazar

Holy moly!!!!!
The 4 coffees for breakfast did their job and woke up the warrior in me!!
Starting in group E because of our flat tire yesterday, we had to give it a fast start to get past group D and C, which started ahead of us.
The riders in those groups saw me passing them huffin and puffin, and they thought it was quite ridiculous to attack that hard so early in the queen stage.
Even Faranak asked me if I'm sure what i'm doing. In fact, yes, it felt so good that i couldn't slow myself down and so we kept pushing it all the way to the finish line, which we crossed with the third fastest time, thanks to Faranak's improving downhill speed!
It may sound ridiculous, but this ride made me so happy and grateful that i was pedalling with tears in my eyes at several times in the race! Who would have thought that a marathon race could do that to me 🤯😍!
Thanks to @bike.kingdom for sorting us out with a spot at the @swiss_epic .
And thanks to everyone who already made a donation to @pumpforpeace . @faranakpartoazar and i are raising money for Pump for Peace to then build @velosolutions #pumptracks in Iran.
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