2026-11-22

Fly to Europe

• Id: 2026-11-22-fly-to-europe
• Title: Fly to Europe
• Kind: travel
• Discipline: travel
• Surface: off-bike
• Priority: informational
• Planned time: unscheduled
• Duration: variable
• Location: Edmonton to the Czech Republic
• TrainingPeaks ID: 99407121

Objective

Travel without adding stress or losing fuelling and hydration.

Goal

Arrive in Europe as rested as possible, already partly on Czech time.

Reasoning

Changed Oct 26: the flight to Europe is Sunday November 22 (it was November 20), landing about Monday November 23, four days before Ostrava. Czech time is 8 hours ahead of Edmonton.

Event details

• Fly to Europe, landing about Monday November 23.
• Optional 20-30 min easy spin before you leave.
• On the plane: set your watch to Czech time at boarding, sleep on the overnight leg, drink water rather than alcohol, and walk the aisle every couple of hours.
• Levothyroxine: ask your pharmacist how best to time it across the 8-hour change.

Constraints

• By today you should be going to bed and getting up about 2-3 hours earlier than normal. Pack GF/DF food for the journey.