الاثنين، 21 مارس 2011

GBI

I love the GBI experience
This is the lovely yearly trip, the best ever.
With its hard and sweet times, it is all good when i remember it.



I enjoyed the hard moments in

[Training], Waking up in the morning, and ride my bike in the cold, and other times in the hot weather, in the uphills and long distances, in town and on Sokhna.

[Logistics], Booking and reservations, arrangements and shipping, little traveling package and many bike staff.

[Preparations], Fixing our bikes, Assembling our bikes and dismantling it, packing our staff and unpacking each night and morning.

[GBI Days], Looooong distances, weather changing in the day many times, Challenging going up the ALbs mountains, so narrow roads by the river, risky down hills, Burning Sun and Snow, waking up early and arriving late, falling down, pushing myself and others, cold showers, queus for path room, sleeping in the GYM or 3 floors under the ground, fast breakfast and any food that can be dinner.

And i enjoyed the sweet moments in


[Friends], by meeting them every week end and while biking to work.Training, by proving to my self that i can do what i though i couldn't.

[Europe], Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Czech, and many coming, each and every corner, knowing the people by close nit passing by them by a car.

[GBI Days] I can do it, long distances again, sweet views and location, the great company ever, the one team, the supportive attitude, the sweet dinner, the fun, the breaks, the speed, the downhills, the memorable moments, our pix, a lot and a lot to mention.

[Final Day] We did it, the glory, the pride, the love to all around you, the feeling of team as your family, and yes we did it.



I remember a lot of things in GBI

[First day in 2009:]

The challenge, and log distance and bad uphills, while i thought it is an easy day, the lovely feeling of cycling in europe, the sweetens of being part of a big team like that.

[Third day in 2009:]

2009 biggest challenge, going to the top of our trip, on the Albs, 1 KM height in just 12 KM long, was the most tough ride ever, and we all did it, i would go same track again just to do it.

[Fourth day in 2009:]

The highest slope i ride ever, i was riding fast and this is the only time, i just did all i can do and saved no effort and got to the top.

[Last day in 2009:]

What a lovely feeling to reach the end feeling powerful, and in such a great group, every body is congratulating us, yes we did it GBI 2009.

[First day in 2010:]

The challenging narrow road by the river, it was great and one of the best scene ever.

[Last day in 2010:]

The most lovely 35 KM at the end while riding in one big group of 260 biker with the lovely songs, what an unforgettable day.



It is a big part of my life now, i thank my god for the people i know in it.

The people i meet in the GBI are the best, and they are the closest to me know

- Moataz he is the GBI to me
- Hesham we Yehia the biking brothers :)
- Shady and his inspiration
- Samman and the HR guy that i learn a lot from
- Makram we Ziad and being crazy best mates :D
- Amira Amira the great attitude
- Moshref the support and professionalism
- Nagaty and Kably we Kareem ones of the most kind people in my life
- Heba the support hero
- Iman the non stop ;)
- Yomna i believe i can fly ;)
- Ansary the singer :)
- Senousy the fun :D
- Yehia Hamed the good company
- BOB the presistance
- Gomaa and Nagaty the great photos
- Shirly and fitness
- Maha the small one who did it :)
- Dolphin the safari man
- Sharaf the team and water
- Saad and Omnia the GBI love story
- Ayman and Hend the sweet couple
- Gouda and Yousra the coming couple
- Wael the hyper one
- Sherif the Seller :)
- Tamer the bad luck :)
- Ramie leading the slow team
- Osama the bags
- Gabbas the charity
- Zakaa the calm
- Nayer evil tower
- Nimer and Mostafa the Runners
- Soha the new girl
- Mazen the green jacket
- Refayee and hany Shyokh el GBI
- Sherif put on the helmet :)
- Hediya we Eid we Diab we Kazaz the team.

And my foreigner friends

- Michael Leuenberger the professionalism
- Uli the Fun supportive one
- Gabi the always Smiling one
- Dieter Klein always saying hi in arabic "AlSalamo Alikom" :)
- Ingo and Michael Hufelschulte waiting u inEgypt
- Yanna and Jens are part of Egypt team now:)
- Wilhiem the one who told me to join Tour de'France


GBI 2008:

-    A total of 54 participants
-    2 from Egypt
-    900 KM in 6 days
-    From Dusseldorf "Germany" to Newbury "UK"

GBI 2009:

-    A total of 220 participants
-    33 from Egypt
-    720 KM in 6 days
-    From Milan "Italy" to Dusseldorf "Germany", going through Switzerland Albs
-    A total Charity of 100,652 €
-    Egypt charity around 160,000 LE
-    Raising money, awareness for Palestinian's plight in Gaza, support hospitals in Gaza critical medical equipment, cooperation of UNRWA
-    Egypt team sponsor: Vodafone Egypt

GBI 2010:

-    A total of 260 participants
-    35 from Egypt
-    900 KM in 8 days
-    From Prag "Czeck" to Dusseldorf "Germany"
-    A total Charity of 210,382 €
-    Egypt charity around 180,000 LE
-    Support the "Early Childhood Development" program run by UNICEF with the aim to renovate 65 classes in Upper Egypt.
-    Egypt Team Sponsor: Nokia Siemens Networks, Egypt Air, 3W

GBI 2011:

-    A total of xxx participants
-    xx from Egypt-    420 KM in 5 days
-    From Amsterdam "Netherlands" to Dusseldorf "Germany"
-    A total Charity of xxx,xxx €

Ya, I'm a GBI FAN

GBI Egypt team website: http://www.gbi-ev.org/Egyptteam/

25th October 2010
Aiman ElSayed

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