Yo!
For those who asked questions or are interested, I decided to share my 20 hour cycling experience :-)
For those who asked questions or are interested, I decided to share my 20 hour cycling experience :-)
I planned the trip a week before. The first half would be during night to avoid busy traffic. In the second half (in Lapland) there aren't many cars. I went to Salla... The slogan says it all!
Stores are closed during the night. I chose my stops near water sources and used water purification tablets: 1 pill takes 30 minutes to clean 1 liter of water. I had to keep this in mind while planning the stops. Having water and being able to drink it are different things. My bottles were 750 ml so I chopped off a quarter from each pill before the trip. 
I ate one item of food per hour. I also carried, tools and spare bike parts in case of mechanical problems. I recorded the route with two phones equipped with GPS. While using one phone, the other was charging. I managed to fit all these in my shirt back pockets and in my saddlebag.Before leaving, I slept from 14:00 to 18:00. To be able to sleep during the day, I went to sleep early the night before and woke up with alarm at 3:30 and went to work (to get me as tired as possible).
One hour before the start I made a banana and oat porridge (while it was boiling I was stretching my legs). I ate while checking various weather forecasts to see the recent updates in each city I would pass through at the respective times. Had to take a rain coat with me also. I left at 20:00.
The first part of the trip went very easy. Due to tail wind and my recovery period (week before the trip), my speed for the first 126 km was pretty good: 28 km/h (of which 70 km with 30 km/h!). I stopped on the side of a lake in Nurmes. 
The second part of the trip went good until the end when I encountered a problem: 40 km of steep hills which made me go anaerobic. If I knew, I would have avoided them. 
I should have checked more carefully the elevation profile of the area... I took a break near a lake in Ristijärvi. Here, I put my rain coat inside a small bag and hid it under a rock :D (took it back the next day when driving home). 
I started having doubts if I can make it because the hilly part got me exhausted. I continued, however, slowly (23 km/h). Wind started blowing randomly, forcing me to hold the handlebars strongly. After 3 more segments I was close to Kuusamo but decided to give up! I called Iida and asked if she can pick me up. There were ~100 km left until Salla, but with the annoying wind: 7 m/s (25 km/h) and after 20 hours I couldn't stay focused and it was risky.I've seen about 20 reindeer, 30 geese or swans (hard to tell the difference from far away), hundreds of rabbits, cranes, a fox and an elk!
Some guy drove past me really fast! It was raining and he splashed me so hard that my mouth was full of water :|
Sometimes I was playing "Let's follow the white line on the side of the road" to make time go easier. At some point, near Suomussalmi, I see that my front wheel had turned white! wtf? After a few km I see a car which was repainting the white line :D ... I pass the car quickly, hoping it doesn't notice my white wheels are ruining its masterpiece.
It was an awesome trip!Hope you liked the story :)
See you next time,
Radu