Day 4 Mike went down today in the first 2km’s. He is okay. Let me say that again to dispel any panic, he is OK. He hit his head and has a minor concussion that will keep him in the hospital overnight tonight. He has a small bit of road rash on his back side [...]
Day 3 Finally a short day only 88km of riding, we should be done this in about 3-3.5 hours right? Right. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/38744808 I think the data speaks for itself that this was a very humbling, but yet beautiful, day. We learned 2 very important lessons today: 1. Mike and hills steeper than 10% don’t get [...]
Day 2 Nutritional success! 1430 calories in which is way better than day 1′s 700. I felt way better at both the beginning and end of the ride. We had a challenging start right up the Timmelsjoch that started to go up 1 km from town 25km later we summitted. I climbed on my own [...]
Sorry folks, I know it’s only the first day but I’m beat so this will be short. The day was 120 km with a little less than 2700 meters of climbing and on paper it looks like one of the easier days. God, I hope not. The first 45km was pretty uneventful which was good [...]
So after 2 days in Mittenwald with very limited access to the interweb we are now able to post the past couple of days. We got into Mittenwald on Friday morning and checked into the hotel, had lunch and then went exploring. 5 minutes later we were done. Just kidding. Mittenwald is not that far [...]
I got into Munich at about 3:00pm local time here after 10 hrs of flying from YVR to Frankfurt, a 1.5 hr layover and plane switch, with full on customs and 2 security checks, and a dash to the flight to Munich. Fun times! The flight over wasn’t as bad as last year, I had [...]
After 3 delayed flights I wasn’t sure I was going to make it here today, but I guess it’s a good thing that all 3 legs of my trip were delayed. Had a chance to meet up with Ian who I did RAAM with back in 2006. He works as a police officer at Heathrow [...]
Well, not starting out well. It took half an hour to check in once I got to the agent as she had no idea how much to charge me for my bike. Since I am changing planes and airlines during my trip, she had no idea whether she was supposed to charge for the Lufthansa [...]
Jer just checking to make sure everything is working the way it’s supposed to. Should I be concerned that I just heard “What the hell does this thing do”
Well, the final ride out to Horseshoe Bay is all done and based on the gloomy weather in the background, i don’t think we’ll miss that ride for a while. Another couple of easy rides before we take off on Wednesday and then the training is pretty much done. Let the fun begin.
