Life is not a Practice

Wera suggested Schnitzlertal. The others complained it was too far and too steep but we did it anyway and had fun.



38km and 913 eters of climbing (some of it very steep).
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=xgmhupgvilbnewpo

Just me on my mountain bike. Up to the Alpspitz Grat and then back down the trail to Bayerstetten.



13.2km and 545 meters of climbing.
Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=tzgmomjouicoigju

Tuesday evening and the whole team (all three of us) were out for an evening race bike ride. Sunny and warm and a great race bike route.



62.7km and 1026 meters of climbing. Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=rmsrkvswofhhhfzs

pictures at https://goo.gl/photos/JYAG6B6TM26n8ogq6

I have been dieting for about five weeks now and I have realised I can eat as much as I want as long as I do exercise that cancels it out.

So today I had this little voice saying "McDonalds" and I gave in to it. Cycled with my race bike the 28km to Füssen. Was planning a BigMac, McFlurry and Milkshake but the thought of the hours I would need to cycle to equalise them made me think again. A cheeseburger and a small coke were more in keeping with my energy budget.



McDonalds Cheeseburger: 300 Kcal
McDonalds small Coca-Cola: 105 Kcal
45km through the Bavarian foothills: -938 Kcal
TOTAL: -533 Kcal
(which at 7.5Kcal a gram is 71 grams I should have lost by going to McDonalds. :-)

Food according to MyFitnessPal
Exercise according to Garmin eTrex.

45.5km and 480 meters of climbing. Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=rglcynfpqarfxyjl

After four hours of helping a customer find his network problem (which he, of course, thought was our network problem, I was so frustrated that I needed some fresh air so I went out on my race bike and cycled up the Ellegg.

31km and 441km of climbing. Track at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=divptxaxftnwajem

so 107km this weekend and 2706 meters of climbing this weekend!

I was out on my mountain bike when I met Chris and his boys off to catch the chair lift to the top of the mountain. So I turned round and cycled up to meet them.

Breakfast at the Mountain Lodge.

Then across to the Fichtelhütte and down towards the Hündelskopfhütte. Got a WhatsApp that Farinas were going to the Kronenhütte so back up past the Kappeller Alpe and on to the Kronenhütte.



And then back home.

22km and 955 meters of climbing. Not bad for a ride around our local mountain from restaurant to restaurant.
Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=ikituzddulpyqpsd

An afternoon ride organized by Inge. Six of us (I was the only man) enjoyed a whole afternoon without rain and a trip to the Roßbergalpe. A bit of everything. Some great trails and a 10 km climb to the Alp.



Finished the ride with a hot amaretto and cream.

54.5km with 1310 meters of climbing.
Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=ihzcfmuieorozbwm

Pictures are at https://goo.gl/photos/JYAG6B6TM26n8ogq6

Inge's photos are at https://picasaweb.google.com/SpyderwomanTV/6308394128264786321?authkey=Gv1sRgCIedvN6iqM--hwE&feat=email#6308394544483164498

After Sepp's funeral, Caro and I cycled up past the Untere Reutewannealpe and then on to the Obere Alpe. Back down past Haslacher Alpe.



22.6km with 658 meters of climbing.
Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=xtanqfxcqbafsaxd

It was Tuesday evening but it was raining a bit. Jon managed to get an invitation to dinner so it was just Heidi and I. The bit of rain turned in to buckets of the stuff.



24km and 258 meters of climbing. track is at
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=oooatxosftkssuyw

After dinner Caro said "let's go for a flat bike tour to work off dinner". So we did. And then we went for an ice cream to add the calories back on :-)

17km and 217 meters of climbing.
Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=sxegbbmhbyjatkxh

An afternoon sailing with Stefano. We got a Sailhorse (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailhorse) as all the Dyas had already been booked.



Very little wind so little distance sailed. We had thrown my water bottle overboard to simulate a "man overboard when the wind suddenly dropped to nothing. For over half an hour we floated near to but out of reach of the bottle before the wind picked up and we finally got back to the bottle. A little later we did briefly achieve two and a half knots during a gust.

30°C and not a cloud in the sky.

Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=ixanycqyvokhgmhm

A gentle ride round the lake after the long tour yesterday. I could definitely feel the cimbing from yesterday in my legs.



If I ride at a high pulse then the next day is difficult. As long as I remain under a pulse of 135 (as when we cycled to Dubrovnik) then the next day is no problem at all.

23km and 234 meters of climbing.
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=ixanycqyvokhgmhm

Today was Inges birthday so she took us all out for a bike ride and then back to her place for the party. 7 people started from Grän in Austria but Hopsing, Heidi and I cycled from Nesselwang and Hubert from Pfronten



110 km and 2009(!) meters of climbing. http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=tfhowivblfazhzjv



Photos at https://goo.gl/photos/JYAG6B6TM26n8ogq6

Inges Bilder: https://picasaweb.google.com/SpyderwomanTV/6307858585766739025?authkey=Gv1sRgCJbDmp_z6evfzgE&feat=email

Tuesday evening but Heidi had "Krabbelgruppe" :-(
And Jon had friends round :-(
So I was out on my own.

Did the Tannheimertal route with my race bike.

48.5 km with 565 meters of climbing. And all in 2:03! Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=xngdrurnpgedhwff

Afterwards I decided I had earned an ice cream and at the ice cafe I met Marion and Robert and then Caro so we enjoyed a hot amaretto with cream.

After work and the sun was shining. Needed to "earn" some calories to be able to enjoy a few slices of pizza :-)

Up to Sportheim Böck and then back down past the Kappeller Alp. Just looking at my heartbeat shows which part of the trip was uphill. An average of over 130 uphill and under 100 downhill and flat.



14 km and 605 meters of climbing.Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=jfenqayykwlhpahh

An afternoon sailing with Chris & Philipp. Three hours with a Dyas (http://www.dyas.org/wp/daten/)



As the following diagram shows the wind was about 10km/h (5-6 knots) but there were a lot of lulls.



7 nautical miles in total. Our track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=otoqgbfbtubirxom

Original photo at https://goo.gl/photos/qdM9peYJsuZzbJLZ6 (thanks Chris)

A tour planned by Inge. Out to the Frauensee and back. The original plan was a bit longer but it rained and was generally looking like we were going to get very wet.



On the way back we stopped at the Falkenstein Restaurant in Pfronten.



65km and 780 meters of climbing. Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=gfwuxyukbrymdajd

Pictures at https://goo.gl/photos/JYAG6B6TM26n8ogq6

Inges pictures at https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&q=https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname%3DSpyderwomanTV%26target%3DALBUM%26id%3D6303217317790472705%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCOuC0_jdpbjQDg%26invite%3DCK7mx5oE%26feat%3Demail&source=gmail&ust=1467695183122000&usg=AFQjCNHX1IFIY_JA2xvcCcopFA9IJ4DeFA

Wera was in the Dolomites with Heidi. Jon was away. The rest of Group 2 wanted a flat tour so Bettina and I joined Group 1 for a dirty ride through the Moorgang. On the way home we got absolutely soaked.



25km and 490 meters of climbing. Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=ncwnelvuncawshpm

Pictures at https://goo.gl/photos/JYAG6B6TM26n8ogq6

Left home on my mountain bike. Got about 10 meters and received messages about problems in our network so turned round and went and sorted that out. Set off again and reached part way up to Maria Trost before the next message arrived. Turned round again. After that I decided to take a hot showera nd something to eat.

4km with 177 meters of climbing (probably my shortest bike ride this year) Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=ytqjlnlejhqwange

By the time I finished at work (meeting in Isny) Heidi was already out on her race bike but I cycled to meet her and thus managed a short trip to Durach and back.

42km with 540 meters of climbing. Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=asfojizlsuzulamw

A quick after work trip round the Grüntensee with my race bike and Heidi.

20.6km with 242 meters of climbing. Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=wzizgpgexivjpfud