Life is not a Practice

A "gentle" ride with Caro and Stefano. Caro's description, not mine.



36km and 508 meters of climbing
Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=ntblnpqpoorcwyeu

Tuesday night. And it was drizzling as we set off so we decided to stay near home. By the time we reached Wertach it was raining and by Oy we were soaking.



23km and 294 meters of climbing
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=hzmkzujlawpwdxkb

A "round the lake" race bike tour after work.



24km and 326 meters of climbing.
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=twdfjuvzmavbtyvb

The plan was to cycle to the Roßberg but this morning it was raining. After lunch it was raining a little less and after coffee and cake even less. Having just eaten 900 calories of cake (300g of pure taste explosion), I was keen to do something.



Caro and I cycled to Pfronten Kappel and then up to the Edelsberg and down the other side then in to Jungholz and back via the Stübental Alpe. And we didn't get rained on at all.



20 minutes after we reached Nesselwang it started pouring down - but we were dry in the ice cafe :-)

27km and 938 meters of climbing
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=vgqupxrstnmbvvot
(and, according to Garmin 974 calories burned off so I earned the 900 for the cake I ate before we left.)

Pictures (incl. cake) at https://goo.gl/photos/JYAG6B6TM26n8ogq6

A gentle ride with the race bike.

35 km and 581 meters of climbing.
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=cigeexyfahzqpdhc

Thursday evening cycling and a great route planned by Wera. Lots of tracks and great views towards the setting sun.



34km and 694 meters of climbing.
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=wxsdatvhuywkhren

Yesterday it was raining so hard that even Heidi and I didn't want to bike so we went today instead.



It was a real challenge in some places as yesterdays rain had dug deep channels in the tracks. But at least we got home dry :-)

40km and 778 meters of climbing.
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=gnwqldtzgctrxxec

Ate too much yesterday and woke up feeling yuk! So an hour out on my mountain bike. And after that life was great again.



10km and 358 meters of climbing
Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=oxtryllroxquvmth

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