Life is not a Practice

Another sunny afternoon so another race bike tour round the Grünten Lake.

Out for a Friday afternoon ride with Max.
There is still snow every where so we kept to the roads (most of the way) despite being on our mountain bikes.



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

Picture in original size at https://picasaweb.google.com/103827427036815679772/Winter201112#

The first bike ride of the year.
Only to Wertach and back. Shorts and short sleeved tricot. The people skiing looked at me strange.

And just got back in time to go for an hours spinning with Heidi who was out skiing today.

What a life!

Last weekend in November and still "summer". Jon and I out round the Grüntensee on our race bikes.



Track at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=kxxnroyiwdojubca 24km and 200hm

And then in the afternoon I went swimming with the boys (and girls who turned up later). It's a tough life in the mountains!

Sunday morning with the race bike through the sunny but empty Allgäu countryside. 24km and 200hm

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

A quick training ride with Jon on our race bikes. Sun was shining but still cold. 23.5km and 200hm.



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

Jon's back brakes were rubbing all the way so it was a bit of extra training for him :-)

March around town. Church. March to war memorial. Lunch and a few beers. After a morning of "doing my duty", I took my mountain bike up the mountain.



On the way up I managed to bend something that stopped the gears switching properly and caused the switcher to rub on the tyre so I turned round and followed the forest track down to Bayerstetten.

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

Nesselwang was in beautiful sun but I could see the clouds that were covering the rest of Germany.

My "standard" race bike route. An hour round the Grüntensee. Still no sign of snow.



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

Another sunny day so today I decided to do a bit of mountain biking (always these decisions). From home up to the top of our local mountain - the Alpsitz. From the top I followed the path down the ridge and then the amazing single trail to Bayerstetten. Steep, rocky, wet and muddy. Great fun!



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

Saturday afternoon and all the family were off in different directions to go shopping and in the cinema. The temperature was just right for shorts and short tricot and the roads were nearly empty as all the tourists are not here :-)



To Sonthofen and then up the Jochpass to Oberjoch. From there through the Tannheimertal (reaching 1170 m above sea level) and the back through Pfronten.

76kms with 860m of climbing. Great fun!

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