Life is not a Practice

An absolutely classic tour. Suggested as Sunday tour by Caro. With Caro, Stefano, Jon, Moni, Bettina and Heidi (the first part).

73km and 1581 meters of climbing. Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=xfgcykpzbnrwpsfk



The last time I did this ride was in 2010 with Max and the Grüntensee was flooded over its banks. Exactly the same today.

My pictures are at https://goo.gl/photos/jqxzCujyshAs3j4z6

Jons pictures are at https://goo.gl/photos/isi8D1XwCb1M4Pd48

This afternoon I set off on my race bike with no plan, no route and no destination - my favourite type of ride.

I ended up cycling to Landsberg am Lech and then taking the train back to Seeg and cycling home from there.

Track to Landsberg is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=zzhekceaffpxwybg (73km and 567 meters climbing)

Track from Seeg home is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=kingsldydhzizatc (12km and 192 meters cllimbing)

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

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

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

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

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!