Leg burner Day/Bein-brenner Tag!

Its never a good idea to look at the hill profile of a route the day before you do it.. but feeling cosy with a pizza and a beer in hand last night, we chanced a look. 3 big bad boys today, plus some added bonus hills; an absolute killer right at the start, a cheeky late morning nasty and some rolling bumps this afternoon.

The morning stage met a road block into the forest path early on. A bavarian lady on a bike plus 2 other chaps pulled up behind us as we pored over the map, she reliably informed us that someone was hit on the head by a falling tree last week and promptly turned around to follow the massive diversion (Hmmmm) . The two guys also followed suit. We decided to risk it because we couldn't hear any tree work, so scuttled through the cordon and hoped not to meet the forester. We didn't...and thereby saved a wedge of time on the busy road.

The rest of the day was;

Legs on fire big long hill.
Sweating.
Drinking.
Chocolate.
Legs on fire more hill.
More hill.
A sneaky hidden extra hill.
Drinking.
Bakery van. Pretzel power up.
Smaller hill.
Chocolate.
Admiring beautiful houses
Chocolate.
Deciding where to camp.
Chocolate.
Admiring beautiful houses.
Bread.
Hill.
Spotting an old man in a felt hat and Lederhosen.
Hill.
Nice cruising.
Hill
Admiring beautiful houses.
1000km mark achieved.
10 minutes spent jumping and sweating more in pursuit of a fun action photo.
Panic to find a supermarket still open.
CAMP, SHOWER.FOOD!
(And a celebratory beer)

HAPPY 1000km DAY!!!!

The simple life, camping, nature, 1 pot meals...is wonderful.
Hills aren't so bad, its just an art of pace and trying to utilise a downhill to go up, if they coincide.

Ja, 1000 km, so schnell sind die vorüber. Die Aufwärmung neigt sich somit langsam dem Ende ;-) In den letzten Tagen im Algäu haben wir wohl mehr glückliche Kühe auf Wiesen als Menschen gesehen. Heute bei einer Vorbeifahrt einen halboffenen Stall. Die Tier lagen in ihrer Sch**** und sahen aus wie tot, abartig. Der Wetterbericht prophezeit uns ein Rennen mit dem Gewitter, das aus Westen kommt. Don't panic, das wär nicht das erste Mal ;-) Ach ja, morgen beginnt meine Entzugstherapie für Ritter Sport - grausam, schon der Gedanke daran... Nur noch 4 Stücke pro Tag. Aber vielleicht bekomme ich stattdessen ja einen schönen Stinkkäse :-DRead more