Schedule for tomorrow: 400km

Yes, tomorrow I am going to beat my personal old  record of the longest distance cycled within 24 hours. The still current record was done in summer  1993, when I did a day distance of about 330km.
But tommorow I'll try to do the 400km. Weather will be fine, bike seems to be in good condition (I have slight doubts about the rims, they seem to have reached the end of their life span), knees do not hurt. Best conditions to do the ride.
Now I only hope that the tour will not be too hilly and that I will have the condition.
On sunday morning I'll know...

200 km done, 300 km done

So I did my first Brevets. The 200km distance was hard. Much harder than expected. Lot of mountains and a strong, cold permanent wind from east. Also my equipment was not optimal. Rode that distance wearing a jeans and got a tube failure. Also it was too cold. On top of the hills there was still some snow.

I felt my knees and was quite happy when finished that ride. But after two, three days I felt well again and started to think of the 300km distance.

The 300 km distance was way better: the weather was fine, my equipmet and clothes better. The mountains were not too hard. Reached maximum speed of about 60 km/h. Ate some badly fried fries on the afternoon. The first quarter of the distance (about 75km) I joined the top group, then I decided to let them go and chose my own speed. Most of the distance I rode alone and reached the finish after 14 and a half hours since the start at 7:30 a bit before 22:00 (21:59), cycling time was something about 12 hours.

It was hard, but also fun. Now I am curious to try the 400km distance. I hope for good weather conditions and for not too hard mountains. I'll see. Changed my pedals now to click pedals also my tires were exchanged to avoid tube failures (now Schwalbe Marathon Racer)

Biking plans 2007

Okay, 2007 will be the year of biking. I'll (try to) ride the legendary ride Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) in summer. Of course my plan includes some additional extra, not only the ride (more regarding that later).
But before I can do that I'll have to practise a lot and to pass the qualificaton 'brevets'. Last weekend I did the first serious ride not only for this year but for a longer time. About 160km, most of he time through a hilled landscape (Weserbergland).
Wow - that was harder than expected. My left knee was hurting a bit (I guess (hope) it was the sudden strong work and the bit cold temperature) and I needed more time than expected (nearly 7 hours). But it was fun and I now I know that I still can ride. Max speed was 51 km/h, min speed 10 km/h.
In ten days I'll to the next long distance ride. 200 km, the 1st qualification brevet for PBP.

Blog relaunched

Relaunches are hip and I'll follow the route of hipness.
The old blog was not used too much, moreover I lost the password for it. Not enough with that no useful log in information was left over at all!
Well, that  will not happen again. Now it is happy blogging again.