Good weekend of riding and racing cross bikes, talking bikes, and drinking coffee. Saturday I picked up Michael at the train station and we headed across Germany to meet Ken for some riding near Hochspeyer. They have much more decidious trees than we have and most had a lot of their leaves. Very scenic with [...]
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Karlsruhe cross
Posted in cyclocross, germany, racing on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Finals
Posted in germany, racing on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gavin scored a 2nd place finish, just a meter from the win. I think he expended most of his energy in the jumping castle.
Angela lined up at the start with a few new fast girls, and won a hard race, capturing the US Forces Europe championship race as well as the overall series champion. My [...]
Garmisch/US baseball
Posted in germany, racing on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend we attended the 1st round of the World Baseball Cup in Regensburg. 1st game we saw Venezuela 15 run rule China in the 5th, then got to sit around and watch the US team take batting practice before taking on Germany. US won that game 9-1, but lost a heartbreaker on Thursday [...]
29ers need not apply
Posted in germany, racing on September 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So don’t show up in Luxemburg on the 24th of October with your Cannondale Caffeine or the new Flash 29er, even though Cannondale is a sponsor of the race, because the rules clearly state “funktionsfahiges MTB 26 Zoll (kein Crossrad)“. Maybe I should show up with the 69er, she has been a bit lonely lately. I [...]
Playmobil and singletrack
Posted in family, germany on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend I was able to link some trails up that equated to 50-60km of decent singletrack. Weather has tipped in favor of autumn, and this weekend is supposed to be cool, rainy, and windy. Here’s a few pics including one with the new caps that just arrived. Thanks Matt!
Also made it to Playmobil funpark outside [...]
Where has August gone?
Posted in bikes, family, germany on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our first true month of summer, where temps have routinely hit 70 and it has only rained every other day rather than every day. Days have been spent lounging at the pool, frolicking in the sand at the lake, cruising bike paths with children in tow, but mostly, slaving away at work. There has got [...]
Where has July gone?
Posted in family, germany, racing on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Finally Germany has been able to put together a decent string of sunny days, so one must take full advantage. Either here or the local swimming pool is where most days end.
To conclude the report for the Funatic marathon, I finished 12th, 10 or so minutes out of 3rd. It was a crazy race with [...]
Funatic Marathon
Posted in germany, racing on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the states, typically for the past several years, racing is amped up a good 10-20 percent in July. This can be solely blamed on Le Tour. Early mornings/late evenings spent watching the drama unfold in the hills of the Pyrenees and Alps, one can’t help to be inspired and dig a little deeper. I am [...]
Wee-man is taller than my son
Posted in germany on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wee-man (Jason Acuna) from the highly acclaimed MTV series and movies “Jackass”, is on a USO tour of Europe with Monster energy drinks and stopped in on base yesterday for autographs and photos. Gavin and I stood in line for 30 minutes to get this pic and autographed picture. Very nice guy with plenty of [...]
Can’t concentrate
Posted in germany on June 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is the little blood sucker I dug out of my leg, which has a high probability of carrying the tick-born encephalitis virus. TBE is rampant in Bavaria.
I may have only days left of normalcy as my neurological system may begin shutting down any moment, causing possible paralysis and death in 1% percent of the [...]
