4 Hours + 56 miles + 4,000 vertical = MAJOR FRACKIN’ BONK

Ray left me behind in yet one more “dig” (as he calls these hard surges) coming back in 956 to New Wilmington, and I found him leaning against a light-pole by Gilliland’s Market as I slowly pedaled up the main street.

Hotel Eibsee – MTB Germany/Austria

Last Time in Germany

The knowledge that this is the “last time” that I will be in Germany (at least as part of this contract) has made this 2-week stay much more interesting. For some things, like staying in Darmstadt in the Hotel Maritim Rhein-Main, there is only indifference. However, for riding my bike through the [...]

Hard MTB Ride Darmstadt on 8/10

MTB Ride – 3 Hrs in Darmstadt/Gernsheim
The first thing I did today was to ride my “bad” bike over to Velocity and switch it for the “good” MTB. The Pogo was back from being rented, and wow…it was 100% easier to ride fast on this bike. The other “bad’ one was just plain painful.
I headed immediately [...]

Auerbach, Alsbach, Frankenstein – Amazing

Three Castles in One Day
 
MTB Ride in Morning
After having been in the office until about 8pm (or later) each day this week, I was so eager to go rent a bike and ride outside. In fact, I actually went out and ran yesterday evening, just before dark, since I needed some type of physical activity [...]

2 Hr Evening MTB Ride Darmstadt 7/15/08

2 Hr MTB Ride Darmstadt, Gernsheim, Seeheim

 
After working in the office all day at the dura office in Darmstadt, I couldn’t wait to get outside. I had been continually looking out at the brigh sun and the blue skies, and feeling the warm wind blowing through the open windows in our office. At around 6pm, [...]

Alyssa’s Surgery – July 14, 2008

Well, today was the big day. Alyssa went in for jaw surgery. She was a “real trooper”, and never complained or whined, but took this whole experience of braces, multiple doctor visits in Pittsburgh, etc. in stride. I am very proud of her.
Alyssa is crazy, too. She went with her grandmother’s church to the island [...]

2Hr 45Min MTB Ride in Darmstadt on July 13, 2008

Darmstadt to Alsbach to Gernsheim Loop
 
I rode basically the reverse of the loop that I did yesterday. But, the overall time was faster but almost the same distance was covered. I rode for about 2hr 45min and covered about 63km.
I headed out through the T-Mobile forest, and then followed the bike trail through the next forest [...]

3+ Hr MTB Ride Darmstadt, Gernsheim, Alsbach on July 12, 2008

Big Loop from Maritim Rhein-Main Hotel
Summary: Rode from my hotel in Darmstadt out to Gernsheim (same as I did 2 days ago), but then headed over to Alsbach and climbed the 7% incline to the castle, then followed the signs back to Darmstadt, getting lost several times.
I rode 3hrs 15mins and covered about 65Km. For [...]

2Hr MTB Ride Darmstadt on July 10, 2008

I flew this morning from Hilton Head via Savannah and Newark to Frankfurt this morning. Actually, I tried to fly yesterday from HHI to CLT, but sat 6 hours on the tarmac on a USAirways A330 which broke twice before they canceled the flight late last night. Because of no hotels, I ended up renting a [...]

3 Hour MTB Ride from Darmstadt to Alsbach

Thursday, June 26, 2008
This was my last day on my rented mountain bike in Darmstadt, and the 10th day in Germany. I had worked late last night, and also had worked early this morning. So, after determining that I didn’t have any meetings or conference calls for the next 3 hours, I hopped on the [...]