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September 24th, 2009
A few people have asked me about my participation in the Einstein Marathon. My training was fairly limited so I wasn’t even certain that I could finish; if I would finish I expected it to take me nearly 5 hours. I expected to not be able to walk, talk, eat, or breath if and [...] September 18th, 2009
Alright everyone: In less than 24 hours I am off to Ulm to try to run a marathon. In less than 40 hours my feet will hit the pavement. As I’ve written before, I expect it will take me 4-5 hours–that’s a lot of music. I need song, album, artists suggestions to keep me [...] August 12th, 2009
After I returned from Madrid my manager here in Germany made a comment to me along the lines of “that distance is like a day trip to a Canadian”. Yes, he was exaggerating the truth a little bit but the premise of his point is correct: North Americans are more accustomed to travelling long [...] July 22nd, 2009
A trying week of highs and lows, cultural understanding, pain, destruction, and triumph: the Alpencross was a great success. Eight brave people began a quest from Oberstdorf Germany to Lago di Garda over seven days. Though we only arrived seven in numbers our early departure was expected and we successfully delivered all willing participants to the destination. Read on for the story of the 2009 Alpencross. You can also see a collection of low-resolution photos in my flickr set. July 9th, 2009
And I’m off: going to pay my taxes, then to Karlsruhe for a train to Oberstdorf. Tomorrow morning we leave for seven full days across the Alps though Austria and Switzerland to finish in Torbole at the North of Lago di Garda at the end of next Thursday (expected). In Italy until Saturday, then [...] June 25th, 2009
A couple of years ago I wrote a lot about milk. Now I feel like I am writing a lot about cycling. But never am i writing anything useful about cycling, just “I went cycling” or “I like cycling”. I went cycling last night after work. We did a trip to Dobel, followed by [...] June 21st, 2009
Today I had a little bikescapade to the famous Hornisgrinde. Hornisgrinde is the name of the tallest mountain in the Northern Black Forest. Hornisgrinde’s height is 1164 metres, shorter than the legendary Schrofenpass that we will cross on the first day of the Alpencross, but still tall enough to present a challenge. Verena and [...] June 6th, 2009
There are still some things that I want to do before I leave Germany/Europe. These things include, but are not limited to: – buying some Adidas trainers – visiting the Canadian Vimy Memorial – spend a weekend in Berlin – visit Munich again, hopefully for work – buying a set of Professional S Henckel [...] June 6th, 2009
Five weeks until the start of the Alpencross. 35 days. 10 weekend days. I think the only way I have a chance to survive is if I am on the bike or on the pavement at least 4 hours each weekend day, ideally 10 hours each weekend, I think. It may sound ridiculous but [...] June 1st, 2009
I have a confession for the world: I am concerned about my Alpencross readiness. I knew that going on vacation would set me back some, and it has, but I’m not sure that is all that I can blame. We’re talking about six consecutive days of intense bicycling, and trekking, carrying everything I need [...] |
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