Off to prepare for Paris-Brest-Paris 2007. Last Saturday at 8:00am, I made my way to the first Brevet, the 200. Hamburg - Timmendorfer Beach (Baltic Coast) and back to Hamburg "Ponyhof".
Ole and I shoved breakfast down our throats at "Schweinske" at central station at 7:00am. Then, we jumped right into the wrong train, which Sir Ole noticed after 2 stops. So, we ran out and damned all traffic lights just to get our starter tickets before take-off at 8:00am.
Punctual as ever, about 70 brain-amputees stood at the ready on the track. Bad head-wind. 4-5 force from the front. I was actually planning on causing some trouble in the Peleton, but I changed my mind. There was enough craziness around

Oh well, what is there to report. The sunlight was practically vomiting, so it turned out to be a pretty nice bike tour. I had to explain my "no-gear-shift" to a few of the colleagues as usual… why, how come and wherefore and what's up with that and bla. SSP isn't known about all around…..oh well.

It's over in any case. Weekend after next it's time for the 300. Then the 400 and the 600 and finally, at some point, the P-B-P: www.paris-brest-paris.org
RAF-Andreas is already looking forward to his Brevets, believe me, especially the 400 in Hamburg. ;-) If you're interested in qualifying check out: www.ara.randonneure.de
So kick some ass,
Thomas