last weekend I went to Albstart to participate over the course of 86km with 1850m of altitude. Somehow, the organizers of the ALbstadt Bike-Marathon remarked, that they gave us, wrong altitude input, in the last years. I started far behind from block F, that meant, that I had to pass 1600 riders to finish first.
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The course didn´t became better because of the large amount of riders, but on the firs meadow I was surprised that the course wasn´t that bad. But soon it changed. During a downhill passage, it was so muddy, that you also had problems by pushing your bike.
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Because of all the mud, my shifting gear made problems, it changed funnily from the small on the large chain in the front and in the back, I don´t wanna talk about. I waited every second on the moment, where the chain would block and I….
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But who care´s ??? Finally, it was a really good organized race. This year they offered at the supply stands even cleaning of your glasses. I´ve never seen this before.
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However, this year, you had to wait longer in the queue at the bike-wash, maybe because of the weather conditions.
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Lots of greetings
Elvis |