Monthly Archives: June 2011

Holidays!

So yesterday we had our last little local race. After last weeks one, I was full of high hopes, but my legs did not want to cooperate. It was a hard lap, lots of short climbs and no place to … Continue reading

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Grenzsteintophy 2011, by phil

Grenzsteintrophy 2011, I went into this event very confident and mentally strong. This was going to be a practice run for my Tour Divide Race attempt in 2012. GST 2011, so I thought, would be about a 6 – 8 … Continue reading

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German Single Speed Championships, by phil

I know this is way over due but since it was a good race for me I decided to throw in here anyway. The Kellerwald Bike Marathon is not a single speed only event; they just have a SS category. … Continue reading

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Bergrace Oosterbeek NL

So we have this race series by an independent race organizer, and he happes to have the 4 best race courses of the entire country. I missed the first one because we wanted to do a touring trip that day, … Continue reading

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Wilfried takes second in Toulouse – another podium for BWR

Our team member Wilfried Beaumes (2nd from left) finished the Raid of Gagnac in Toulouse second place. It consisted of 2km running, 30 km mtb and 6 km orienteering. Congratulations Wil, keep on rockin’!

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Final preparations for Grenzsteintrophy, by Phil

Well, time is ticking and the start of the Grenzsteintrophy (GST) is nearing. Yesterday I picked up Paul Errington from the airport in Frankfurt; who will be doing the GST also.  He flew in from the UK, Newcastle to be … Continue reading

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Apparently even though I write drivel elsewhere….

I haven’t done anything here ever. So here goes a little post so I will no longer not have any posts. The Mohican 100(K) is the last race I have done, and it went well for 55 miles. The last … Continue reading

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Tegernsee Marathon 2011 or How to have one of the worst days on a bike ever!

As someone who’s ridden and raced bikes for 16 years now, I’ve had my share of bad days (i.e. dehydration during a Flint Hills Death Ride at 100+ degrees, bonking during a race in Mid-Missouri so badly a team mate … Continue reading

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Short track racing in Dutchie land!

My new hobby is short track racing…. Not because I like the short, high intensity part of it, but more because my training intensity is at a historic low… We have more and more people joining the singlespeed way of … Continue reading

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Heimspiele

‘Heimspiel’ is German for ‘home game’: On the last two weekends we had two races in/around Munich. Since my last race a month ago I was able to do quite a bunch of riding with both the SSP and the … Continue reading

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