Heh; it wasn’t my marathon. The Regensburg marathon is today. I was only going to do about 30 km, not 26 miles. But along the way the weather started looking foreboding (much earlier than predicted), and glancing down, my rear tire looked a little low. So I cut my route way short in order to beat the rain home, and… still got rained on. Not drenched, but enough that a nice warm cup of tea was just my…cup of tea....

As the Christ flies, it’s certainly more direct. But my buddy from Parsberg met me in Beratzhausen at the train station and and we followed a route he’d mostly done before. The weather looked promising at the start, and more threatening at the end. But no rain fell upon us, despite the clouds. A Catholic holiday miracle! We saw plenty of Good Ol' Boys grilling and tugging their Bollerwägen full of beer into and out of the woods, because Christi Himmelfahrt is also celebrated as der Vatertag in Germany, and that’s the tradition....

It was kind of the perfect temperature — I almost didn’t get sweaty at all. I was able to stay in my “zone” pretty well for much of the ride. More of this, please! Snaps Route You might need to tap or click the map to make it bigger. The red solid route was my intention. The blue dashed route is my actual route. Stats Total Distance: 34.4 km Time: 2:02 Calories: 1159 Calories from fat: 28 % Average Heart Rate: 119 Maximum Heart Rate: 141 Fat Burn: 0:56 Fitness: 1:06

Hooray! Hooray! The First of May! You know the rest of that chant. It was rainy this morning, but lightened up in the afternoon, so I squeezed in 11.5 km before dinner. Snaps The A3 is going to be messed up for a long time still. Video Recap The video is from the top of Ziegetsdorf down the hill and back home. around 17:12 I ran a red light....

It rained A LOT this morning in a small amount of time. But then the forecast changed, predicting no rain until after 5, so I jumped on the chance for a short ride. And I got rained on a little bit anyways. Snaps Route You might need to tap or click the map to make it bigger. Stats Total Distance: 21 km Time: 1:33 Calories: 963 Calories from fat: 23 % Average Heart Rate: 124 Maximum Heart Rate: 154 Fat Burn: 0:24 Fitness: 1:08