I was running low on Earl Grey, organic and packaging free, so I grabbed an empty, cleaned-out pickle jar or something and hustled up to Quantum Satis to refill on that, and green cardamom pods, and star anise. They were out of star anise, and they won’t be restocking it: sadly, they’re shuttering for good on July 31st, 2022. The owner told me the economic situation of their store is just not sustainable....
The universe does not want to make it easy for me to get to Adlersberg on my bike. I tried the same route as last time, getting this further this time before hitting the rain, and a detour for construction on the bike path forced me up a much steeper hill. I sought refuge in a bus shelter outside the monastery / brewery before continuing on an abbreviated route back home....
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