Majorca Training Camp and Deutschland Snow

Tomorrow morning I leave for sunny, warm Arenal, Majorca. Majorca is located off the Costa Brava in Espana. Reknown for its many training roads that swarm with cyclists or fahrens, deutsch for driver from Oct to Apr. I return to Backnang on 11 Mar.



Just finished packing up my bicycle and my clothes. Funny, I just thought I finished unpacking and creating some order to my room. Still in some order, but I am back to shleping a bike bag and a backpack. Hopefully mz excellent travel karma will continue and I won't have to pay extra for my bike bag. I think I'm a little ahead of the bike case curve here. Mine is 75% of the par-for-the-course size. I will use my 'verstache keine deutsch' skills to the maximum and of course show a weak, sad face.

Today was schiss wetter again today in Backnang for fahren. Heavy, wet snow. Having grown accustomed to the dry Colorado snow, I am deeply missing it and the eventual melting and drying of the roads which we can always expect following a snow storm. Not here, just wet and heavy and roads stay wet for a long time. Will be getting familiar again with massive cleaning jobs that I so dearly enjoyed while in California. Ohh well. So i did just shy of 1.5hrs on the trainer. In just a few short days of catching Eurosport in the morning or while training, I have become quite the expert in World Cup Biathlon. The German 4x7.5km team were killing it today up to the 2nd skier and he had a 30s lead going into the final shooting zone. Only to suffer badly from poor glock skills. Went from 1st to 3rd very quickly. I believe the Norwegians pulled off the final victory which most likely sent Leif Ericson jumping up and down in his grave. Its great watching these guys race b-c there is no panache when they win or podium. Each person collapses at the finish, succombing to the physical breakdown from their body. With spit clinging down from their chin, they pick themselves up and smile. Pure guts racing.

Well, I need to head to bed now. Early departure to Majorca...Arrive just after 0800 so I might even score part of the breakfast at the Hotel then its off for some riding.

Tchüss,
Matthew