a little bit of this, and a bit of that

my time here is quickly coming to and end. this morning i rode my pre-race loop for the last time. my legs were weird. i would have energy for a sprint or two, then nothing for another. then something again. this trend continued while riding around town.

after the bike ride i went and picked up the money that i lent out for gas for the team car the other day. saw the prez. of the bike club for the last time.
after that i went to the grocery store for what i think is the last time. i have a ton of food still, so no need to buy more of that.
then i came home and exchanged bikes (crap for good) and took off to the chocolate factory. its just to much work to haul the P.O.S. up the hill to it...
i got a lot of chocolate.

after doing that i came home. ate some lunch thought about what to do. ate some watermelon, then decided i was tired of sweating so i went down to go swim in the rhein.
i did what is very popular and jumped of the bike bridge. its was great. it was high enough to get the weightless feeling, but not so high to hurt when hitting the water without shoes. i approve. the water was also really nice. while i was there some girl sliced open her foot on something, it bleed quite a bit. no worries shes fine.

splash

a ways down

i was notified that the german national champ was not actually at the race, just the junior national team. and also the guy who won was the MTB worldchamp in 2004. out of the 206 that were on the start list only 102 finished. there was no peleton finish, all small groups or solo...


final tour haul

we have lift-off

disco