got to frankfurt last night, heaved by humongous bike box around the airport before meeting coach david and the other adults then headed to the hotel. was too tired after my 23 hours of being awake so i went out like a light the moment my head hit the bed.
woke up at 6am (frankfurt time, which is about 6 hours slower than Singapore) this morning, ate my breakfast (usual oats and cereal) before fixing up my bike. josh came around this time so he came and fixed up his bike with us too.
DD is built! thanks Soon Watt for tuning up my bike, and loaning me the Easton EC90 Aero race wheels!
the plan was to go for the bike tour at 11am. it was going to be one loop of 84km of the race route. quite a number of participants showed up, mostly german. the pace was easy and with the european wind and low-level humidity made it very comfortable despite the bright sun. we barely sweated!
josh and i during one of the few stops
the ride was really fun, and at one downhill section, we were going at 50+ to 60kph without pedaling. REALLY SCARY!!!!!! my hands were on the braking tapping it just a little just to make me feel safe.
the view along the route though, was AMAZING!!! i haev never seen anything so beautiful while on a bike before. just feels of gold and green of the vegetation.if my bike handling was a bit better i would have been able to take shots of the scenery and put it up. but alas, you guys will have to settle for these.
the race organisers were really fantastic. they had guys on motorbikes riding behind, around and in front of us to block or clear off traffic so that we could complete the bike tour pretty much without any unnecesary stops. they even provided water! felt like the tour de france man!
the motorbike riders who facilitated the best bike ride i ever had!
after the ride we went to walk around the city area. josh did quite a bit of shipping, and we had ice cream at EURO 70 cents! thats dirt cheap!!!!! but it tastes great! YUM!!!
dinner was a half chicken and some salad. the food here is quite a reasonable price, and the quality is pretty good as well. hope the weather stays this way on sunday as well. i dun mind the sun, since the humidity level here makes the heat quite bearable, or at least im not sweating like a pig like i would usually do.
ok tomorrow would be time to collect my race pack! gonna turn in! still qutie tired from my flight yesterday...
PS: Macca is staying at the same hotel!!!! AHHH!!!!! and i saw yvonne van vlerken today!!! AHHHHH!!!!! o joy! life has never been better...
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wow you did not mention that you were doing an Ironman in Frankfurt! that is really hardcore, good luck!
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