...no it's not an archive photo of Jörg Hüter, but the races really do seem to be repeating themselves where the consistency of the ground is concerned

The long weekend started on Wednesday evening with a few very wet practice runs in Kassel.
This was the training for the Buchholzer GP on Ascencion Day.
In the high standard C-race an award was won and nearly a second one too. In the last lap I got a little stuck on the ascent, so in the end I was only among the first 20. I could have done better.

On Friday I inspected the lap of the Winterberg Marathon in the Sauerland. The weather forcast announced rain and snowfall for that Saturday.
And that's what we got. It was about 37°F/3°C and we stood at the starting point in pouring rain.
I definitely did some riding in the slipstream on the not ver technical course (2 x 29m/47km and 3445 vertical ft/1050km). After just a few minutes the brilliantly white BSN-Pirate jersey was extremely bespeckled, which didn't stop me from coming in 5th in my white jersey..
Of course some Dutch guy, who had already won the Kellerwald Marathon, won the race.

Jörg