We chose the Forestman Marathon as the first race of the season. The 13.7m/22km sprint distance. Even before the race began, our white jerseys attracted the attention of other participants and spectators.

Finding room in the starting block was not easy, but luckily the starting shot was soon fired and our 2PS-Bomber stormed ahead. After the neutralization vehicle gave us the all clear, a lead group of 6 quickly took shape, in order to set the tempo in the flat first third of the race. We attacked on the first incline and were able to break away from the group. Luckily, the distance between us and the group grew before the first descent, so that we could chill out for a little and focus all our concentration on the next ascent, which was a very steep tar ramp. This is where we began utilizing our slipstream advantage on fast, slightly descending forest trails and the gap between us and the others grew steadily larger.
After a short, but awesome, downhill, we crossed the finish line after just 51:04 minutes and over 2min before anyone else - a new track record! I guess no one had counted on a tandem that fast!

Our reward at the award ceremony were 2 kegs of Rothaus Pils beer - perfect! Cheers!

Greetings from Freiburg,

Jan and Phil.

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