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Year-end-closing by Robby and Beni
Maybe it was mistake to exercise on Wednesday with 3 marathon runners my conditions...But, don´t care, and I got wonderful sour muscles, after the 4 hours of exercise at the Alster.
Benita Wesselhöft

Beni and Robby in Harburg:
At the 26.th of December, we went to the annually Chistmas cross race in Harburg. Normally we got lots of snow here, but this year?
Benita Wesselhöft

Harburg the 2nd part, as long as I remember my thoughts:
After Benita(7th place) 
(as fast as light)
Melina Sen

Pirates all over the world,
I wish you all a wonderful christmas time and lots of cookies
;)
Ron

Christmas thoughts out of South Tyrol... 
Zanon Michael at the performance test. Clenching your teeth, all four minutes 40 W more to kick and that hurts...
Michael Zanon

"Blutsventje News" SKS D-Cup Cross in the  Saarland
Moin Landlubbers,
one last appearance as the furious reporter and Pirate Capt´n of the PIRATE-VeloTotal-Team at the SKS cross cup of Germany, double taxation, the great prize of Beta in Schmelz and the “ FERVOR Carbon-Wheels Cyclocross” in Homburg and another double taxation for me, after my race, I had to get fast showered and ready for the start of the women´s pro race with my camera to get some pictures of my team mate Benita.
Ubi "Blutsventje" Weidner

Monis PIRATE-bakery:
While I didn´t got any chance to get  something done during the cross races, without anyone of my personnal support team, I tried myself to bake some Christmas cookies.
Monika Reker

     

Beni in the  Saarland
After I compete in two races last weekend, in Frankfurt and Elmshorn, it was time again form e this weekend to participate in two races again.
Benita Wesselhöft

Robby and Beni on Tour:
Elmshorn and Frankfurt
This weekend, we got much to do:
Benita Wesselhöft

Stevens Cup in the snow, 
at the 11th december 2011, I picked myself up for the last time this year, to participate at a cross-race of the Stevens-Cup in Kaltenkirchen.
Thomas Zühlke + Ronald Prinzlau

Bike on the Ring 2011
"It was a wonderful experience, but I won´t do it again“. I thought on my way home.
Rainer van Ellen

The legend of the  MONTE SOPHIA Mountain Run…!!!
Obviously, there is nothing more to say about it.
Robert Dreyling

Selection process: Pirate at the WEC Syke
The 8th run of the Weser-Ems-Cups in Syke is organized by my former club. And such event sonly survives, when anyone got a cap on his head and is so the head of all. I decided myself to prepare everything in this dog closet for the arrival of the Pirates of the Heide on Saturday and Sunday.
Monika Reker

Stevens  Cup in Bremen 
At the  26th of november, I made my way back to Bremen after one year of absence.
Thomas Zühlke

Staff Car part 8
The Pirates from Hockenheim aren´t only just busy in exercising, no way, they also prepare themselves for the season of 2012. Manuel and myself fixed our new staff car, and we think it´s worth showing it....
Marcus Silberer

Autumnal bike trip with Lothar Leder
During the last days of autumn my friends and myaself thought about a funny idea, to ride the bike course of TRISTAR 111 in Worms together with Lothar Leder. Well, first we rode
Tino Hemmer

Yesterday in Volksdorf at the lake
All the other guys of the Pirste Team were in Frankfurt at the Cup Germany…and because of that Melina, Werner and myself had to present our colors at the race in Volksdorf…
Ronald Prinzlau

Robby and Beni in Bremen
This weekend we started on two races in Bremen, first on Saturday the Stevens Cup and on Sunday the  LVM, on the same course. The course was really good and even of the fact, that I good a bad start, I was able to ride back on the 3rd position.
Benita Wesselhöft

Rursee Marathon
Finally the time has come…!!! RURSEE MARATHON…!!! J
It still owe me one from last year, when I twist my ankle and sprained my lateral ligament and the cyst in my ankle joint. The time wasn´t that good, only 3:48h, and I wanted to make it better this year.
Robert Dreyling

Street  run series in Herten-Berlich, the 10th in november 2011
Three times a year, thousends of sportsman from everywhere out of Germany,were allured by the street running series in Herten.
Reiner Kowalzik

Forest run in Hambach
While weh ad a wonderful autumnal weather with bright sunny sky, but temperatures around the melting point,  I wanted to participate at the forest run in Hambach. Because I´m already within the last periods of my preparation for the Rursee-marathon, it was all clear, that I would run both offered distances, first the 7,2km run and later together with my dragonlady “ Heike” the 14,2km run, but in the longer run, I would something like the chasing rabbit for her.
Robert Dreyling

Moni goes Moto-Cross in Rheine
Without the help of my support-team I travelled tot he 7th race of the Weser-Ems-Cross-Cup. It was really cold that day, I froze really bad and no one was there to warm me up by hugging…
Monika Reker

Halb-marathon in Refrath
This was my last race to test my shape before the Rursee marathon. Today the slogan here in Refrath at the half-marathon was : FULL THROTTLE…
Robert Dreyling

"Blutsventje News" SKS D-Cup Cross in Magstadt
 Moin Landlubbers,
my 2nd appearance as the furious reporter and Capt´n Pirate of the Pirate-Velo-Team at the SKS Cross Cup of Germany..
Ubi Blutsventje Weidner

17h, 350km´s and lots of pain…
My first and lost conquer of the Alps was over 9years ago, so I decided to ride a MTB-trip for a few days. We searched, we found and we decided us to participate at the “ Eifel-Höhen-Tour”.
Jörn Faul

Last race of the season in Bad Salzdetfurth
The Racing Team of Bad Salzdetfurth invited friends and more for a common tour. Just to ride with the winner of the series, the world champions together the trails in the environment of Hildesheim and Bad Salzdetfurth. I only saw these guys at the start and after the race at the pasta-buffet.
Andre Döring

2nd public utility company children and family triathlon
offspring-pirate Tim
Imay, Tim(9) decided for himself, that the sport, his father works out during the summer couldn´t be that hard. So, it was time for his first triathlon in Düsseldorf over the distances of 50m swim, 2.5km bike and 450m run. Tha it was time for him, at the 10th of September, it was a bright sunny day.
Marco Schröder

Yesterday in Kiel
Again I participated at a cyclo-cross-race of the Stevens-Cup-Series…
At the entrance of the course, the girls met and Anne, Benita and Gaby took some time to talk….
Benita Wesselhöft

Rur-Bridge-Run in Linnich
The new course of the 18th Rur-Bridge-Run lead for the 2nd time over 13,5km, by running two loops, right along the beautiful river Rur, with the start and finish in Linnich. In the past, the course was only 12km long and that means, maybe it´s time for a new course record on the 13,5km course…
Svenja Jütte

Kieler KN Förde Triathlon 20. August 2011
BACK TO THE ROOTS
The first triathlon I participated was in the 90´s in Kiel and because of this I decided myself to swallow some sea-water again and travelled with my whole family a week earlier, from Düsseldorf to Rendsburg( 500km), to visit my parents and to get to know the heavy head wind at the coast..
Marco Schröder

Sunday early in the morning at 7:00o´clock…GET UP…It´s cross-time….
Today we´ll start in Lohne…
After two races, I feel  myself a little bit more save on my cross-bike, now I´ve to learn and exercise some more on my oxygen supply…
Rainer van Ellen

Start of the running season– just scary…
This year we wanted to become the start oft he running season something special, maybe a little bit scary…in fact it was scary, but different than planned…but let´s start with the beginning…
Reiner Kowalzik

Yesterday in Kiel
Again I participate at a cyclo-cross-race of the Stevens-Cup-Series…
At the entrance of the course, the girls met and Anne, Benita and Gaby took some time to talk…
Ronald Prinzlau

Cyclocross Stevenscup in Neumünster
Last Sunday I travelled with Melina to Neumünster to participate in a cyclo-cross-race…as usually, I forgot my camera…
When we arrived, Robby K. and Benita already finished and had been for the winner ceremony…

Ronald Prinzlau

Weser Ems Cup 2011, Osnabrück
Last weekend I plowed with Bjoern and Moni, and some others the forest in Osnabrück. Slowly, we recieve the right cross-feeling by having temperatures near the freezing point. Shortly before the start I changed my bike from a cross-bike to a MTB, it was really comfortable with a „ rocking horse“…
Rainer van Ellen

 

Weser Ems Cup 2011, Cloppenburg...
...or  the Beauty and the Biest
Rainer van Ellen

Rursee Marathon
At the first weekend in november, was the annually Rursee marathon  on my schedule and since 2004 they also offer a 16,5km distance.Because the marathon distance is a little bit to long for me at this moment, I decided myself to run the 16,5km distance and also were able to run with a former team member of us, Acy.
Svenja Jütte

It doesn´t hurt less,
… at the 2nd time, even, if you already done it before. NO way, it can be worse, like at the Norseman Extreme Triathlon 2011.
Daniel Flöttmann

"Blutsventje News" SKS D-Cup Cross in Lorsch
Moin Landlubbers,
welcome in the „ Cross-Club“, the furious reporter and Pirate-Capt´n of the Pirate-VeloTotal Team, Ubi Blutsventje, is entering the cross-season, at the 6th ENTEGA City Cross Cup at the 6th of november 2011, the SKS Germany Cross Cup.
Ubi Weidner

Every beginning is hard…
Like every season as well. Started at home to late, I should read the timetable better in the future…
Florian Kratz

Nadine, the precious Pirate is entering the  Caribbean
One week before Nadine should travel to Curacao for her long-awaited dolphin-therapy, we visited Nadine with the „Heart of the donation campaign“ Peter Borsdorf. Finally, she was in quite a good health, to manage the long flight to start her exhausting therapy.
Edelpiratin Nadine & Team Pirate Juliacum

The Autumnal forest run in Bottrop November/2011
At the foot of the  coal stockpile Prosper Haniel in Bottrup, took the annual autumnal forest run part. There were more than 1500 starters on the different courses.
Reiner Kowalzik

WINTERTIME-TROPHY on the website of Rennrad-News.de
we got a Pirate Exercise-Team ;)
Ronald Prinzlau

The long road to Kona:  Working hard for 5 yars to reach starting number 651
March in Darmstadt:
While we had a hazard in december, I wrote most of these following words, but than I had to look over all the pictures I got.
Alexander Crook

Real wet summer, new exercise team mate and strength training in the mud and greenery
I was up to no good and than, Ralf ask me, if I won´t become his personnal coach, for the cyclassics, next year.
Mel Sen

Wintertime exercise in Hockenheim,
While we had wonderful autumnal weather conditions, we started for our annually wintertime exercise. Now, we keep on riding and riding, because your shape for the next season you gain in the winter.
No mountains? Just flat? Not at all, it´s not like that.
Marcus Silberer

Hoisted colors by the Pirates from Hockenheim
The year 2011 is ending soon, and we Pirates from Hockenheim are thinking about the this years season, is was a good one...
Marcus Silberer

Used bikes from the Chief ;)
Sadly, I  gotta reduce my bike inventory…
Ronald Prinzlau

Wintertime exercise
the wintertime is upon us, and of course you´re really motivated because of it. Because of that, I decided to create, as a wintertime exercise sweetener, a Pirate- Team for the winter-trophy..
Dominik Müller

Monis Doping- Special tipps for small Pirates…
Obviously the story began with thick sausages from the “ Sau*erland”.( Sau-pig)
Pitjes Classen

My first FELT Part 7
Heiko Erlenkäuser : "If I had to explain, you would not understand..."
Ronald Prinzlau

Moni`s and Pitjes "Bockwurst “ proclaimation lesson...
On Stede´s Facebook-site, I found this, right after the P-Way…
Monika Reker

Cup of Germany, a Cyclo-Cross race in HH - Horn
at the day after our Helloween- party, was a cross-race in HH-Horn...
Ronald Prinzlau

Halloween in our new club house
This year we could celebrate Helloween totally relaxed in our new club-house and had lots of fun. Even the preparations for the party were quite funny, with Super-mouse
Ronald Prinzlau

We´ve been in Lohne!
When you wanna ride on a cross-cours, who are really nice and got as well lots of really interested spectators and viewers, you should travel and start in Lohne.
Robert Karrasch

52th cross-race in Parchim
At the 23.10.11 we travelled to the annually cross-race in Parchim, next to us, were as well on the starting line, a pro, Andre Greipel.
Thomas Zühlke

 

Bad Salzdetfurth 2011
At the German CC-Hobby-Class-Championships in Bad Salzdetfurth, participated all 3 of our family again. Victor U13, our talented young boy Leo,U17 and the old lame mule Andre 75<..
Andre Döring

Sunday at the forest in Hambach
Last sunday we went with the whole family to the forest run in Hambach, it`s just around the corner...
Svenja Jütte

Barntrup
Participating and riding a 8h race together with his son in a two men team,is a very large pleasurable feeling. My other son Victor finished on the day before on the 3rd place. Well, the weekend started quite well for us.
The other stuff from the race, you already were able to read at the bulletin of “ Moni”..
Andre Döring

Gillrath
Last sunday I wanted to participate at the 33rd public run of Gillrath over the distance of 10km.
Svenja Jütte

Heinz and myself, two flat country men from Hamburg,
participated this year at the TransAlpin Run from Oberstdorf to Laatsch.
Torsten Strakosch

Cyclocross season opener in Braunschweig at the 1.10.11
While we had wonderful weather conditions with temperatures higher than 20degrees,we travelled to Braunschweig-Lehndorf to participate at the Panther-Cup, a cross-race.
Thomas Zühlke

Hello you Pirates…
At the 2.10, I travelled to Bremen to participate at a 10km run, just to prepare myself for the upcoming cross-season.
Julia Wahnig

 

Cross-Season has just begun...
Finally it is time again: Up on the bike and ride right into the forest, it time for: CROSSING. Just coming back from our holidays and up on my new bright FELT, and at the 3.10, I went to Bremen to participate a race of the Germany Cup.
Benita Wesselhöft

To fast for the picture....
But slow enough for the guys in the hobby-class. ;-)
Ronald Prinzlau

Premier League Finals in Bad Salzdetfurth
for the last time this year I wanted to use my MTB, in a race.
So, I stood up early in the morning at 5:30o´clock at the 25.9 and travelled to Bad Salzdetfurth.
When I arrived it was cold but luckily dry…The organizers did a good job, and made up a great course.
Shortly after the start, I tried to get in front, on I made it, by passing and riding on the boardwalk.
Thomas Zühlke

East Tyrol
We were all excited that we were able to start and participate here, because our 4th man, went sick, the day before the race.
Michael Zanon

Wait, until she´s older………
In Valdorf/ Vlotho Exter everyone of the 6109 dwellers were totally excited, because of the triathlon in their town.
Bernd Schiermeister

Run in the valley of the Ruhr
While we´ve temperatures who were quite hot and humid, I went on Saturday to participate at a public run, this time I travelled to Düren, for the 10km run in the valley of the Ruhr.
Svenja Jütte

Rosstrappen Downhill in Thale
Hey, here you got a small bulletin of the Rosstrappen Downhill in Thale. I gota say it before, it was a painful and a lossy weekend…
Stephan Lüdke

Hansühn
At the 24.09, was the final run of the this years North-Cup-Series in Hansühn. The race started under wonderful weather conditions.
1sr run: I got myself the  “ HOLESHOT “, but wasn´t able to hold this speed until the end of the race and ended up on the 9th place.
Timi Rathmann

The story about, I haven´t run a half-marathon, but became 3rd anyhow
At the 25.09, I wanted to run in Bensheim a half.marathon. Last year I compete here again, and ran a good race and time, and wanted to do it again or even better.

Doro Richters

Moinsen Pirates,
this I wanted to compete the combi-assessment at the P-way. Before the race started, I was a little bit scared of the half-marathon in the hills, because I never ran a thing like this, and you can´t compare it with running flat.
Jost Litzen

Barntrup
At the end of my MTB-season 2011, I wanted to participate at the 8h race in Barntrup, like last year.
Monika Reker

For the first time:  „ Ladies´ Camp“  in NASS
MTB, Yoga and Sauna
Bernd Schiermeister

Victory at the  Elite-Race in Schöningen
Because I didn´t want to wake and stand up to early in the morning, I decided myself to start in the elite-class, they started later on.
Thomas Zühlke

Nina - Back on Bike
Two things attracted my attention after the 24h race in Duisburg, next to the fact, that it was a wonderful event.
Nina Umhey

My first FELT
Like you all know, is „ FELT“  our new team-sponsor for bikes.
And everyone of you, can introduce his new “ FELT “ on this site.

Ronald Prinzlau

P-Way 2011
It is always nice and wonderful, to meet the family again. We already rrived this year on Friday, while the rest arrived on Saturday for the first informal briefing. ;-)
Ronald Prinzlau

Finally a picture of Andreas Kahl.... from the good old days ;) , you can see him, in the  "Former Teamrider" domain.
Ronald Prinzlau

P-Way 2011
The adventure of the P-Way 2011 started with the trip there on saturday under best weather conditions.
Andre Döring

Borkumer mile run:
It should be my 1st half-marathon ever and than it became a red-hot-battle on this East Frisia Island of Borkum.
Henning Feigl

My weekend, 2nd day : Sprint-triathlon in Willich
After my victorx at the run of Eschweiler, I went the very next day, Sunday, to Willich, to participate in a sprint-triathlon.
The weather was rather decent and moderate…
Svenja Jütte

Hello,
at the 4th of september was the 8th run in Wüsten.I did´nt know the course and also didn´t know what to expect there.
Niklas Hansen + Timi Rathmann

Staff Car Part Seven
Marcel Krahmann also tried his best on his staff car ;)
Ronald Prinzlau

"Blutsventje News" The Royal Kalmit Folding Bike Cup
Moin Landlubbers,
Madness got a name: "The Royal Kalmit Folding Bike Cup" and the furious reporter of the “VeloTotal”, Ubi Blutsventje (normallyCapt´n of the Pirates of the PIRATE-VeloTotal Teams) fought his way as a punk on the 10th place.
Ubi "Blutsventje"Weidner

The 3h of Detmold
It was a 5km long round course with each round 110m of altitude and a horrible ascent,where we headed on Sunday the 4.9.2011 to collect rounds. .
Andre Döring

Hello Pirates  
Final race of the  Consul Cup in St.Roman Austri at the  4.9.2011
Wolfgang Huber-Juratsch

Hello Pirates 
At the 28th of august, I rode with my spare assistant driver Michael Gerstenecker our home race in Crailsheim.
Uwe Böhm

My weekend, 1st day: Saturday, 10 km Forest-run in Eschweiler
The weather on saturday was really humid and cofortable summerly warm to run the forest-run of Eschweiler, and in the forest were the temperatures quite more comfortable than in the stadium.
Svenja Jütte

Dauntless Running Pirate
Like last year, lots of us “ Running Pirates” participated at the 14th city-run of Senftenberg.
Harald Skopi

Pirate-flag on the podium in Detmold… 
After the 24h race in Duisburg, it was time for me to fight my first very own single Pirate-attack.
Monika Reker

Pirate family is growing again…
At this point we gotta tell you that we´re in a really good mood, because, we got a new member in our team, a female Pirate.
Marc Nierhaus

Hello Pirates  
In the end of july we started in Niederwürzbach for the 4th run of the championships. Even it was a ambitious course, we soon become clear with it.
Uwe Böhm

Staff Car Part Six
Finally  I bought myself a 3l car....
Ronald Prinzlau

 

Staff Car Part Five
Bjørn pimped up his family car ;-)
Ronald Prinzlau

 

It´s time again, for the OSTSEEMAN…
As always in the last 5 years, at the first weekend in August, it´s time for the 10th Ostseeman in Glücksburg, SH.
Björn Henschke

Podiums place at the finals of the Harz-Ccup at the 27th of august.
For the last time this year, I should travel to the Harz. Even while we had bad weather, I wanted to start in Schierke.
Thomas Zühlke

AsSigned as PIRATE at Cyclassics 2011
A funny cycling trip on the short distance at the Cyclassics for customers and friends and everything financed by the firm. Our slogan was: “ starting together without a roadbike and finish together”.
Michael Mixdorf

Victory and New Course Record at the 9th Montelino!
At the 27th of august I went for the 10th Mountain run up to the  Sophienhöhe“. 
Svenja Jütte

Buchholz
On sunday the 14th of august 2011 it was time again, to participate at the best CC-rac in northern Germany.
Willy Schaffner

Really nice bulletin of our team-mate Hakan in the „ Geisbock Echo “ ( Billy Goat News ( Billy goat is a mojo of the soccer team of Cologne)) in he issue of the 20th of august 2011!
Hakan Özoglan

“There is only one rule – Do not cross the line first if you don’t want the tattoo!”
Those were the prerace instructions given at the start of the Single Speed World Championships last weekend in Kilfinane, Ireland.
Heather Holmes

EUROBIKE 2011 
This year we went quite relaxed to the EUROBIKE in Friedrichshafen...In spite of the fact, tah we rode all nighr long, we started on tuesday evening at 23:00o´clock in Halstenbek and reached our destination Fredrichshafen BICO Hall at 6:15o´clock the next morning.
Ronald Prinzlau

Ecco Benetton Sprint in Tristach/ Osttirol.
Edgar  Köck and Michael Zanon started as a team in a top class field..
Michael Zanon

Hello again! 
After having a wonderful weekend of racing with the pirate girls in Duisberg I was on my way to rounds 3 and 4 of the XTERRA Europe series in the Czech Republic and Germany.
Heather Holmes

HüWoman
At the 17th of july, I stsarted over the sprinting distance in Hückelhoven, the HüWoMan.
Svenja Jütte

Pirate Party  for the 25th birthday of the brand „Pirate“
Even the weather didn´t know, what its up to, we were up for no good…It rained all morning, and I couldn´t be buggered of cycling while it was raining, and even 5 Pirates cancelled already because of the rain, but the others, the ones you can see on the picture, talked to me, and I put on my dress finally.
Ronald Prinzlau

Half-marathon in Hambach
Just before I´ll participate at the 28km Monte Sophia mountain run at the 27th of august, I have to run a longer distance before it.
Robert Dreyling

Triathlon Festival Rheinhessen
On sunday, finally it was time for my probalby last triathlon of the year.
Tino Hemmer

Road race, mandatory break and than, the  Cyclassics
After my 200km race inCottbus last june, I took myself a break.
Leif Borlinghaus

Victory at the Team-Triathlon in Pirmasens
By accident I discovered the Team-triathlon in Pirmasens last year.
Doro Richters

The Running Pirates in“ Elbflorenz“
Like in the last year for the first run of the “ Centrum Galerie Night Run of Dresden”, we wanted again this year to enter “ Elbflorenz”.
Harald Skopi

Moinsen Pirates, 
Last week, I took over the EBM in Seiffen/ Erzgebirge, on a Saturday afternoon with lots of
sunshine, but with the constant look on the weather forecast, together with the mountain
specialist of Berlin.
Jost Litzen

IRONMAN Regensburg August/2011
... or the battle in the rain in Regensburg. On the RACEDAY, we got rain and 14degrees.
Reiner Kowalzik

„The“  10 KM of Dürwiss 
oday should be the big day of the Dragon Lady, today was the day to run a
new personal best time over 10km.
Robert Dreyling

Sigma Sport Bike Marathon in Neustadt a. d. W.
At the 14th of august me and my brother Christian grabbed our bikes and wanted to enter the neverending forest of Palaninate.
Marcel Krahmann

Maybe a little bit late, but  anyhow...
While I´ve participating at the www.Ostseeman.de by wearing our team clothes and running  under our Pirate flag for the “ Team Pirate”, I do not forget the support at and on the course by Rainer van Ellen and his wife and also by Bjoern Henschke during the race, I was able to make my dream come true, finishing a long distance triathlon,,and because of that, I want to sent you some information about the race…
Rainer Cordes

 

Intern. Super Marathon in the Sauerland
The SKS-Marathon of the Sauerland was my destination in the shire at the 20th of august 2011. I started at home at 5:30 in the morning, my sons told, next time they would join me again, when the starting time is not right in the middle of the night. 
Andre Döring

Cyclassics 2011
While the rest of my crew participated at the 24h race at the Nürburgring, I decided myself to purchase a starting lot for the 100km course on Ebay.
Ronald Prinzlau

Running Pirates within the limits
Without a passport or a dictionary, travelled the running Pirates of the Lausitz at the 15th of august to Hinterhermsdorf/Sebnitz to participate at the Czech.German borderline run, in line with the panorama tour of Saxony 2011.
Harald Skopi

Regensburg Triathlon
at the 14th of august with about 700 partcipants.
Daniel Ritthammer

Moin Pirates,
It was my 6 time starting at the Cyclassics, but for the time, I started from the A-block. Already when I received my strarting pachage, it made me proud to see, that I would start from the A-block. On the day before the race, I was a little bit stressed, before I thought it would rain on Sunday, somI had to change my rain tyres against sunshine-tyres. After all this, I enjoyed the assembly in the A-block. I went their, 20 minutes before the start, who knows, if I ever will enjoy this again.
Thomas Helbing

Hamburger MTB Championships
Highly motivated I travelled on the 14th  of august to the Stevens Cup in Bucholz/ Nordheide with very good weather conditions
Thomas Zühlke

Schalkenmehren...
… or how I wasn´t able to repeat my victory of last year, or I never got to know a field oc athletes so close together.
Doro Richters

10km run in Birkesdorf
Again it´s time for a 10k run in the evening, and again I´m the pace-maker for the dragon-lady. This timewe wanted to run the 10k under 42min, on this flat course. Heike wanted to know, how her new training works, while next time she will run a 10k, she wnts to run personnal best time.
Robert Dreyling

Mad East Challenge without assessment !
I still got the winner dust from Duisburg on my bike, and with it I travelled directly to make holidays in Wiesenbad/ Erzgebirge. After 4years of patrolling the German-Czech-border, is that like cycling at home, neverending forests, mountains and trails.
What? Pressure under 2 BE, was it that less also in Duisburg? Who care´s, it was enough.
Monika Reker

10 Km in Obermaubach
Saturday evening in the Eiffel…Not my beloved time for having a contest…And the word Eiffel meant a lot…
Robert Dreyling

3rd place age-group 
29th Internationaler Allgäu Triathlon Olymp Immenstadt / Allgäu at 23.07.`11 
1500m  swim,
42km  bike,
10km run
Daniel Ritthammer

She`s Back !  
Yesterday at the race in Buchholz, Mel was able to win the vice title of the National Championship of Hamburg after being absent for a long time, while she lived in the marsh of Düsseldorf.
Congratulations.

Ronald Prinzlau

14th of august, a date right in the middle of summer, but all wet and rainy date for the 13th Stevens Cup in Buchholz.  
We had at least one Pirate in each starting group: Pro´s, seniors, juniors and hobby-class and everyone received a forest-mud-fango-application.
Melina Sen  

Cis- or Transalp?
At the 22nd of july 2011, Jan and myself travelled to the south, to start our 7day-journey across the Alps from Garmisch.Patenkirchen.
Doro Richters

Sparda Münster City Triathlon July/2011
The last contigent before theIRONMAN Regensburg.  .
Reiner Kowalzik

 We got some new products in our shop !!

The last lorried adventure becomes to a very special experience.
In the summer of 2010, we heard something about the Allgäu-Orient-Rally in the radio. I tsounded very interesting. Soon we found our team, 5men and 1 woman. And on the 7th of july 2011 at 3:33o´clock we recievd a starting place.
Nils Gieskes

10.07.2011, Alp-Bike-Cup in Oberammergau
This time, it was a day, youé better stayed in bed, but one thing after another.
Mike Heins

Karlsfelder Triathlon
Perfect weather conditions-  get ready for the swim start.
Daniel Ritthammer

09.07.2011:  Booty quest in Laggenbeck
0,4km swim - 14,5km bike - 5,4km run
On board we got:the Pfeifer siblings, Reiner Kowalzik of the Pirte Crew RheinRuhr as well like the local heros: Rouwen Schmitt and Mike Sonntag.
Reiner Kowalzik

Hello!  
On  saturday the 30th of july 2011, I got the bike-marathon in Pfronten on my schedule. After I thought for a while, I decided myself to ride the extreme-course, with 70km and 2700m of altitude. The weather forecast for that day wasn´t the best, and soon after the start, it started to rain.
Jens Kastler

The Pirate-Schooling!
At the 15th of july, was the beginning of the Pirate-Schooling. Only lightly armed with our MTB´s and field pack, we started at 5:30o´clock in the morning for our boarding tour from Basel to Mainz.

Tino Hemmer

Hallo!
Tim and myself just wanted to tell you, that we had a wonderful week in Barth, even in fact of the bad weather.
Niklas Hansen

Moin, Moin,
at the9th of july, I started at the 17th Albstadt-LBS Bike Marathon on the 86km and 1600m of altitude course( Official measurement…;-))
 Because of the problems of last year, the start this year was 2hours earlier at 10:00o´clock, there were about 3200 starters. 
Martin Krankemann aka Elvis

Castle-triathlon in Schwerin on the 17.07.2011 
The weather forecast told something, that wasn´t very exhilarating, it should be raining the wole day. Anyhow, I travelled from SH ( Where it rained) towards the Capitol City of MV, where it rained as well.
Mirko Fähling

Hey Pirates,
last weekend I won the 2nd run of the Ohio State Championship in Moto Cross.
Daniel

What a weekend...
The Pirates were two times successful. For the first part, at the 24h race in Duisburg, we defend our title from the year before with our 8headed female team. And for the second part, Bjørn Henschke won the Hamburg national championship in his age-group, at the Ostseeman ( triathlon). My congratulations!!!
Ron

Moin moin Pirates,
This is my battleship look like after my last exercise unit in Lübeck, after a ship´s cobold with a sense of selve larger than his brain, trying to teach me about how to ride and that I have to use the cycle lane.
Monika Reker

Hello! 
Since this is my first post here, I figured I should begin by introducing myself. 
My name is Heather and I am an American living and working in Hamburg for a year. 
Heather Holmes

Despite a crash, I reached the 2nd place
On saturaday the 16th of july 2011 I rode in the morning with my MTB to Schlangenbad, its about 30km and 300m of altitude away from my home.
Doro Richters

Pirates on the way of St.James...
The pilgrim blessing...
A long time ago, before the pilgrim left their homeland or left together from a gathering place, they should pay their debts, writing their last will, had to shrive and had to visit the celebrating Mass.
Nils Gieskes

SKS-Cup in Wetter/Ruhr
In line with the bike-festival at the 17th of july 2011, we drove this time more than 350km to Wetter/ Ruhr.
But the weather wasn´t very good, it rained all night, so you had to ride in the morning on a very wet and muddy course,
and before the start I had to clean my bike, because of it. But the start wasn´t that good for me, but finally after the first round I rode from the 5th to the first place.
Thomas Zühlke

Indeland triathlon 2011
Only one week before the start of the Indeland  triathlon I registered for the olympic diastance, because it is right around the
corner of my house, in Blausteinsee or Aldenhoven.
Already when I got my starting package the day before, we had thunderstorms, hail and heavy rain falls, and I regret my registeration,
and I was really looking forward for the moment to escape the waters after 1500m of swimming…
Svenja Jütte

Salute Pirates, out of the kingdom of Württemberg
Michael already told you something about entering Albstadt at the 9th of july 2011. I gotta menton at this point also Elvis ( alias Martin Krankemann), he was there as well, sadly, we didn´t see us.
ELVIS: next year we gonna coordinate it a little bit better, promised. Than you´ll ride for the Pirate team of the kingsom of Württemberg as well.
Thomas Büttner

Power WE
6h and no wisdom afterall?  After that a 12h spinning marathon…
It´slike that, and that´s the way it should be. It was time again, a power weekend for myself…
That´s what I really love.
Jens Wolter

Ilmenau
After we weren´t able to participate at the races in Winterberg and Todtnau, even by accurately
timed registeration, our first race than was in Ilmenau: The slogan of the contest was: Ilmenau,
blue sky, but when we reached Ilmenau, it doesn´t look like that…
Andreas Knorr

ATTACKE – 5 Pirates at the media-port of Düsseldorf...
How about a triathlon right in front of your own home???
We knew for sure, that the Pirates of the Pirate-Crew-Rhein-Ruhr, should participate at it, after the qualification,
a fast registering for the demanded starting places. After we did that, nothing stood in the way
anymore for a wondeful contest day-
Reiner Kowalzik

Albstadt
At the 9th of july, we went for the second time this year to Albstadt, to ride the 17th Albstadt bike-marathon. We were four Pirates on the start: Thomas Büttner, Jens Kastler, Kai Engelfried and myself.
Michael Gnannt

Engadin-Bike-marathon in Zernez,Swiss 10.07.2011 !!!
At the 9th of july 2011 early on saturday morning at 70´clock, our car was packed and we were ready to begin our trip to Zernez, in the wonderful Swiss, for the Engadin-bike-marathon.
Marcus Silberer

Well anyhow...
Some aren´t able to it by feet ;-) donw after my bulletin, something elsse!
The weekend in Roth was absolutley awesome, I rather would have known more about the fight at the top of the race, but I still got some things to do…  
My first part was, as a relay swimmer, to swim the 3.8km and after that to get rid of my wet suit and to change for the bike in my Pirate-jersey, for the next 180km.
Nicklas Bock

Der Alpen-Triathlon
verbindet seit jeher Breitensport mit absoluter Topklasse. Durch zwei getrennte Wertungen findet jeder sein Rennen in Schliersee. Für Hobbyathleten und ambitionierte Agegrouper gibt es die allgemeine Wertung mit den bekannten Altersklassenwertungen. In dieser Kategorie ist Windschattenfahren verboten und viel Spaß erlaubt.
Daniel Ritthammer

03/07/2011 T-3 Triathlon in Düsseldorf
At 6:30o´clock, everybody in Germany is still asleep. Everybody? No way, of course not, some maniacs found each other in düsseldorf, for the first triathlon there, over the sprinting distance( 0,75/20/5). There were only 101men and 36 women on the start, so the check-in was very fast and so, I still had time to take a look around and get back to my bed again, just in mind of course…
Marco Pfeifers

Gaby at the Reebok Womans Run in Hamburg
Yesterday it was time again ;)
Reebok Womans Run in the town parc of Hamburg. There, you gotta watch out for, not getting a pink-flash…
Ronald Prinzlau

Moin moin, you bunch of Pirates and their friends
It was time again… my Pirate bride made up her way towards the homeland of Störtbecker, to Schwerin/ Mecklenburg. Their suppose to be a party for the mother of my girl, so she drove their with my tiny Pirate girl already on wednesday…and myself? I chased her, by bike of course.
Hakan Özoglan

Ahoy Pirates
3.7.2011 St.Pölten/ Austria. It was really nice, we had 10-12degrees, it rained cats and dogs, stormy weather, 95km and 1560m of altitude, with a time of 3:09:35h and 14th place age-group(40+)
Wolfgang Huber-Juratsch

23/06/2011 Cycletec time trial series, 5th race over 33km
6 o´clock in the morning, my alarm-clock, woke me up, time to get up, it was time for the time trial. My breakfast was 3 toast and 3 coffee, and than I took a look out of the window…

Marco Pfeifers

Hello!
Last saturday the 2nd of july I participated at a small contest in Calmbach. We´re about 200starters for the 50km course with more than 1000m of altitude. '
Jens Kastler

Harz cup in Braunlage
At the 25th of june we travelled again to the Harz, this time to Braunlage. The temperatures were really cold,
I almost wanted to pull on long pants. After we waited for such a long time,
we finally received our starting numbers, warmed us up and rode to the start.
Thomas Zühlke

Alp-triathlon
The triathlon in the Alps combines since a long time, general and professional sports. They got two different and seperated assessments, the pro´s got one and the general another, and in the general assessment race, is a non-drafting race, but got more fun.
The transition area, directly at the shore of the Schliersee( lake):
Daniel Ritthammer

A sunday, which was directly made for the Pirates of the Hockenheim. The Pirates met each other at 7:30o´clock in the morning at the Schimper high school in Schwetzingen, to participate and start together at the Höögrund-bike-marathon, with a distance of 200km and more than 2000m of altitude.
Marcus Silberer

Country swamped in Mölln
After heavy rain falls on Friday and Saturday, their were only drizzle on sunday.
Timi Rathmann

 Salute Pirates,
at the 3rd of july 2011 I was rewarded for the cold race in Kirchzarten. For the first with really good weather conditions and for the second, I met Conny and Michael, two Pirates and we had lots of fun.
Thomas Büttner

Halbmarathon on the Reeperbahn...
Early in the morning at 4:00o´clock we started to run a half-marathon, me as a MTB-rider.
The weather was not really good after all, but the course was ….
Marcel Höche

Moin moin,
at the 3rd of july 2011 was the 7th run for the NMX-trophy. The course was really soft and muddy of the heavy rain falls, but it was drivable.
Niki Hansen

3. Siegburger Triathlon 26.06.2011
Moin moin Piratas,
About 625 triathletes started at the triathlon of Siegburg over the sprinting distance, it was all crowded because this contest only takes part every two years.
Thomas Preissner

Kitzenhaus-run in Aachen Hahn
We started at the „most beautiful“ run in the region on Pentecoste Monday, at the Kitzenhaus-run in Aachen-Hahn, on the the start: Timika and myself.
Svenja Jütte

Willingen 2011....on the way to the Bike TransAlp Challenge!
Shortly before 6:00o´clock in the morning I alarm-clock woke me up, and I made myself ready for the first race this year.
Willy Schaffner

Triathlon in Steinbeck
Last sunday I participate at the Short Man triathlon in Steinbeck, with the distances of 500m swim in the midland channel, two rounds on the bike with a nice ascent of 12% in each round, followed by a 5km run  aalongside the channel, altogether it was a distance of 27km.
Mike Sonntag

… another victory ….
Three days after my victory at the run around the research center I rode to the 10km run in Derichsweiler.
Svenja Jütte

Running Pirates at the 8th frog-run in Biehla/Kamenz
By now, it´s like a tradition for the „running Pirates of the Lausitz“ to participate at the frog-run in Biehla, near Kamenz. And so they did again this year at the 8th edition of the dawn run next to almost 1000 other runners.
harald Skopi

We hoisted our colors a little bit higher
! Where you ask?? At the “ Dreiländergiro” in Nauders at the 26th of june 2011

Marcus Silberer

Hello Pirates!!!
12.06.2011 Burgenland Purbach Leithagebirge http://www.leithaberg-radmarathon.at/:


Wolfgang Huber-Juratsch

1st relay triathlon of the Harz
The "Elite-Team" of my school, was made up by me and two friends of mine
Marcel Höche

Hey,
finally, the time has arrived: and the Het Nieuwsblad Run in Oostende (B) is upon us and Pirate Birthe and Ramon will participate….
Ramon

11th EVL-half-marathon in Leverkusen at the19.06.2011
Moin moin Piratas,
Altogether 2033 runners participated on sunday under rainy and stormy weather conditions at this run, and this kind of weather was the reason why I wasn´t able to run under 1:25h..
Thomas Preissner

Thomas in Braunlage,
3rd place in his age-group and 11th overall and Marcel ended up on the 11th place in his age-group, this is not bad for a young guy of 17years, I think next year he´ll finish a little bit further.Thomas Mennecke
Thomas Mennecke

Black Forest Ultra Bike 2011
This year we wanted to participate again at the Black Forest Ultra Marathon, who´s annually in Kirchzarten, and I wanted to fight against my curse: Because every MTB-race over 100k I wasn´t able to  finish( limit of time, thunderstorm, bonk,…). And I thought riding the Ultra(117km with 3150m of altitude) in Kirchzarten would be good race for that.
Doro Richters

Fresh fallen snow on the mountains in Kitzbühl

The official contest jury decided in the morning before the start, because of their rules and temperatures around 7degrees, that the participants of the olympic triathlons( 1.5/40/10) were only allowed to race over the sprinting distance(0,75/20/5).

Daniel Ritthammer

Willingen 2011
We made our way to the Sauerland, to the bike-festival.
Andre Döring

Hey,
23.06.2011: at 5:40o´clock in the morning, my alarm clock woke me up, even that I already participated at one or another contest, I was quite nervous, because, today, would be the day, to start for the first time as a PIRATE. Facts about me: I´m Roman out of Düsseldorf, I´m 40 years old and started running three years ago..
Ramon

For the first time again , as a bike courier in my old district
At that time, I april of 2000, I ran my first marathon and the very next day, I rode for the first time as abike courier. Now 11years and one day later, I wanted to repeat it, but only on the 10km run of Barsbüttel.
Mel Sen

Hello, you travelling people,
One of the best things of the bike-festival in Willingen is, that you meet lots of friendly folks like Gaby and Ron, the van Ellen´s, Jost, Andrè, Stephan, Willy and some more you can talk to…
According to the last years, I think, even the weather was a little bit better, you even remarked on the mudless course on Sunday.
Elvis aka Martin Krankemann

Black Forest Ultra Bike 2011
After I´m defrosted again, I´ll write you theis small bulletin of my seasonal high, the Black Forest Ultra Bike 2011
Thomas Büttner

Yesterday in the new regonal parc „ rose garden“
 Some special thanks to Volker, the first president of the bike club of Hamburg, that he honored me with the job to introduce and to ride the well post-signed ways in the reginal parc “rose garden” to some friends of mine.
Ronald Prinzlau

Vierlanden triathlon or how hard it is to organize..
On the second of june I drove with Jan and a friend to Hamburg, we wanted to enter the city and to visit Ron and our Pirate-headquarter and also to participate on the middle distance at the Vierlanden triathlon on the 5th of june.
Doro Richters

Ahoy Pirates
Mont Ventoux called me, and I followed, and I spent 8days their in a wonderful region, called Provence. Some kind of El Dorado for MTB and roadbike riders..
Marcus Silberer

05/06/2011 Griesson – Debeukelaer oldtown run in Kempen
Under a bright sunny sky with lots of sunshine and sweltry temperatures, which reminded you of summer, you had to run on a angled oldtown course thru Kempten on cobble stone pavement, parc ways and thru the pedestrian area two rounds with each 2,5km.
Marco Pfeifers

Triathlon in Kulmbach ...
... just a few weeks left until the 7th of august, now ist time to make yourself some thoughts about the race, your tactic, the equipment and the nutrition and to test it. Is their any place better to do like this than in Kulmbach??? It was the location, where we wanted to test everything and also to take a closer look at the contest course of the Ironman Regensburg and a few day to recover in the Bavarian Forest.
Reiner Kowalzik

SKS Cup Haltern at the lake
Hopefully and with lots of expections I drove at the 19th of june to the NRW-cup, and I wanted to finish under the first 3. In the last years I wasn´t really lucky on the fast course, last year I had to give up because of a technical damage. During the first round I could make up my way to the second place and only moments later I took the lead.
Thomas Zühlke

German veteran cup in Beuern
Last weekend was in Beuren the 3rd run of the German veteran cup. Saturday we used the two free trainings, to exercise a bit and to get to know the course, because there were 38 teams on the start, they rode 2 semi finals on Sunday.
Uwe Böhm

At the 34th Großkoschener lake-run were the running Pirates really succelssful
This year again, the running Pirates of the Lausitz particiate at the Großkoschner lake-run. Last weekend was a startet at least one Pirate on each distance they offered ( 20m, 10km and 17,7km).
Harald Skopi

Moin Pirates,
since my second place at the indoor triathlon in Stralsund I exercised a lot, but first I moved to Berlin and began to enter the environment of the Teufelsberg. Here are some impressions of my exercise on the Fläming skate-course in the south of Berlin.
Jost Litzen

SPEED BULLETIN
It was time again, for a power weekend. This is what I love, I our gym they organized an indoor sprinting triathlon.
Jens Wolter

AHOY to everyone!
At the 3rd run of the German Scooter Cup DTC, at the 10th of june in Gütersloh, the Pirate Scooter Team, received some help of Mike Sonntag.
lars Kessler

… another „traditionally“ run…
Every year on Fathers Day, we participate at the Heinrich – Anton – memorial run, around the research center of Jülich. The 10km course is something like our home course, it´s sure that I will participate on it.
Svenja Jütte

ASICS Stockholm Marathon 2011
At the 28th of may 2011, I ran my second marathon..
Klaus Morlock

Bad Tölz triathlon at the 05th of june 2011 – preparations for the sprinting distance in Hamburg
Distance: 750m / 24km / 5km
Un-prepared as usually, I started in Bad Tölz. My most beloved disciplin: swimming…
Kai Grube

Hello Pirates!
At the pentecost weekend was a NMX in Elsdorf, we travelled there on friday with our caravan and stayed their, right next to the contest area. The race was on Sunday..
Timi Rathmann

What to do on pentecoste weekend....
...I thought to myself, and so we drove to visit my family in the Swiss.
Nina Umhey

Middle distance triathlon in Hannover on the 5th of june 2011
Finally it was time for me to participate at my very first triathlon of the season 2011. My preparation for this triathlon were only moderate, maybe of the lack of time or of the birth of my daughter Finja , but made up of good cheer, I wanted to compete on the distances of 2km swim, 90km bike and 21,1km of run. This weeken I was accompanied by my sister Sirka and of course by Maike and Finja.
Björn Henschke

The pentecost weekend of the Pirates !!
At the 11th of june we entered with success the bike-marathon of Rockenhausen in the wonderful Palatinate. Our new member Gerhard and myself decided us to ride300km and 4800m of altitude. And with success, for Gerhard it was the first time to ride such a long distance.
Marcus Silberer

Pirate Clausthal

200km road race  from Cottbus to Görlitz and back to Cottbus again
I always were attracted by the classic road race of Cottbus-Görlitz-Cottbus since years.
Leif Borlinghaus

13th Knappensee-run vs. 4th marathon in Chemnitz
With their start over the 2km distance were Anna-Maria Mikwauschk (3rd place, pupil D) and Nele Skopi (4th place, pupil D), the first Pirates at the 13th Knappensee-run who first used their running-shoes.
Harald Skopi

My first duathlon and my first...
Season-victory (just to tell you the best thing at first)!
But one after all….
Doro Richters

Hello Ron!
Under a bright sunny sky in Albersdorf, I was able to reach a 9th place after a totally worse start, and aslo a flat tyre made my life, a little bit harder...
Timi Rathmann

German Championships on the middle distance
On sunday was the start at 9:00o´clock for the German Championships over the middle distance. It took part in Kulmbach, Bavaria.
Niklas Bock

Cycletec time trialover 33km at the 02/06/2011
Who organizes a time trial on Mother´s day, should organize it, as well on Father´s day.So, this meant, grab your time trial maschine. This time we had to ride 33km.
Marco Pfeifers

Hey Pirates and Ron,
At the 5th of june, Pirate Wissi, entered the Großglockner at the Glocknerkönig Event.www.glocknerkoenig.com .
Wissi

Pirate Clausthal

Trenga Ger - Clausthal-Zellerfeld  marathon
Welcome to the Harz, for the Trenga Ger marathon. I was registered for the middle distance, but I choose quiet spontaneous to ride the long ditance, again over 100km…well…
Andre Döring

24h race in Munich
We had two teams on the start:
Team Pirate fast with Robby.K, Alex Bauer, Stephan Lüdke and Jens Kastner
and
Team Pirate Capt´s and Princess with Benita Wesselhöft, Rainer van Ellen, Bernd Schiermeister and
Ron Prinzlau

Moin moin,
last weekend, the 5th of june 2011, was the 5th race of the Nordcup in Albersdorf.
We rode the qualification in seperated groups ( group A and B), I started in the first group, and only took the 7th place, but at least I was qualified, but I was within 1second to the third.
Niki Hansen

Hello altogether,
on saturday the 4th of june was a marathon in Albstadt, it was a race of the Albstadt classics. You had to ride 46km with 1000m of altogether, divided in two rounds, and of course you had to go, ride as fast as you can. Because I started very late at 15:12o´clock, I had a stressless preparation for the race..
Michael Gnannt

Oldtown race in Höxter
The race went right thru the oldtown of Höxter, and lots of viwerscame to the market-place to watch the MTB-sports. The WDR, broadcast a little bit of the race on regional-TV. Who wasn´t there, missed something, the feeling was beyond words, you had to ride thru the car park from the lowest level to the top and down again.
Andre Döring

Pirate Kraichgau

1,9km swim, 90km bike and 21,1km run
On saturday, I had the possibilty to swim on my very own in the Hardtsee, and in silence!
Daniel Ritthammer

…. Now the only running time is over, and ist time for „TRIATHLON“ again !
My first start on a triathlon after 2years of break was at the 22nd of may 2011 over the sprinting distance in Aachen-Brand. At the tradionally famillial competition, I compete my first triathlon ever in 1998, so, this meant…back to the beginning….
Svenja Jütte

Hello Pirates
Last sunday we participated at the race of the Swiss-veteran-championship. With the time-training early in the morning at 9:00o´clock, was alittle bit too early for us..
Uwe Böhm

Hello Pirates!!!
On the 29th of may 2011, I participate at the Kärntner bike-marathon in Bad Kleinkirchheim over the 65 km 980m of altitude course and finished with a time of 1.53.25h on the 9th position. This is after"2races the 4th place in my age-group, Men40+...
Grüße Wolferl

AHOY!
Lyon (FRA). The old town is like a dream!!! –
Lars Kessler

MTB-Festival at the valley of the Tegernsee 2011 at the 29th of may
Hello Pirates,
finally it was the 29th of may, and it was time again, for the MTB-festival of the Tegernsee.While I wasn´t prepared very well, because of illness in the last three weeks, a broken bike( fork) was still in garage, and because of all this I travelled quiet cofident to Rottach-Egern.
.
Mike Heins

28th Rhein-Ruhr-Marathon in Duisburg at the 29th of  may 2011
Moin moin Piratas,
Altogether about 6510 participants at the competition under almost perfect weather conditions.I wanted to run the half-marathon, it would by my 2nd this year, with the demand to upgrade my time. The start was directly at the MSV-stadium at 9:10o´clock, it was also the finish of the run.
Tom Preissner

ELE-Triathlon in Gladbeck - bronchitis, gastritis, mathematitis or the journey to Jerusalem
The 15th of may, was the beginning of the triathlon season for the Pirate Crew Rhein Ruhr, well it was planned like that. 5 were registered, 4 only showed up to receive the starting package, 3 entered the waters and only 2 finished..
Marco Pfeifers

Ahoy, on all sides,
Even the 2nd station of this years Scooter-Race-Series, the “Around the finance place-race” in Eschborn/Frankfurt was won by the Scooter-Pirate Lars Kessler, he just needed for the marathon distance of 42km 1:33:09h.
Lars Kessler

Hello altogether,
at the 22nd of may I started at the 10th Bikemax Marathon in Siedelsbrunn/ Odenwald over the middle distance of 50k and 1000m of altitude. I already arrived there a day earlier and stayed at the Hotel Maienhof, like the year before and this hotel is only a few meters away of the start/finish.
Elvis aka Martin Krankemann

Hello Ron,
here are my impressions of the 24h race.
About 400 starters registered themselves for the race, and all of us of the Georgsmarienhütte Gmbh was on the start aswell with several teams. I started in a four men team, because I don´t have any experiences of a 24h race, I packed all my Pirate clothes I got, lots of gels and energy bars, of course from our sponsor „ ISOSTAR“.
Mike Sonntag

Hello altogether,
at the 14th of may 2011, was the 2nd run of the NRW-Nutrixxion Marathon Trophy in the lovely Saalhausen. It wasn´t the same race like in the year before( 2/3h race), assort they had 3 different distances from 35km and 1125m of altitude until 93km and 3125m of altitude..
Elvis aka Martin Krankemann

Harz Cup in Altenau 2011
First, I rode to the “old town race” in Höxter on Saturday to ride the long distance of 114km. It took me as a single stsrter 8hours for that, but the lomng distance in the Harz, is something special.
Andre Döring

Robby.K and Benita at the Groß Glockner
Finally mountains again, I thought to myself, when Robert K. told me, that we would travel to Lienz for two days.
Benita Wesselhöft

Hello folks,
Are there at least any normal people at the Pirates-Team? Or are you just all whole blodded sportsmen?
I must confess, that we don´t have much Pirates here in our area, better said, just two, the first was Ralf Kujath and the second one, was myself.
Bernhard Praschmo

Moin Moin Pirates, bulletins of Niklas and Timi !
Bulletin of Niklas:
At the 15th of may 2011 was the 4th run of the NMX cup in Apenburg.
I´ll really like this course very much, and because of that, I thought of a good placement, nbut the qualification race wasn´t that good for me. I could only qualify myself for the finals with the 18th place.
Niklas Hansen

All around Steinfurt
At the 10th of april, was the season opener for the Pirate-Scooter-Team in 2011.
Marc Nierhaus startet at the the race, all around Steinfurt and ended up on the 12th place with a time 01:16:09h for the 28,2km long course.
Lars Kessler

Hello Pirates!

Today I wanted to start on a MTB-Marathon in Obermarchtal. Their were more than 375 starters for the middle distance with 54km and 950m of altitude. The race became real fast, just from the start and the speed was kept up.
Jens Kastler

Place on the podium in Clausthal-Zellerfeld
One week after the Harz-cup in Altenau, I went to Clausthal-Zellerfeld for the Trenga de Marathon. After my victory in Altenau, I wanted to compete over the middle-distance (68km) with 144 starters. The first round of 34km went really good for me, I combined myself with Volker L and Torben S. and pushed us to the limits.
Thomas Zühlke

Half Challenge in Barcelona-Maresme
So... on sunday should be the first starting signal for me, for my first middle distance of the year 2011, and I thought to myself, the Half Challemnge in Barcelona-Maresme should be the one. Everything was almost perfect. My training, the recovery, the journey and everything else, what belongs to it, to feel quite comfortable at the starting line.
I really wanted to push the hell out of me, and my plan was it, to finish under the top 10. Well, just the plan…
Niclas Bock

Berlin Velothon... just for fun ;)
For the short term, Stephan and myself got the idea of participate at the Velethon in Berlin on the 120km distance. But how should we get the starting lots??? One the one side is Ebay a perfect origin, but Stephan called his friend at Upsolut and received himself a starting lot, my lot, stood at 5,-€ at Ebay, when Enrico  wrote me at Facebook, that I could get his lot.
Ronald Prinzlau

Harz-cup Altenau at the 22.5.2011
With a real good feeling and highly motivated, I travelled early in the morning to the Harz. At the first race of the Harz-cup, I wasn´t able to participate, because of a broken bike. And I also got some problems at the last races, because of small damages, and because of this I wanted something more…I was really fraught about the race, because I changed my exercise a little bit.
Thomas Zühlke

Hello Ron!
On sunday I rode a short bike-race in Schrobenhausen, you had to ride 3 rounds with each 12km and 140m of altitude.
Jens Kastler

Munich sprinting distance
Despite the fact of the cool temperatures, the weather god was merciful with all the 1500participants of the 9th city triathlon at the olympic parc of Munich. Before and after the race it rained a lot, but in between, the triathletes from 24 nation, showed what they´re made off. At the pro´s race of the sprinting distance over 425swim, 19km bike and 5km run, Michael Ager of the Sg Katek Grassau won at the men and at the women´s race won Heike Preiss of the WSV Bad Tölz.
Daniel Ritthammer

Finally!!!
Podium? Yes, we already hit it, some times here before, in our age-groups ( 2nd, 3rd) or with our relay-team.
The 14th Cross-duathlon of the Eiffel, was as well the start of the Xterra Germany series, should start a new feeling...
Jörn Faul

Cycletec time trial 08/05/2011
Hello Pirates, Mother´s Day…it´s time again, the 3rd run of the Cycletec time trial over 22km.
The Mother´s Day, the heavy wind, the marathon in Düsseldorf and the triathlon in Buschütten reduced the amount of starters on only 31. Maybe I got a chnce to reach some more points for my ranking. It would be nice… J
Marco Pfeifers

My first start as Pirate – on a 100km duathlon in Dresden on the 7th of may 2011
A bulletin – written jolty like the road we rode on at the 100km duathlon, and what is it, a 100km duathlon?
Olaf Fiedler

Böhmwald Challenge in Soltau
 At the 7th of may, finally I went with my new bike to Soltau. Their were also some pro´s under the 100 starters, like Stefan Danowski, Andre Kleindienst and Andre Zamponi. The start went really good and so I didn´t have to swallow much dust on the fast, dry and dusty course
Thomas Zühlke

Hello Pirate-Offspring and their friends…!
Here you can read some dates to follow my trip from Damlos to Cologne, for the last home match of my favourite club, 1.FC Cologne.
Hakan Özoglan

…to be continued …
On Mother´s Day, I started on the official measuring 10km course at the Carl-Alex-Parc in Baesweiler. This time I travelled their by bike, and the rest of my family and the supporters reached the destination by car..
Svenja Jütte

Freestyle Afterrace Party...
 Night of the Jumps were really awesome again!!!
I even charged my rechargeable battery of my camera for this event, but I forget the chip of my camera…but, the after race party at the Zwick on the Reeperbahn were more than awesome…
Ronald Prinzlau

Moin moin,
at the 8th of may, the 3rd run of the NMX-trophy took part in Tensfeld. Because their were lots of starters, they had to split the starting field. I did not have quiet a good qualifying, I only ended up on the 11th place, but I reached the next higher level.
Niklas Hansen

2nd Mönchengladbacher Nordpark Duathlon (1st of may)
Moin Moin Piratas,
The status of „fully booked“ were reached soon after a couple of weeks, and this is a good certification, how good this event is.
Thomas Preissner

…. And again on the podium ….
Just 4 days after my victory at the Easter-Run in Alsdorf, I participate at the 40th BSG-Springtime run in Jülich, over 8300m.
Svenja Jütte

Hello Pirates
A good friend of us, Hakan from the „ PIRATE TRIATHLON TEAM“ is on his was on his roadbike from Damlos, near Fehmarn to Cologne…Friday 13th of may:18:300´clock
That Hakan is nutty, we already knew that, but this time, we were all amazed of him…
Ronald Prinzlau

North-cup in Tensfeld 07.05.2011
1st run: After quiet a good start, I could maintain my position in the midfield, but than I missed the right lane in a curve and crashed and two rounds later again…shit…So, I ened up on the 14th place.
Tim Jascha Rathmann

Cheb Marathon (Czech Republic)
Spend the 8th of may ( Mother´s Day) elsewise, sorry mom...
The first bike-marathon after the baby-break took part only 2km behind the Czec borderline, or like another german used to say, if I knew that I would race a 2h Xc-race, I would take my fully. The course was 36km and I had a time of 1:46h.
Alex Bauer

Mainz Marathon : Judgement day…
Here it is, the 8th of may 2011, the day of the marathon in Mainz. For more than half of year, I trained very hard for it, and maybe I changed the one or another bike unit with a running unit, just to finish the marathon in Mainz.
Doro Richters

The furious reporter of “VeloTotal“, PIRATE MTB-Team rider Ubi Blutsventje terrorize the  Lago di Garda-trails with his “tank"....
Hola Landlubbers,
after my painful shoulder injury and the roadbike exercise camp on Gran Canary in march I travelled in to Lago di Garda for my april exercise camp.
Exactly with my new fleet: Gary Fisher 29 fully. The amenity of the bigger wheels, I don´t have to tell ya…, or???
Ubi "Blutsventje" Weidner

Moin, Moin,
on saturday the 30th of april, my season started in Sundern-Hagen at the the SKS-Bike-Marathon with the 1st run of the MTB-Nutrixxion-trophy in NRW on the short distance.
Elvis aka Martin Krankemann

Easter run in Alsdorf
Every year on Easter monday we´ll travel to the Broichtall-run over 10km in Alsdorf. ChiKKen and the Capt´n travelled there of course with their bikes and us girls because of other cirumstances by car.While we had fantastic weather conditions, chiKKen and myself kept an eye on our competitors.
Svenja Jütte

2nd duathlon in Dachsen at the Blausteinsee
Already in the middle of april, Sveny and chiKKen started at the 2nd duathlon of Dachsen at the Blausteinsee. ChiKKen already started here last year, but for Sveny it was the first time. We had almost perfect weather conditions, when we started for the 3rounds and 5,4km´s.
Svenja Jütte

Easter Monday "around Cologne" 1st race of the German Cycling Cup 2011
Moin Moin Piratas,
who already been in Cologne knows, that travelling there is the first adventure or the first race experience. But finally I found a parking lot near the Severins-bridge and made my way to the starting area
Thomas Preissner

Hello Pirates
In Kamp- Lintfort, it was time again for the 2nd run of the german veteran championships on the first of may.
It was for us the first snad race for a long time. The exercise went a little bit dogged for us. The course already got deep waves from the single-bikes.
So, we only ended up after the first time-races on the 17th place.
Uwe Böhm

Exercise camp, the second one..
This year I want to get to know my frontiers. So, I decided to do after an exercise camp on Tenerife a second one in the Black Forest. On Easter Holidays I travelled for 5 days in the south of Germany to Unterschwärzenbach, for all the other, who aren´t that good in geography like me, its near by the Titi-Lake, Neustadt, aprox. 5km to the south.
Doro Richters

Rocky Mountain BIKE Marathon Garda Trentino 2011
The cog sailed to Italy and anchored before Lago. While we had fantastic weather conditions, the Pirates from Hannover tested their new materials at the Ponale in Riva.
Leo was registered at the JUNIOR TROPHY, but when he rode up and down the Ponale to the Monte Brion he rode down the Head Pirates, friends and enemies, he registered himself late for the Ronda facile.
Andre Döring

Labor Day demonstration in Hannover
On the first of may, Labor Day, annually I travel to Hannover, more precisely, the Lindener mountain. Next to me, their  were lots of other guys who wanted to master the distance of 40km as fast as possible.
Robert Karrasch

Kyffhäuser mountain race MTB marathon race at the 09th of april 2011

Atthe 9th of april, it was time for me for my first race in 2011, so I travelled to Bad Frankenhausen(Thuringia), where I lived in younger days.
Marcel Krahmann

Neroman or my first triathlon in 2011
Because my focus this year is more in competing cross-triathlons, it was all clear that I started at the Neroman in Wiesbaden. You had to swim 500m in the pool of the Opelbad, ride 21km on the MTB and a closing run over 5,4km thru forests.
Doro Richters

We gotta say special thanks to Rainer v.E., because now you can buy this really nice „ license plate holder“(for european license plates) in our O-Shop
Ronald Prinzlau

Cycletec time trial-series 2nd race over 22km
Hello Pirates, on Good Friday, was the 2nd race of the Cycletec time trial-series in Krefeld.
There were lots of starters this time, maybe in fact of the wonderful weather conditions.
This time you had to ride the 11km turning point course twice.
Marco Pfeifers

9. Grundfos Duathlon in Mettmann
Moin Moin Piratas,
As I announced earlier, I started on the 17th of april at the Grundfos duathlon in Mettmann with perfect weather conditions. I was surprised, because I met three more triathlon-Pirates there( Maren, Reiner and Rober “chiKKen”). After some what´s up and hello´s, we did some photo-shootings, I hope, Reiner is not angry about it, that I use two of his pictures here in my bulletin. And soon, the duathlon started…
Thomas Preissner

The „ Running Pirates of the Lausitz“ were really successful at the Fisherman’s Friend StrongmanRun 2011
Once thru the green hell and back. That´s the slogan of the finisher shirt of th run, which everybody receive, as well like the finisher medal, who reach the finish line, within the time-limit.
Harald Skopi

Hello!
On saturday the 23th of april, I rode the first MTB-race of the year, and also the first race in the Pirate-dress.
The race was in Veringendorf, near Sigmaringen, with fantastic weather conditions, 20degrees and dry, I rode the 55km course with 1100m of altitude.
In the starting list, you could also find several german MTB-pro´s.
Jens Kastler

Staff car Part Four, how to you like the car of Döring??? It´s really nice decorated, or???

Ronald Prinzlau

Helmut´s ride to hell at the 10.04.2011
Finally the starting signal for the MTB-season of 2011 was helt. There were more than 60 starters at the opening race in Meudelfitz, and also the weather was really nice. The start went wuite good, but sadly I had to fix my bike after 10minutes in the race, my chain went off the chain ring. So, the first group, were out of sight…
Thomas Zühlke

Soon, we´re getting started…
Now, only the radio equipment is missing in the Audi´s and than we´re able to drive – but the last seven days until the starting signal of the Allgäu-Orient-Rally in Oberstaufen, we can wait for.

44th spring time run in Düsseldorf
Hello Pirates, at the 03/04/2011, I started over 5km at the spring time run in Düsseldorf!
Because I ran there, a few years ago my very first running contest, I wanted to know it how it still feels like, even with the time trial in my legs from the day before.
Exact at 9:45 o´clock, the strting signal came, while we had foul weather that day.
Marco Pfeifers

FIBO ( fitness fair) 2011
A small foretaste by Kerstin Wiegner

Grundfos duathlon in  Mettman april/2011
My first duathlon ever -  a three time struggle without water...Maren
You can read the blog: www.piratencrew.wordpress.com 
Reiner Kowalzik

2nd BMX run in Salzwedel.
Well, just being honest, the exercise went quiet good, soon I received a really fast round and ended up after the qualifications on the 10th place.
Niklas Hansen

Düsseldorfer dike run in april
It was planned as a power unit for the next duathlon, and so we started with about 113 starters on the 10km distance.
Reiner Kowalzik

Cycletec time trial series: 11km Proloque
Saturday 02/04/2011, temperatures felt like 30degrees and sunburn.
The weather couldn´t be better at the proloque with a distance of 11km at the Cycletec time trial series.
Marco Pfeifers

Hello und good morning......
Yesterday I rode at the „ Wienerwald-Bike-marathon“ the first of 7 races ( Consul-Cup 2011) and finished on the 12th place and so, the 12th place in the overall trophy-valuation. ( That´s clear)
Wolfgang Huber-Juratsch

Hello Pirates,
beginning of april, Gaby and myself, were almost totally exhausted, and it was shortly before the FIBO ( fitness-fair). So, we decided shortly to travel to Mallorca to regain some new energy.
As you can see from our balcony, the scenery was quiet good.
Ronald Prinzlau

I WON!  
Last sunday, under sunny sky and wonderful weather conditions, I won at the 41st International Eschweiler public run, the race over the half-marathon distance. Yes, it still works….
Svenja Jütte

Pirates, at the prestigious Ft. Desoto Time Trial series that runs March through October on the first Thursday of every month for many years, I finally got a chance to wear my Team Pirate skinsuit.  
Sandy Scott

Exercising for glory and fame!
Pictures of muscle-men, running with a tree-trunk thru the forest or down on all fours, force their ways thru the sewage water systems, you only see in boot camps or in the poor,bad television, on some private channels.
Harald Skopi

Spring and gasoline is in the air…
The 2nd of april brought “Kaiserwetter” ( bright sunny sky and warm temperatures) and of course the idea of the first excursion with 3digits. But this idea had lots more, no matter if you got a motor-or just a bike, or maybe by riding on 4 wheels but with open-topped.
Melina Sen

Nike wintertime running series 3rd run (half-marathon)
Moin Moin Piratas,
Clouded sky over Wedau: not really the right ASV-weather. But the temperature were allright for the shorter distances around 10degrees. Again their were over 4000 starters at Germany´s largest winntertime running series..
Thomas Preissner

Seppel-Kiefer-Memory-Run in Bad Kreuznach
He it is,the 27th of march 2011, the day of my very first half marathon in this upcoming season, and also the first day after the clock change, which means, I had to stand up one hour earlier than usually to drive to Bad Kreuznach.
Doro Richters

Fuerte 2011
We arrived on the 12th of march on Furteventura and stayed for 2 weeks in Las Playitas.
Reiner Kowalzik

 

Hello Pirates...
At the 19th and 20th of march 2011 we trained for 2days on the motorbike course in Laubus-Eschbach.
It went really good, right from the beginning and we could push the throttle really good. It was the first time after 5months riding again a motorbike, it was just fun. We just need 2 or 3 more exercise units and than the championship races can come.
Uwe/ Hartmut  #13r

Exercise camp „Racees“ on Gran Canaria
Our team of Benita/ Robert were really succesful on the first island race...
Challenge Gran Canaria – Cycling Challenge on the 25th march 2011/ roadbike
2nd place women overall :
Benita Wesselhoeft

Staff car Part Three,
my old un-washed, rusted vehicle, is in need of an update ;-)
Ronald Prinzlau

Staff car Part Two
Rainer van Ellen din´t let us wait for so long. .
Ronald Prinzlau

Staff car Part One
Wow!
here you can see how Frank Hanfler pimped up his own nice staff car.... ENVY…
Ronald Prinzlau

Scooter holidays – Lanzarote
 Did I already tell you during the one or another of my last bulletins about some suggestions for somenice scooter holidays? And so, Lars made his way….
At this time, he´s on Lanzerote and of course with his scooter in his luggage.
You can see and read his pictures and bulletins here…and maybe to get some wanderlust…
Geschrieben von: Marc Nierhaus

30th road run“ around the cross of Bayer“
Moin Moin Piratas,
while we had perfect running conditions in Leverkusen and a real fast pack of starters and also two new records at the road run “ around the cross of Bayer. Sabrina Mockenhaupt won the womens race with a time of 32:22min for the 10km, a new record.
Thomas Preissner

Exercise-camp on Tenerife
Finally on saturday, early in the morning at 4:00o´clock, my alarm clock woke me up. But it was all for free, because I wanted to catch my flight to Tenerife. I wanted to compete in a 12days lasting exercise-camp there. One the flight there, I had quite a good view over the Teide ( 3718m).
Doro Richters

Moin Moin Pirates,
Now you can get in the Pirate-Shop, something new, a long-arm jersey for Freestyler, Crosser and of course for all the others as well. Short and long arm jerseys for bikers will follow soon.
And the big point of this is…10,-€ of each jersey, you´ll donate for Japan!!!
Ronald Prinzlau

Here is my bulletin from my 2weeks lasting exercise camp on Fuerteventura, with 2 pictures of me.
When I arrived, I hardly could believe my eyes their was a Pirate-flad hanging down from a balcony, here in Las Playitas. Awesome…I even was able to get to know the Pirate, at this point, Uwe, I still owe you two Pirate bottles…but ay you know, being a Pirate…connects...
Nikals Bock

Running Pirates at the 2nd Snow-Drop-Run 2011
The Running Pirates of the Lausitz participated with 10 members of the crew an this years 2nd.Snow-Drop-Run in Ortrand over 5 different distances.
The first runner was Ryan Mikwauschk(3).
Harald Skopi

At the Luisentower-run  in Borgholzhausen (NRW)
I finished the 12,5km round with a time 50:50min and reached the first place in my age-group 45-49.
Stephan Kleinschmidt

Do you still know, one year ago?
…I made up a pink cross-bike with a Focus carbon/alu frame. It looked allright to me, but I wasn´t really satisfied with it, so I pimped it up, step by step…

Jörn Faul

Moin Pirates,
last weekend I participated on an Indoor-Triathlon in Stralsund. Last year I reached thr third place, so I thought to myself , this year it gotta be a little bit more. Having said this, I trained cadence very hard on the driven roller. I hoped that I would end up better on the bicycle ergometer ( like last year, you wasn´t allowed to use the resistance.
Jost Litzen

Wetterprognose Pirate

Moin Moin Piratas,
The weather forecast, told something about rain, but when the race was about to  begin, there was a bright sunny sky, like the sky in a movie, a typical ASV-weather…
Thomas Preissner

Pirate Reiner Kowalzik

Cross country run in Worpswede at the 27th february 2011
Cross country run on Sunday…up and downhill…right thru the wondeful artiste village(KÜNSTLERDORF) of Worpswede near Bremen.
Reiner Kowalzik

Frostwiesen Pirate

9th Frostwiesen( iced meadow )-run in Burg/ Spreewald at the 13th of februar 2011
The 9th Frostwiesen-run in Burg/Spreewald was being run as well by the „ Running Pirates“ of the Lausitz..
Harald Skopi

Nikals Hansen / first training

Niklas Hansen at his first exercise
Niklas Hansen

Pirate Oberhausen

OTV Mile in Oberhausen, the  "Long-distance" february/2011

 On sunday was the first „ long-distance „ of this season in Oberhausen.. So, they call the not official measured running course over 10,1km. After Maren started here last year, this year we used GPS.
Reiner Kowalzik

Pirate goes snow

"PIRATE GOES SNOW"
Finally it was time again: time for this years Ski-camp in Ischgl!!! When we arrived the weather was already like in a dream and so the very next day we stood up very early in the morning to get on the slope. Very early...
Stephan Wimmers

Wegberg
One week after my seasonal start at the city run of Düren, I started on the next 10km run of the winter running series of Wegberg at the 23th of january 2011.
Svenja Jütte

Street runs in Bertlich
Third age-group victory in a row for Maren, over the 5km course. The serial is running.
Reiner Kowalzik

Moin Ron and Pirates
Following a small bulletin for the homepage. But this some more will follow from me, I mean bulletins and not kids ;-)
Dominik Mueller

Motor-Bike Days in Hamburg
Rene Pascal Reich dominated all the races at the Pit-Bikes on all 3 days from the 28th to the 30th of january 2011.
Marco Heinrich

“ On a day like this, I´m enjoying the silence“
Daniel Ritthammer, 40 architect

Experience...
The life after my triple ultra triathlon world championchip 2010 even got some other kinds of sports than, swim, bike and run…
Jens Wolter

I´m back again! ;-)
At the 16th of january 2011 my season of 2011 started up again, by particpate at the Sparkassen- Run of Düren on the 10km course. It is a round course, you had to run 6times, and tradionally all the local favourites and hobby runners participate here as well.
Sveny Jütte

Moin Pirates,
after my first operation in october 2010, it was now time for me to get rid of all the metal in my shoulder. No big deal, just “routine”. It is a real good feeling, getting started with the psysio therapy all over again, new scar, new general anaesthesia and ugly nurses with beard…
Andre Döring

Moin, moin Pirates,
again like the years before, the IFAA invited us on the 22nd of january in the Pfitzenmeyer Schwetzingen to present a 4hours spinning marathon.
Marcel Krahmann

Herkules in the Nordsternpark.
Getting out of the warm house and back to the district. We used the cold but sunny Sunday for a ride into the industrial culture scene.
Reiner Kowalzik

Quick-freeze start of the season 2011
Moin Pirates, 4.409 running maniacs, made up their way at the 29th of january 2011, to run the small series with 5km each run or the large series with 10km each run, at Germany´s biggest endurance three-part-series.
Thomas Preissner

Pirate-Offspring on course
At the 22nd and 23rd january 2011 were in Senftenberg the 5th Indoor-marathon. Lots o the runners here are using this annually event to test their shape after the long winter break.
Harald Skopi

Finally a bulletin,
everybody is waiting for from the cross-race in Buchholz and our annual general meeting AGM It was a wonderful day, right in the middle of january and several Pirates found their way to Buchholz, to partipate at the cross-race and to have some fun.
Ronald Prinzlau


Start of the season at the Pirates from Hockenheim.
Finally again, we were able to push the pedals real hard on the weekend of the 15th /16th of january 2011. With a weather like this, there is nothing else to do otherwise than to ride your bike. We had temperatures like in spring with about 12 degrees.
Marcus Silberer

13 degrees, spring in januar, in the Ruhrgebiet ?
Better don´t talk to loud about this, just enjoy it and get outdide on your bike to show our new jerseys.
Reiner Kowalzik

Hey PIRATES!
Back I´m: healthy and in good shape from my exercise camp on Tenerife. It was a real success for me, three weeks of scheduled exercise and collecting km´s, it wouldn´t be able at home in good old Germany.
Niclas Bock

PIRATE MTB-Team rider Ubi Blutsventje at his exercise camp on La Gomera.
Hola Landlubbers! Today, is my second day off, here in Valle Gran Rey on La Gomera. And face it Germany, we got 26degrees her eon my flower-child island, what you got? After I spent two evenings on YOGA with Dan at the Finca Argayall “ Place of Light”, I´m now only steps away from my enlightment.
Ubi "Blutsventje" Weidner

Run at the Lindensee in Rüsselsheim
On saturday the 15th of january 2011 I drove to my very first contest of the year 2011. A 10km run was on my schedule and I wanted to compare my time from this run with my time of the New Years Eve run 2009. With my starting number 105, I wanted to be faster than 47minutes.
Doro Richters


PIRATE Cross-Team rider Ubi Blutsventje was washed ashore in La Gomera.
Hola Landlubbers! Can´t think about that, yesterday I still rode thru the snow by participated at the Cross-Cup of Germany to gain some more points and now…as every year in january, I spent my time on the flower-child island of La Gomera after I was washed ashore.
Ubi "Blutsventja" Weidner

Snow is melting in the Ruhrgebiet ...
About 5degrees and more...
Reiner Kowalzik

Being sportive for the year of 2011
Traditionally, the „ Running PIRATES of the Lausitz“ started together with 115 further runners and walkers on the 2nd of january 2011 in the new active year of 2011. The starting signal was point 10:30AM, by the mayor, for the 32nd Hoyerswerdaer New Years run. The running course were icy and because of that, the course was shorten from a 2km round-course to a 1km round course. The offered 2 different distances, a 2km run with 2 rounds and a 6km run with 6rounds to solve.
Harald Skopi
The winter runs riot here...
After I sank and nearly drowned in the snow last Tuesday, I decided for myself, that it´s time again to get out my ski again.
Doro Richters


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