Barntrup

At the end of my MTB-season 2011, I wanted to participate at the 8h race in Barntrup, like last year. It´s a hard day work, the slogan of the race and it´s like this. I rode already a 24h race with a 2-women team, but against this here, is the 24h race nothing, because you don´r irde for 12h constantly, you´re taking breakes in between. Last year, I started for the first time in Barntrup, right after a longer period of illness, just to get to know, how far I can come, but after 4h in that race, I knew, that I only got a “ Couldn´t be baggered” problem had and no physical lack. At the end I rode 120km and ended up on the 2nd place overall, just behimd a women from Columbia, who only got one round in advance. If I haven´t be in the mood of “Couldn´t be baggered” it would be a tie. And so, this year, I wanted to ride better… Andre invited me into his pavilion after the races in Detmold and Plettenberg, and it was a real nice Pirate-Camp. Fastly getting some pictures, while the clothes are still clean J mainly Andre ;-) And soon we celebrated for the first time. Victor already entered the podium, Pirate´s First Part.... Congratulations agian at this point: clap, clap, clap…: After the P-Way, I was a little bit knocked over, I got lots of respect of this 8h race. Than I found some ortal leftovers at the walls of the SOS-Child-village....Or are these the leftovers of hero´s, who rode on saddle´s like these??? But maybe these are the leftovers of sunken battle-ships...? Yes, well, than we were heading for the start-block: The next picture you already knew from other events: Me and my “foreman” g everytime again a good shot…   And than we went on the course, it was about a 6km long round course,right thru the SOS-Children village and the forest of Barntrup. It was very diversified and at no pont boring or something. I t was just fun,firsdt up the hill, than the highway thru the forest, than ride on a muddy and capot trail, towards the bike course thru the SOS-Children village. The Children village, got its own MTB-team, it´s called: “ Team Rat Pack”, and because of that, they built them a bike-show-jumping course, to exercise and more, and one´s a year it becomes a contest course. It was a great ambiance and a wonderful organization, thank you for all that. The first 3h wont end, and I rode a constant speed. Andre did with Leo a team, and while they were changing, I used them as a leading motor tractor, you could see us all the time as a Pirate-express- thank you at this point for the alternation, the fun, and the drafting-Andre. Sometimes I letLeo ride right behind me, in my wind-shadow. At the capot and muddy trail, Andre lay himself dowm in front of me, with his white jersey, right in the mud…Well, I remember something, Andre !?! I almost crashed at the P-way on the picture of the “ Sportograf”. LOL – oneself...   Last year it constantly kept raining and it was cold, so I rode all the time with a rain jacket, but this year, I brought the sunshine, as ever, only for Andre. First she wasn´t there, but than she came up, after I pushed the buttom *g* After 4 h my right Rapid Fire brokew down, And I was only able to use or better shift with him, with the appliance of force. I wasn´t able to use the smaller gears anymore. Uphill I had to fight really hard and I wasn´t able to use Andre anymore as a leading motor tractor. So, I had to use the bike-wash and the technical-service to get a new gear cable. This break cost me one round and another…grr…Andre rode on with Leo, on their own… ...here you can see Leo, really cool After the use of the technical service, everything went better, for the first time, but than the bike, got more dirty again, and I got the same problem as before- and what about E:T.? He only want to dial home… But after 8:02h I finished the race, I could easily rode one more round, but E.T. didn´t give a damn about it and slowed down until his Polar-clock showed 8h before he took the last round. At this point, thank you to the girls and guys in the bike-parc-turn, for cheering up at number 61, you were fantastic. When I gor to the finish, the other Pirates already waited for me, and they just said, That I got a wonderful beard in my face...Whew, how much dirt, P-way was nothing against this... After I shaved myself, I went to the winner ceremony at 20:00o´clock. AG-Master, but you could say as well…Master of desaster, because I lost 3 rounds because of the gear, but at least I rode 3 rounds more than last year, and I rode 3r ounds more than the girl of Colombia last year, And so I broke the clurse record at the women´s race, with 29 rounds and 135km, set by the girl from Colombia last year. And, by the way, it´s not my fault, that so less girls want to start under the brutal conditions. The 2nd place got 3 rounds less than me. Overall victory and 1st place in my age-group, but than E.T. got no more time and had to fly home again very fastly and wasn´t asble to say good bye to Andre and his family, because I wasn´t able to find them anymore, but it was really fun you again, and see you at the next race.   Greetings, Moni

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