Moni and Rainer: Gone with the wind or messed up by the storm...

...actually Ron the quitter wanted to start as well this weekend, but his weatherman told him, it wpould be raining the whole day *whining* and so we had to hoist our colors alone... On Saturday we rode a few km´s together with a new Pirate ( Ralf, as well a triathlete) t my home. But after I put some new tyres on my battle ship. Thank you Raini that you brought them, so my ship won´t sink. We also doped a bit, with really delicious almond past cake. Finally on Sunday I went to Raini, then we got into his Pirate-flagship and drove towards Börger, it must be somewhere in the „ Emsland“… But Raini was so excited, because of his first roadbike race ever, that he drove towards Osnabrück…well....and I think also his navigation girl, lost its mind, but finally we made it, and reached our destination about 30minutes before the start. No time anymore to inspect anything, just gertting dressed and off we go... Raini, we´re not on the „Kiez“, but he´s a poser anyway... :D The start was very chaotic, but at least they got a marching band who played folk music. When I heard it I though to myself: Raini, when you´ll cross the finish line, they will play: Yes, Yes, the pig is dead, the pig is dead...” LOL Here we stand right in the middle of everything... ...but still behind protective grating like in Duisburg at the “Love Parade”. I was able, with help, to climb over it with my bike. Than came the start, and Raini and the rest, still stood at the entrance in some kind of traffic jam...WHAT??? Damn it, this was the start.... What followed was my first sprint right until the puke-border, it was like a single time trial, and everything without warming up...SUX...but at least I was able to catch up with the first group and the rest was lost, as well like Raini...when we reached the 5km point, a mallethead tried to pass me in a sharp right curve on the inner lane, our bars touched themselves and than it happenen on the exit of the curve, the side wind got me off my bike. From the supporters I only herad, she won´t ride anymore, but NO WAY. I collected my bones and got back on my bike. Now I had my very own single time trial...headwind, I love it, well about 18km/h  and an avarage pulse of 175, it was like running against a wall, over and over again, I felt like I would or could cry....round after round... One did the work and the others worked harder in the next round, because the junios class licked my ass and the judges shouted out of the car, that I weren´t alout to offer them wind shadow. I told them that it wasn´t my fault, when I ride behind them, they are to slow, and you see what happen when I try to pass them, these lickers….Damn, I was really excited about it, when they got lost in the finish area. Here you can see a picture of Robert, ho did a good job that day with Beni... Than, finally I found a fellow sufferer, who still got some energy left, and who rode my speed, one old team mate of me…the Doc…and together we rode until we crossed the finish line. Thank you, for the team work. Yes, and what about Raini??? He let me freeze and I waited for him, more than 20minutes, because he already wanted to quitt he race in the 3rd round but than he asked Robert, if the race is over, when you´ve been passed by the first, like in the cyclo cross races, but Robert denied and said: road races will be ride until ist over…nice answer Robert… LOL Here you can see a picture of my knee, you already saw Raini´s. Well, my leg warmers are riven and I got some new bruises on  my left side, so I got to sleep on the other side...snorkel... It´s unbelievable but true, I ended up on the 2nd place and Raini on the 3rd in our age-group. Not bad for his first raod race, even he was totally exhausted, but afterwards we ate some curry sausage and french fries to regenerate and to strengthen up again and for dessert we had in the afternoon some cake and coffee, it was like a feast... Here you can see the giant prize of Börger – a primrose -  you could choose, what color you like the most ( yellow, pink or blue) better than nuttin´ or what do you say Dietmar?... And we didn´t know anything about the pirze money, we still don´t know, if we´ll recieve it. One funny thing is, that the winner ceremony of Raini was, when he still was riding, or maybe we are too stupid...who knows.... „Uschi“ didn´t know it either ( the navigation girl ) and brought us home again, this time without any “ short-cut” and bytheway Ron: it haven´t rained all day, the road was all dry, maybe you could buy yourself a new weatherman...??? Ahoy Moni

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