Waltraud, Jakob, and I snuck out after work for a quick ski around the Stübenwasen track, Notschrei. It was great to be back on the thin little cross country skis and my nice new Leki poles served me well. Jakob and I had our make-it-day head lamps and all was good. We did the medium loop up to the hut and back to the car park. I proved that I still can’t ski and fell over 5 times. A nice little trip.
Above: The usual suspects, Jakob and Waltraud.
Above: The road was long and winding. It also wasn’t a road. And it was only about 12 km, I think… But I just wanted to say that the road was long and winding.
Another ski tour to Feldberg leaving from the Stollenbacher Hütte. Unlike last weekend, this time, we intended to end up there. It was Leonie, Jutta and her boyfriend Elmar, and I.
Above left: Descending into a valley down the side from Feldberg with Elmar. Above right: Jutta, and Leonie descending.
Above: Posers by the “dead man”.
Above: Skiing through the trees.
Above: Descending towards the Stollenbacher Hütte.
I did the same trip about a year ago.
As it’s supposed to be winter here I headed out with Waltraud and Basti for a ski tour. After getting lost in fog we ended up at the top of Feldberg. The weather was a bit nasty; very low visibility, cold, and windy.
Above left: Basti touring up ahead in the mist. Above right: Waltraud and Basti on Feldberg.
Above: The first tour of the season.
Above: The last time I was on Feldberg it looked somewhat different. Here Julian and I have just finished running up Feldberg from Freiburg.
Brendanas has been visiting over the last few days. We went and saw the Cat Empire playing across the border live in Strasbourg, France on Thursday night. They sounded great live and it was a good evening out with Nico, and Philipp.
Above: The Cat Empire performing in Strasbourg, France.
Above: Miserere.
On Friday we threw Brendan into a MRI scanner to see if we could find his brain. It was a fruitless search. All we could find in there was a little man sitting in front of a bank of monitors pulling levers. We went out with Nick and Cecile who were visiting Julian on Friday night for some Indians. They taste nicer in numbers.
On Saturday we conquered Schauinsland by bike with Jakob.
Above left: Julian does his best to break Jana’s mini-bike during our descent from Schauinsland. Above right: We stopped for a feed at the Rappenecker Hütte on the way back to quieten Jakob “I haven’t had lunch yet” Asslaender.
Brendan and I had an extended breakfast with Jana and Julian on Sunday morning.
And that’s pretty much it…
Schauinsland via Horben descent via Rappenecker Hütte – Studentin Weg Time: 3:01:14 Dst: 42.95 km Avg: 14.22 km/h Max: 47.63 km/h
Julian, Elmar, Mirko, and I did the Bad Kronzinger Herbstlauf today. It was a nippy 8 degrees as we started on a gray day. I tried a different tactic than normal and ran along behind Julian for a few km at the start before finding a slower pace which I held for the rest of the race. I was reasonably happy with my legs. Unfortunately the organisers ripped us off by approx. 3 km (it was supposed to be a half marathon) and so it makes it difficult to compare times. I took approx. 1:26:00.
Above: Team T2 Stern in brilliant 640×480 resolution. Oooh yes.
Above: The route.
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