Samstag, 31. Mai 2014

Pragelpass (1550 m)


After 5 km and the first climb of 340 m in 20 min.... "Klöntalersee"


This is the graphic of the Pragelpass that is with over 1000 m climbing middle difficult of all the Swiss Passes.

At 11 km and 900 m altitude I am almost half-way, but the tough part is still coming. So I have a nice look back on the lake and on the "Glärnisch" mountain-range of 2901 m.

On top of Pragelpass. For the 21 km and 1040 m up took me 1 hour and 25 min. Could be that it is a PB. So I am quite pleased that my first ride in the Alps went well.

So here is the result which puts me around in the middle on Strava.
I guess most riders are a little younger and a little lighter than me. My pulse was with 160 quite close to my max.
Surprisingly - although not a cyclist - going down I was on place 44!

Donnerstag, 29. Mai 2014

New Loop "Purity - Goodness - Divinity"

Today I rode in 2014 for the first time to the Alps and climbed the two passes of "Sattel" and "Hirzel". They were rather small, but just fine, as it was with 95 km also the longest ride this year.

As I liked the loop a lot I gave its name "Purity" - while riding along lake of Zug; "Goodness" as I got while riding an email from the Tegla Loroupe Peace School by Eunice Hasango, telling nice stories about Kenyan orphans visiting the Peace school and learning well. Finaly while riding down from the 2nd pass Hirzel, I felt my body flooded with light and joy so I call the third part "Divinity."

I hope to make this loop a regular part of my training.


Samstag, 17. Mai 2014

Albispass - Hirzelpass - Zoo - 1100 up and 65 km in 2:52

First training with some hills in it. 1100 m up - first Albis 791 m and then Hirzel 678 m...

View from riding down Hirzelpass.... at around 60 km/h. Not very steep and some really nice and wide turns. (In the evening the traffic is a little bit tricky - but when you ride over 50 km/h cars don't overtake you, so you are safe).