Monday, March 19, 2018

Hard characters

A two-week stay in Spain ends. On Wednesday, the team will come to Poznan. Unfortunately, the 1500 km plan won’t be executed. Since yesterday, weather conditions do not allow our cyclists for long workouts. Today, they were surprised by the hail and a sharp drop in temperature from 18 to 4 degrees. The sky in one moment was covered with clouds, then it started to rain and hail. Only 30 km to the hotel, but it is a big challenge in such weather conditions. It required from our riders not only a lot of physical but also mental effort. I can only imagine what they felt, driving at a speed of 60 km/h, in soaked clothes and a temperature of 4 degrees. I must say that the cycling club should not refuse assistance in this situation. The three cyclists were forced to return to the hotel alone after the club's head didn’t respond to their requests. I think that it was extremely irresponsible, because they were exposed  to  health- related problems but also to the risk of an accident due to the slippery surface of the road.



Monday, March 12, 2018

14 days in Spain


Two weeks of vacation, for me and my mountainbiker. For 14 days I don't have to think to go to the store to buy bananas and prepare dinner in time. And what about J? He went to camp with his Cycling Team-Eurobike Kaczmarek Electric. Plan to carry out: 1500 km in 14 days. They have already 500 km for the last 5 days. Every day about one hundred. They call it a warm-up, because now they plan to go to the mountains. Can you imagine a  20 km uphill drive? I would give up after 1 km. You must  be a total freak to go on holiday to sunny Spain and deliberately cause suffering and exhaustion of the body. However, he is not alone! In the hotel where they live there are several cycling teams, and this small town- Loret de Mar is at this time a cycling town, not one of the Spanish resorts.




My life with a mountainbiker