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Riding to Tschechen

I went riding today.

I followed the Elbe down to the Königstein, which was my original intention. But I decided to keep going, to see how much farther the Czech border was.

The ride down took me about 3 hours, plus a little extra because I took a break in Königstein to have a döner kebap sandwhich and some ice tea for lunch. I brought along my GPS at that point, and left it on until the Czech border. I hadn't really considered this, but I had a moving average speed of 15.3mph, and I only took one or two short photo breaks for photos. That means I went just over 45 miles to get the Czech border. Not feeling incredibly tired, I decided to head back on the opposite side of the river. This was a little bit farhter, because one of the bridges was out and meant climbing a big hill (of similiar height to the cliffs earlier).

After I rode another two hours, following this road that promised Dresden, I came across this sign. That kind of downed my spirits. At this point it was 3 in the afternoon, and I was exhausted. I happened across a small food stand by the river, literally in the middle of nowhere, and bought some apple juice and some peanuts. I ate the entire 200 grams of peanuts and 0,3L of apple juice in a few seconds, then started riding. My legs were burning.

I did make it back, at about 5pm. I left at 10am this morning. Not a bad ride, but I felt about to throw up at the end...probably due to lack of water/caloric intake. So I'll be buying a water bottle for the next time.

Still, it was damn cool, and a minimum of 90 miles distance (probably quite a bit further than that), with a bit of muddy offroading thrown in for good measure. I only hope I can walk tomorrow...

Posted by reid at March 25, 2003 01:25 AM | TrackBack