Going For Gold: Marmotte Hochkönig
I have set that ‘one more, just this one, I promise’ target for 2017: the Marmotte Hochkönig in Austria. On June 17, I’m going to try and get a gold medal during that Gran Fondo…
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Marmotte Or Bust
Now that the UCI Tour de France of 2017 is over, it’s just a short countdown to this year’s Vuelta. I’m a bigger fan of that race – and an even bigger fan of the Giro – than of the Tour, but I have to admit that this year’s Tour was not as boring as …
Wrapping up the Marmotte
I participated in the Look Marmotte Hochkönig in Austria, my first ever ‘UCI sanctioned’ event. An event drawing less than 10% of the participants for the Marmotte Alpes, but not any less of a challenge…
Look, a Marmotte
Tapering has begun for the Look Marmotte Hochkönig – this Saturday, the gold rush will start and end in Mühlbach am Hochkönig. Well, officially it will end at the Arthurhaus, at the end of a steep climb out of the village, also known as the Mandlwandstrasse. As is the case with the ‘original’ Marmotte in …
Berchtesgaden, Grossglockner Revisited
From June 16 to 23, we spent a week near the German – Austrian border, where I cycled a bit in the Berchtesgadener and Salzburger mountains.