Transalp - day 1

Wasn´t too bad, only 111 km and 2100 m of climbing. We started out at a very moderate pace, heartrate never above 150. The last 35 km were annoying, flat bike-path along a river, but that was about the only flat road for the next 8 days.

Scenery was beautiful, the Alps are great. Met some Americans that are racing as well, they love it - wonder if that will change after climbing those mountains for 8 days.

We finished 97th out of 325 in our category men. Goal will be to finish the race in the top 20%.

My folks came to watch the race, my mom is super excited and loves it!

Alex (and Frank)


1 hour to the start, and some of the smaller mountains of the next days in the background.