Monday, December 22, 2008

The deeper reason for this blog...

I also have some good ideas. Sometimes...

Now the real reason for starting up this blog is not just to tell you all about my adventures and stupid ideas but to use this as a platform for the fundraising I have decided to do during my build up for the BC race. I will write some more soon about the why and how and who-for of the fundraising - I'm just waiting for the inspiration fairy and some free time again. In the mean time, check out this page
http://www.limbs4all.com/index.htm

which is the charity I chose to support.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Why this Blog?

I tend to have bad ideas.

A few years ago I came across the sport of Triathlon. The German I am, I couldn't swim to save myself and scraped my way through my first race with good old breast stroking. And was hooked. A few sprint and olympic races later but no further swimming skills acquired I wondered if I would be able to do (aka survive) a Halfironman - 2km of swimming!

I was.

And yes, I enjoyed it and stupidly enough I thought, jeeeez, that wasn't that hard...so, the first really bad idea was born - Ironman! I don't tend to do things by halves, so the time of my Ironman plans coincided with me starting my PhD. What a wicked bad idea - 3 years of PhD-ing, 3 years of Ironman-ing...

And off we went.

Over 3 years later, I'm a Doctor of Mushrooms, have done 2 1/2 Ironman races (that 1/2 is another story) and am no wiser. Well, I am, kind of...but not really.

Anyway, after 3 years of Ironmantraining I decided it was time for a break. The hyperactive overachiever I am I was quickly bored and looked for a new goal. I do not only have this tendency to have bad ideas, I also have a tendency to aim for things I am not good at. We've kind of mastered the swimming side of things, so I looked for something else I really suck at...Mountainbiking!!!! I am the master of over the Handlebar-stunts, several I can't remember, so there it was, my next bad idea had to have somthing to do with Mountainbiking. And what better to choose than a 7-day long MTB race??? Perfect, done deal.
Multiday-stage MTB races have intruiged me since the day I've seen the finish of the Transalp in Riva del Garda. Back then I though, what the h#@%, who is dumb enough to ride 7 days over the Alps from Germany to Italy. Now I now...

So I started looking around and mentioned the idea to my friend Julie in Canada - secretly hoping I could twist her arm to do the race with me...Julie also has a tendency to have bad ideas and told me about the BC Bike Race (www.bcbikerace.com), a 7 day long race from Victoria to Whistler.

There we are. I've managed to twist Julie's arm and we're both off for our next adventure - the BC Bike Race!

I hope you will enjoy my journey and keep reading, there are more interesting things to follow...even maybe a story or two about mushrooms...

Dr. Kat

Dr. Kat goes blogging...

Dr. Kat is going live...while I'm still waiting for the inspiration fairy to tell me what to write, I'll try and figure out this site...