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