Mannheim marathon in Germany was the 3rd race of the German competitions.
Early morning, I was happy that I was able to warm up in a nice weather.
The race started at 17:30. [ Read more... ]

This race is the second race of the European competition.

I arrived to the race after driving more than 350km from Holland. Once there, I picked up my race number, and prepared my handbike. The race was taking place on a Good Year circuit and the weather was very windy, eventhough the sun was shining! [ Read more... ]

I got up in the morning, looked out of the window of my hotel room to see that the weather was good.

I left the hotel, prepared the handbike and started my warming up session. We were called for the start and told that the first 3km will be neutral start. That meant that we had to cycle behind a safety car for 3km before we can go on our own at full speed. [ Read more... ]

The first Handbike City Trophy marathon in Hamburg, Germany, was packed with many highly experienced athletes to include the German ex-World Champion ‘Stefan Bauman’. I got there early so I manage to warm up well before the start at 8:45am. [ Read more... ]