Cycling in Malaga

Long time no update from my site and thus a short flash back to February when I went to my first ever trainings camp to Spain to learn Cycling on a race bike. Together with some experienced cycling mates I was on my way to southern Spain, Malaga.

We arrived there end of February and for one week the hills around Malaga were our training grounds. Especially one hill which went up from 0 to 965m was twice part of our course. Amazing to cycle over 1 hour only up a hill, great fun.

The weather was already nice with up to 25°C just the gusty wind was a bit disturbing. So let’s tell you about our regular day, which looked almost every day like that:

Wake up at 7:45

Have breakfast at 8:00

Get ready for the cycling day till 11:00

Cycle for 3 to 6 hours

Take a nap … long nap 🙂

Go for dinner at around 19:00

Go to sleep at around 22:30

And here some impressions from our trip. Thanks Jochen, Daniel, Andreas and Tomasz who joined in this trainings camp and helped me to cope with a new sport. Result: I love race cycling 🙂

Jochen, Sven, Daniel, Tomasz and Andreas

I was not to heavy but …

… my luggage was. Thanks that I could distribute it to all others 🙂

Andreas checks his “new” bike for the week

So many orange trees, great that our hotels name was something like: Organe tree 🙂

Wow first time cycling with a race bike

Daniel my room mate and long time cyclist. Thanks for the great time!

Daniel, you were a great room mate!

Breakfast with the mates!

Prepare for the day on the bike

Getting our bikes ready for the day

Photo stop, always a great excuse to make a short break 😉

Thanks Andreas for staying with me on those steep ramps up to the top

Yeah we made it to the top 🙂

Great view on our way back to Málaga

Time for a soccer match

New player of Málaga and his manager in red 😉

First spanish live match 🙂

So funny, this is Amanda and I met here in Costa Rica in 2013 and now she is in Spain, small world 🙂

Beach impression in Málaga

On our way to a course outside of Málaga

Photo break 🙂

Thumb up for the great nature and track 🙂

Ok this street was not the best, but in general great streets and very careful car drivers

Conquering the next hill 🙂

6°C and rain not the best weather, but …

… they had a hot wooden fire to heat us up again 🙂

Time for a snack and drink onto of a hill 🙂

Mmmhhh again some delicious food in one of our breaks

On our way to dinner 🙂

Yeah at night time it was still cold, but I was prepared 😉

Mmmhhh delicious italian food

Evening in central Malaga

After dinner in the city center

Sierra Nevada is still covered with snow