On friday the 14th, Gary & I meet up, 2 check out tomorrows race... It took us 55 mins, and it was really strange, a 2 man alleycat.....
Race day :
9pm - Surprisingly (?) 24 couriers were waiting for us !!! Everybody (?) was there, the oldskool and new faces..... The start was set on 9.30pm, so we went to the train station and hopped on the train in direction Potsdamer Platz (the START!!!) Before the train stopped at Anhalter Bhf. we gave everybody the first Checkpoint and left them confused and quite in the train.............
In Berlin we usually do subway and train stations, where you have to run down or up and stamp a 6x6 piece a paper... On that stamp of the BVG (Berliner Verkehrs Gesellschaft) it says exactly the time and the name of the train station...
the Checkpoints:
Markgrafenstr. 67, U&S-Bhf Yorckstr., S-Bhf Friedenau, U-Bhf. Bundesplatz, U-Bhf. Spichernstr., Mike's American Deli (Checkpoint Prize!), Otto-Ludwig-Str., U&S-Bhf Zoo, S-Bhf Anhalter Bhf., Neumannsgasse, Rolandufer (the first 3 guys had to pick-up 3 yellowpages each...), U-Bhf Rosenthaler Pl. ...... 13 Checkpoints!!!
FINISH! @ Strandbad Mitte (August/Kl.Hamburger)
the Rankings...
1. Arne - Express - 1h03min
1. Peter - Berolino - " " "
3. Stef - berlinmassive / Inline - 1h05min
4. Norman - Inline - 1h06min
5. Dustin - berlinmassive / spinning wheelz - 1h06,05min
6. Martin - Inline - 1h09,10min
7. Mr.Hot Rubber Oldskool Thorsten Miesel - 1h09,30min
8. Nic - messenger - 1h10,10min
9. Thomas - spinning wheelz - 1h10,11min
10. Mareike - messenger (top & only female) - 1h10,12min
11. David - Express - 1h14,30min
12. Olli - messenger - 1h14,31min
13. Patrick - Inline - 1h14,33min
14. Jozo - messenger (1st @ Mike's) - 1h17min
15. Harald - moskito - 1h21,06min
16. Maico - spinning wheelz - 1h24min
DFL Jörg - berlinmassive / spinning wheelz - 1h54min
??????? Wenzel - (Kreuz&Quer)
(Jörg was doin' really well until the checkpoint Rolandufer came, he was totally lost, so he decided to roll another one and totally forgot 'bout the race...)
our fault... the checkpoint-marshall on Otto-Ludwig-Str. left 2 early, sorry !!!!!
m14 Kasi (bm), 007 James Moore (messenger) and Lutz !!!!!
and 2 fast 2 think... (always the same guys)
Hardy (Inline), forgot U-Bhf Spichernstr.
Stefano Botti (messenger) , forgot U-Bhf. Bundesplatz
and Carsten, forgot S-Bhf. Friedenau...
THANX 2 our generous sponsors:
California Sports (1st Prize a new Dragon-Fly BMX), bagjack, mad flavor, Coiffeur Ilka, spinning wheelz and Mike's American Deli !
I really like 2 have a race like in the old times, were it's not for the prizes, it's for the fun and for the action, but in Berlin, I guess nobody will show up without any prizes... Shame !!! until next ac, ridehardridesafe