During my professional life at the BMW Group time for sports was rather scarce. But when I retired in May 2015 I was on the move. I looked up the route from the official website from the “Race around Upper Austria“. In order to navigate with Google Maps I had to simplify the one or the other stretch. I also avoided the full amount of uphill sections (Original 9.300 m).
I needed 3 1/2 days for about 570 km and 5.800 m uphill.
The 4 stages of the 3,5 days:
In August 2017 I set myself a new target to finish the round in 3 days, down half a day from 2015. Here is the result:
The 3 stages of the 3 days:
The pictures are the same of both events, and should give an impression of how beautiful my home province is.
Haag – Großraming – Unterlaussa – Unterlaussa Church
Hengstpass – Windischgarsten – Kirchdorf – Gmunden
Altmünster – Weissenbach – St. Gilgen – Fuschl
Hof – Seekirchen – Seeham – Ort/Innkreis
Osternacherhof – Schärding – Passau – Engelhartszell
Oberkappel – Ulrichsberg – Bad Leonfelden – Freistadt
Kefermarkt – Kefermarkter Altar – Ennsdorf – Haag