RUSS - After Stage 1

Today's course started right in the center of Berlin. After 10km of downtown running, we found ourselves on the Berlin-Usedom bikepath. It's truly gorgeous. Tonight we're saying in "grande luxe" in a wonderful, modern hotel (tomorrow, it's back to gym life!). My legs hurt for much of the 65km, but I was able to keep up a reasonable pace by suffering in silence. After relaxing at the finish with Leah for a while, I was very happy to see Claire arrive with our Swiss friend Ursula. Tomorrow will be another day - hopefully OK after initial inevitable soreness.