new post: Longboarding: Vennbahn

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+title: "Longboarding: Vennbahn"
+date: 09.06.2016 16:20
+---
+
+Today, right after finishing my only lecture of the day, I rented a longboard at a local skate shop
+and then took the bus out of the city.
+I went out to Kornelimünster, a small district of Aachen, about 10 km outside of the city.
+
+
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+![](http://tmp.fnordig.de/longboarding/0609/th-2016-06-09_12.44.21.jpg)
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+
+In the last days it rained half of the day, but today it's sunny and really warm.
+The route goes mostly downhill from Kornelimünster, so I did not need much pushing and could just let it roll.
+
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+![](http://tmp.fnordig.de/longboarding/0609/th-2016-06-09_12.53.25-1.jpg)
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+
+I collected the route with an app.
+The results: 10,9 km in 53 minutes. Top speed: 31,5 km/h. 12,4 km/h on average.
+
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+![](http://tmp.fnordig.de/longboarding/0609/th-2016-06-09_13.18.03.jpg)
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+
+I was much quicker than I thought, so I got some ice cream in the city of Aachen before heading home.
+
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+![](http://tmp.fnordig.de/longboarding/0609/th-2016-06-09_14.34.02.jpg)
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+The route on a map ([available in a Gist](https://gist.github.com/badboy/9c27ca438570a800507f2a76fdd19544)):
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