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title: "Longboarding: Vennbahn"
date: 09.06.2016 16:20
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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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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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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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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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The route on a map ([available in a Gist](https://gist.github.com/badboy/9c27ca438570a800507f2a76fdd19544)):

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