IM 70.3 Zell am See

Great location, bad weather, fast race...that about sums it up...

Ironman Regensburg

So I finished my second Ironman distance Tri - 1 hour faster than last year at Challenge Roth... 11:35:30.

On a boiling hot summer day in Regensburg I did very good and even so I wasn't as fast as I hoped in the final marathon I did fine. One very happy dude here.

Season start

Good start into the new season. New PB at the halfmarathon in Kempten in April, with this in the head I did a shortened middle distance in Lindau. While I was very contend with my performance - running had to be done in my planned IM race pace, which meant I couldn't go all out - organisation of the event was a big mess...

Now I am in the final week of peak training before tapering for IM Regensburg and I am beging to feel ready!

Little D also started out great taken first place at the Ottobeuren Kids City Run and at the Kids Triathlon in Schongau...way to go!!!

Xmas & New Years Eve - Reflections on a busy year

The year is coming to an end. A year full of amazing and great experiences that took me to a new level.

Raising my goals keeps me going. Hoping to be and become a better Dad to show Little D what life is all about and what you can achieve when you set your mind right! To never give up because quitting is not an option...and in the end making him proud of his Daddy!

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to all my friends and followers out there!

Aloha!

Give for a good cause!

Around Christmas a lot of people & organisations are asking for help and/or our money. Check Robert's project out, it is something very special for a good and great cause!

Off season...

training is in full effect ;-) In betwen I decided to add a short 6.2K race as a speed workout to my schedule...other then that I am doing lots of miles at the moment. A small heel spur on my left foot is bothering me a bit but I hopr nto get rid off it soon...

Munich Marathon

I finished the season with a new marathon PB, now I finally have a 3 in the front ;-)

The race started really good and despite another short night I had good legs up till 32ks. I was going a bit fast, too fast, in between and had to pay the dues...a young and very nice lady that I had been running with between 7ks and 17 caught me again at around 35ks and pulled me up to 38...otherwise it would have been very close to make the sub 4... because my pace had dropped 90 sec./min...Thanks Rebecca, it really meant a lot to me!

Now Off Season!!!

in the mean time

my little boy did some racing as well - finishing on the podium in all of them...Very proud of him!

- Junior race, Krautheimlauf, Germany, 1st

- Junior Challenge Walchsee Tyrol, Austria, 3rd

- Junior race, 800m, Einstein marathon, Ulm, Germany, 3rd

- Junior race, Buxachtallauf, Memmingen, Germany, 2nd

more racing

at the end of August I decided to do a almost local sprint Tri, the Saege Triathlon hosted by Daniel Unger in Bad Saulgau. Despite the fact that it was a very hot day I did pretty good.

So I felt ready for my season closing at the Ratingen Triathlon...The race director offered me a hotel room since I had 550KM one way to get there...So in a way I got a profesional treatment...Unfortunatly I didn't get lucky with the weather that day an it rained during the bike stage...but it was fun except for the 6 hour drive home right after the race...My legs hurted more from sitting in the car than from doing the race.

Irondad is an ironman!

I did it, exactly one week before my 40th birthday a dream came true. I finished my first ironman distance race, the challenge Roth. In the end no broken rips nor cramping calves could stop me from finishing in (to be honest) slower than anticipated 12 hours 34 minutes and 19 seconds.

An indepth report will follow in the reports section soon...stay tuned.

race week or pain is temporary - glory is forever

6 days to go, 6 more days of tapering and also rest for my rips...

These past 7 days I have been taking it easy...I am planing to do an easy open water session on Tuesday and a short bike/run brick on Wednesday to wake my body up and get ready for the big day!  

Challenge Roth Training Day

Last Sunday we tarveled to the Challenge Roth ''grounds'', an open training day was schduled and hosted by Professional Endurance Team and Team Challenge Roth...Little D and grandfolks went off to the Playmobil Funpark and I had a fun day with my Facebook friend Achim Schoenhoff.

First part included one round on the bike leg including a look at the swim start and finish line. So after round about 95Ks we went off to have a look at the run course up to the second trun around. Well everybody was able to run at ones own pace and I ended up doing 23Ks...Somehow I hadn't realizied what ''second turn around'' actually meant ;-)

Thanks to the organizers and I am looking forward to July!

Good start...

had a great start into this years race season...NPB at the Kempten Halfmarathon in 1:40:37...race report coming soon!

Dirty Race 10, Corssduathlon, Murr, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany 5-15-4, January 29th, 2011

Wednesday an old friend of mine asked me if I wanted to jump in for a friend of his, who had got sick, to do a crossduathlon race...W e l l I said, I have not really been on a MTB ever before and my ride is more than 15 years old...No probs he said...So on Thursday I decided to do it...

After having taken a look at the competitors line up I got a bit scared...Norman Stadler, Lothar Leder, Michael Göhner...so much for a small race in the middle of nowhere...

On race day it was cold but sunny and my plan was to take it easy on the first run part (5Ks), then do ok on the MTB and try to race hard on the second run...Plan didn't work out...I started about one min. per K faster than I had planned but felt good, so I kept the pace...the bike part was tough, two laps with a steep climb and a hilly, muddy rest...(after the frist lap I knew why it is called Dirty Race)...so after T2 I felt still good and for the first time ever in a race I started passing people (usually I get passed by people on the run...) and did not get passed once! I ended up finishing in 113th place of the men in 1:31:54...(23:36-49:03-19:15)

It was a great, new experience, especially since I had done it without any prep, after a regular training week...I did find outone thing though: I don't like to play (ride a bike) in the mud ;-)

Off season leisure activities...hiking with D, and my Dad in Tyrol, Hahnenkamm 1928 m (6.358 feet)...beautiluk day in the mountains! Some breathtaking views above the clouds...

Last Tri for this years season. An awesome and very fast olympic distance race in Kitzingen, Germany. Good Tri race season with 2 half distances and 3 olympic ones...some recovery time now to get focused again and then time to get ready for the Munich marathon...Race reports will be updated shortly...sorry for the delay.

Race week, Königsbrunn Tri is over, a bit faster then last year, also the swim leg wasn't what I had expected it to be...overall I am happy with the result considering the 33 degress Celsius, which made especially the running a lot of fun ;-)

I did it, I signed up for my first full distance Ironman, the Challenge Roth next year...the entry fee for IM Switzerland was just ridiculous high...

and another season highlight coming up: the Allgäu Classic Half Tri in Immenstadt with a brutal bike course - looking forward to Saturday and 1280m of climbing :-)

Mission accomplished...finished my first Ironman 70.3...proud of myself.

Perfect start (and shape test) into the 2010 season with a NPB at the Kempten Half Marathon...

Well, here it is my ''new'' old bike pimped by Fabian Richter and Georg Nett of Rad & Rollercenter Heiss, Memmingen.