I still cannot believe it! In approx. 48h I'm on the plane to Montreal and slowly my long awaited dream will come true: Participation in the Ironman 70.3 World Championships (Mont Tremblant/Quebec/ Canada). Exactly one year ago began the preparation for THE race for which I
.. as hard preparation for Canada (s. Saturdays memo). The absolute 10k dream is still a time just under 40 minutes, which is theoretically quite in -with pure focus on running. As I had the past few months no specific running training (particularly intervals up to
.. to the Ironman 70.3 WC in Mont Tremblant (canada). The past three weeks since my series of races have passed rather quickly. One of the reasons was probably my heavy engagement in the organization of a Film festival for which we reduced my training
Past weekend I threw myself into the third and final series of preparation races. On Saturday I started at the Trumer Triathlon over the Short (Olympic) Distance (1.5 km swim, 37.5 km bike run with 675HM and 10.5 mi - 60HM), where also the Austrian National
This weekend, I had prep-race 2/4 on the program. After last week’s success I wanted to accelerate at the Triathlon Königsbrunn over the sprint distance (0,5/18/5.5). The race went solid from the beginning. As third woman out of the water (with about 3’ gap), I was
Only 9 weeks from now, the Ironman 70.3 World Championships are taking place in Mont Tremblant and the final stage of preparation has begun. After the 70.3 in Rapperswill I enjoyed a two -week season break, followed by a 12-day training-camp in the Provence. Just returned
You think you have a lazy Saturday in front of you, preparing for a race and then suddenly a message on your Facebook messenger pops-up: “We have a swim-relay (3,8km) entry for Challenge Roth as somebody stepped out. Do you fancy?” Well, one just cannot
.. was or is pretty much always like that and especially when performing competitive sports at age group level. That's why I recently went to the annual performance check at the TU Munich and just now to a full-dermatology-body screening. The former brought – still
My trainingscamp, or rather a mixture of train and work and less vacation, is coming to an end. Today is the last day with little speed work ("fartlek") and a short 2h bike ride. I had my official “final tour” already yesterday, for which I
The former mentioned bike course inspection was on the program today. The course keeps what it promises. On one hand, physically demanding ( about 1800 altitude difference with steep climbs, long descents), to the other an absolute astonishing landscape. I'm certainly NEVER cycled in such
