"Sempacher Olympic Triathlon"

Long time no blog-entry. That actually discribes my training situation very good. No time, headaches, no real training at all during the last 2 weeks.

After this "break" I made today my 2nd olympic triathlon nearly without preparation. The Sempacher Olympic Triathlon belongs to the VW Curcuit and is located in the middle of Switzerland between Zürich and Bern. http://www.sempacherseetri.ch/



The race was intense and very fast!

Swim-1.5k: The guys hit the waves like sharks. I was left behind with 5 other guys and needed like 500m to find my swim rythm. Otherwise it was a nice swimcourse in the Sempacher Lake.

Bike-42k: Actually the whole time I saw just one other guy overtaking me. Fair enough. Little hilly course, nice views on the Alps.

Run-10k: It hurt and for 400m I had tummy-pains in the 2nd of the 4 rounds. I thought 10k is not so much. But still the whole distance was still work. In the 3rd loop I had a really nice conservation with someone, who lost 30 kilo and quitted smoking (20 cigarettes a day). Very impressive.

A great motivation was a very nice finisher shirt:



















On top the whole event was at a medical center and the people in wheelchairs cheered at the athletes. Very motivating.

Back at home, I watched the Ironman-European Championships in Frankfurt via www.ironmanlive.com. Faschinating Race! Great Finish of Nicole Leder and Andrea Brede (woman - place one and two)!