2010 Season Promo

great triathlon scenes ...

First week of recovery ...

After 2 weeks of suffering - here I go again!

Thursday- nice 3 hr spinning
Friday - short jogging
Sunday - 1.5 hrs spinning

Quelle Challenge Roth 2009

Great music during the bike scenes...

K-Swiss "Awesome Day" commercial

Sport is fun fun fun ...

Challenge Wanaka Triathlon 2010

Let the tri-season start!

professional bike fitting

dont fit towards the bike, but the bike needs to fit you!

NIKE: THE HUMAN CHAIN

"From Lance Armstrong on his bike, to a six-year-old in China learning martial arts, movement is the universal language that connects us all." - How quick can you get up again?

down with cold

2nd weekend I am down and have to skipp training. Very unsatisfying. I will cancel Zurich Marathon this year. There is no point of trying that.

On the other hand very motivating is this:
Whitehead breaks world record for half-marathon see also "soles of a champion".

Respect!

First time longer run this year 16 + 5 k

So much sun today (even in Zurich!) made me run my first 16 k this year. So far training was not really in focus. That is to be changed now. As a start I went the extra mile or better said extra 5 k walking on top of it.

First racing bike run

Greetings to all using the sunny weather in Switzerland for racing on the bikes!
What did I learn:
- I needed a small cap below the helmet, since it was too cold
- my large air-pump needs a new vlave
- the new helmet is quite comfortable

first week - great training

for the 2010 start not too bad after all nearly every day some kind of sport

mo - circle training, basketball 2h
tu - swimming 1k
& spinning 1 h
we - running 1 h
th - spinning 1 h
fr - swimming 1 h
sa - break
su - running in the new snow with the x-trail shoes. fun, fun, fun

winter training starts

Looing forward!!!! The week after xmas:
fun skiing

until then: daily running!

take care, tIM

Nike Courage Commercial (I've Got Soul But I'm Not A Soldier)

Let's move...

Fear is vital

A natural portion of triathlon is fear. It helps to be "aware" and sharp in spirit. However, from time to time it is good to overcome our worst fears. On my triathlon journey I fought with the following "monsters":

* Swimming: I was afraid of fishes, especially sharks. I know they are quite seldom in European pools, but it doesn't help if you think, what if there were some sharks in the pool - just this time. PANIC! It helped me a lot to go scooba-diving and to find out, you must be really lucky to see a shark. More people are killed by cockonuts falling down.

* The fear of being under water and having no air - granted, that is a bad situation. However, the ability to stay calm helps a lot in such moments.

* Riding the bike downhill with max speed - I had two car accidents where I felt quite an impact. So my brain goes "alarm" facing speedy situations. I had to learn to rely on good material and have it checked regularly.

* Once I had this nightmare: 5 mins to race-start, I enter the transition area and find my bike dismantled to the last screw. Wonderfully sorted and ordered in pieces like an inventory. 5 mins to start and I start putting it together. Horror! I like to be quite early at races, having the equipment checked 3-4 times.

* Latest fear I overcame was to jump from the 3m-high-diving tower for the lifeguard course. I prepared my mind first by watching youtube-jumping videos. Then I went to the pool and enjoyed the fly.

Triathlon is really helping to thrive!

My flip-turns... not yet perfect

My next goal for swimming to save more time is to do proper flip-turns. See also: http://www.svl.ch/flipturn.html

Great hint: "•Never use your arms and hands to initiate and perform the tumbling motion (mistake #1)." - I trained it without arm-movement and it is much more smoother!

Turns - Flip-Turn Eyes from Glenn Mills on Vimeo.

Lessons learned from the Liveguard course so far ...

I am really happy that I started the lifeguard course. Meanwhile I learned important skills in the lifeguard trade:

1. swimming without googles
2. handling emergency situations
(from alarming to lifesaving reanimation)
3. transport-swimming of persons
4. diving 4-6 meter deep w/o equipment
5. jumping from the 3 m tower

SLRG Züri - Going for the Brevet 1 and CPR

Combining usefulness for mankind with sport and fitness I decided to become a lifeguard. "Baywatch" is calling. ;- )

I joined SLRG Zueri to train for the lifeguard-course. Exciting a new and useful skill. ;- )

Ironman - The Distance

He is going the distance ...

triathlete since 4 years - thinking ahead

When I signed up for the IM Switzerland for next year, one of the fields to fill out was: "Triathlete since XX years". I was surprised, that I already compete since 4 years in triathlons. It feels I only started last year or maybe two years ago - but 4 years.

Interestingly I was not yet able to improve my results. So Getting ready for next year I definitely want to make a step ahead. Originally I thought I even could participate in Hawaii in 2010 - hahahaha . Three leverages I see to improve:
1. my weight
2. go to trainings of my tri-club
3. start now for 2010

let's see how that will work out

Ironman from the Inside

Ironman race report from a guy with a hand camera

Find a link to a great video - recorded by an Ironman himself along the race course in Kona. Quite shaky, but really a nice summary of such a day.. "funny hill" / "you can only go off your bike, if you want to run the marathon" /"down funny hill" - liked that. ;-)

Two weeks after my 2nd Ironman I feel superb. Although I had two blisters at each of my little toes, I felt to finish and there I went..