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I’m going to the Ironman 70.3 World Championships
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In February I passed on the opportunity to take a slot for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships. Back then the pandemic had not yet stopped the world in its tracks and the race was scheduled for November 29th 2020 in New Zealand. A friend who traveled with me took his…
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Race Report Ironman 70.3 Gdynia
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2020 has been a tricky year to race for the triathlon community. I didn’t know it when I planned my season at the end of last year, but by accident I picked one of the last races before events got COVIDed and one of the first to resume the half…
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Reflections of an Adult-Onset Swimmer
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If you’ve followed this blog for while you’ve probably noticed two things about my swims: I’ve never considered it my strength, but I am doing relatively well. Like most triathletes I’ve had a difficult relationship with swimming from the beginning. I’ve never really swum. I learned to not drown as…
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Race Report IRONMAN 70.3 Oman
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It is Monday after the race. Sitting at my breakfast table, still stoked about the greatest race of my triathlon life so far. It was an emotional week, crowned by myself surpassing all my athletic expectations. But let’s start at the beginning. Going to Muscat in 2009 10 years ago…
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70.3 Oman – Preparation Review
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The Time Has Come And here I am sitting on my couch, thinking what went wrong. And what went right. I’ve completed 4 months of dedicated training with the explicit goal of racing my best 70.3 yet, knocking on the door of my age groups top ten in an international…
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The Price of not Recovering Enough
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For this season I’ve worked more and harder than ever before. I am so proud of all the work I put in that I talked about it several times. To push above my recent plateau I recognized that things needed to change. Among the changes I did were a lack…
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70.3 Oman – Learnings after Build Phase
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With the holidays around the corner my build comes to an end. After 9 weeks of working harder, more structured and more frequently than ever it is time to recap. Might also be the time to reconsider goals and ambitions. As a reminder, my goals are stated below. I want…
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Qualifying for 70.3 Worlds in 2019
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Two yers ago I crunched some numbers on what it takes to qualify for 70.3 worlds. It was by far the most popular post on this site to date. And since I’ve recently considered to go for 70.3 worlds myself again, I thought it would be a good exercise to…
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Race Report Harzer Gebirgslauf (Brockenmarathon)
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After the terribly botched marathon in April I was brave enough to sign up for another long one in autumn. The Harz Gebirgslauf leads athletes from thr valey up to the top of Mt Brocken in northern Germany. It is regarded as one of the hardest marathons around here with…
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What’s Your Why?
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After finishing my latest race I found myself wondering. What am I doing? What’s my purpose? What’s the point of putting myself and my family through all these endless hours of training? Yes, to some extend I do bike and run and swim because I enjoy and doing it. But…