Monatsarchiv: Mai 2011

Heilbronn City Triathlon

You’ve seen the before, you’ve seen the after, now here’s the how: The peak week had passed dandy. Before I took the final hammock shot, I had completed a 5k on the track at ambitious speed (21min), 2 times 8k … Weiterlesen

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Post Race Recovery

      Never mind the date in the photo, it was really in the afternoon of 2011-05-29, after I returned from a most memorable race in Heilbronn, which I will extensively write about in a few days time.

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The secrets of peaking in style

Look hard, then look again: to the casual observer, this might seem a lazy middle-aged homeowner awaiting dinner, assisting his in-the-kitchen-toiling wife by getting as far out of the way as the confines of his real estate allow. While all … Weiterlesen

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After the morning run

came the evening run. Ok, in between I have been working a bit. I maintained a nice speed just above my comfort zone. Taking some speed out in the uphill sections kept me fresh enough, so that I could accelerate … Weiterlesen

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Morning run

This week was short and tough. I couldn’t fit in as many units as I had intended, and the second of two hard bike rides in two days fizzled out at the end. Thursday I was completely cooked, so I … Weiterlesen

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The week after

First of all, an afterthought to last weeks race: in hindsight, it was a good idea to shave my legs, if only for the massage. It was painful enough to have those wooden sticks reconverted into muscles, without having to … Weiterlesen

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mz3athlon – the report

Can one laud this race too much? Possibly, but that would be hard to achieve! The event is small, lovingly organized in family style, yet with German perfection, and set in a splendid location, not least because it is just … Weiterlesen

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Hooray, I won a coffeemug!

The preparations, in their total, have secured my success. Today, I won the M50 agegroup at the mz3athlon sprint (heavy). Here’s the trophy:

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Final preparations

I took the sprint tomorrow as an excuse not to worry about missed training this week. It was not really this bad, actually. On Monday, I took out the TT bike and rode it around my new hilly route. I … Weiterlesen

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