Challenge Roth 2019
There are a few races which are bucket list races and Challenge Roth - a big race with a long traditions - is definitely one of them. And most importantly, it lived up to those expectations. But first things first… ...
Ending the Season on a High Note
After my Ironman I got a little bit of the post-race blues. Everything I had worked for for months was over and it took a while to get back into training. Three weeks ago, I was at the Ironman 70.3 Dun Laoghaire to watch a...
Ironman Hamburg aka Langdistanz Duathlon Hamburg
Just after I had done IM70.3 Rügen two years ago, Ironman announced the full distance race in Hamburg for the following year. Since I was busy with my master last year, the inaugural race was beyond question, but I had my ...
Finally I’m back racing
When looking ahead at the year in January, I thought I would document my journey to the Ironman in Hamburg only to realize a few months into the training that none of that happened. I generally switched on my laptop to wat...
Hello 2018
... and hello Ironman. After my IM 70.3 Rügen in 2016, Ironman announced a full race for Hamburg. Last year was the debut of the race and since the it close to home, it was just a very tempting race to do. Due to my maste...
A Saturday in Edinburgh
Yesterday, I was over in Edinburgh for the day. A while back I found some cheap flights and a show I wanted to see, so I had no excuse not to go. Edinburgh is one of those places I just fell in love with when I visited it ...
Dancing with Jellyfish
After a summer of training last weekend was finally my big race – the Ironman 70.3 Ruegen. Over the last weeks and months I spent countless hours on the bike or went running in Phoenix Park because I did not want to run ...
Last Test up in Castlewellan
Early on Saturday morning I headed up to Northern Ireland for my last triathlon before my big race in 2 weeks' time (at this hour everything will already be over and I might sit in the car sleeping while my mum is drivin...