A couple of days back I started of my 3 race triathlon sprint mini series with a 500m swim, 20k bike ride and following 5k run at the Stadtpark Triathlon Hamburg. It was raining cats and dogs.
The swim was a little bumby, as expected. I am just not in the right swimming form yet. That’s gotta change until Antwerpes in August.
Besides not being fit on the swim, it was hard to navigate through the pouring rain and I added some unwanted meters to the route.
Transition one wasn’t exactly a highlight either but whats bothering me even more is the fact that I didn’t find my rhythm on the 5 loop bike course. Yet another time. Just like at Ironman 70.3 Switzlerland in Rapperswil I had to accept the fact the I am missing the punch on the bike at the moment. The rain and windy, cold conditions didn’t exactly contribute to the performance. A positive side effect of the cold temperatures was that my feet were deep frozen by the time I hit transition 2 and therefore I at least didn’t feel the stones cutting wholes in my feet whilst running for the bike rack.
Transition 2 – finally a positive moment of my race. T2 seems to become my favorite specialty in racing. Thanks to the help of my beloved Zoot Ultra shoe☺. Helmet off, quick change of shoes and off I was. If only triathlon would consis of T2 only and my ticket to Hawaii would be booked already.
At least on the run I am getting there – much in comparison to the race in Switzerland. I logged the 11th best run time of the day at 18:57 – only 2 seconds of a top ten result. I can see the light! There is even more possible if only the bike rides wouldn’t take that much toll on my body at the moment.
For the final stretch of the race the sun kindly decided to show up and I crossed the finish line at 01:05:35h. Overall 19th and 6th in my age group.
To sum it up: Especially on the first to legs of a triathlon there is a lot to improve for myself but the running raises some optimism fort he qualifiers at Antwerpes. At some point I’ll catch a good day to race – maybe next Sunday at the Grossensee Sprint. Lets wait and see....
Bring it on!
Lutz
Who are Lutz & Till?! and what is this page all about?!
1 comments Posted by Tridudes - Triathlon Blog at 11:29 PM
We are two brothers, living on different continents but training for the same 'simple' goal. To qualify for the Ironman World Championships 2010 on Hawaii.
Lutz, the older brother is living in Hamburg, Germany whilst I am (Till)living in Los Angeles, USA.
At the moment we are interacting every day, talking about training, goals and dreams and trying to push each other as good as we can from across the globe.
We have set this challenge up along with an international social networking web page for endurance and multi sports athletes. www.trinited.com which will be going live at the end of June 2008. Whilst hunting for sponsors and advertising partners for the network we talked to some companies about our personal goals as well and as a result our very own Kona Challenge was born.
This web page will keep you updated about our progress, training schedules, race results and what else is going on in our lives.
We are thankful for everybody who stops by, sends us some words of encouragement and refers his friends to our blog.
Keep rocking and see you at the start!
Till & Lutz
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