The disappointment is profound. I don't know exactly what's wrong. What I do know is that I don't feel well and had to give up after the cycling leg, completely exhausted. Is it me? Why couldn't I do anything right? The Ironman Hawaii just isn't meant to be my race. The days after the race don't really get any better. Aching limbs, sleepless, sweaty nights. But… read more
Triathlon: As they say, defending a title is much harder than winning it for the first time. In that sense, the performance of Velomotion blogger Diana Riesler at this year's Ironman Malaysia cannot be praised highly enough: The 31-year-old successfully defended her title there yesterday. After nine hours and 37 minutes… read more
The spell for me to have good races over the middle distance is finally broken. For years I just couldn't find my footing at this distance. While I was once German champion in the middle distance (2010), my times weren't good: My time in each middle-distance race was always twice as slow as my overall time in a race over… read more
My mind still vividly recalls 2014: sub-zero temperatures, rain, snow, and challenging conditions for swim training. I was absolutely certain I never wanted to come back up to St. Moritz. But Jo persuaded me. We packed everything into the car and drove 1500km across Europe from Mallorca, taking the ferry. Since the journey was going so well… read more
I really don't feel like getting on my new bike in this weather. But my coach, Jo, is sitting next to me in the car and says this is a stretch I should ride before Ironman Lanzarote. Reluctantly, I get out and take my Fuji Norcom out of the trunk. Although I've only chosen a conservative setup (thanks to DT Swiss, who helped me with this… read more
