the new paradigm: tend-and-befriend instead of be fast

dear readers,

many cooks spoil the pudding? Or everyone is great, everyone is a winner - losers even? Time proceeds and this is a short evaluation to make an overlap of politics and philosophy, economy and gender-mainstream or what does it mean to our sports, extrem- and endurance?

Let me mention statistics, the many readers in the Far East (Singapure, China, India e.g. or Japan, Corea, too, Hong Kong as well...) and South America (Venezuela, Argentine oder Chile e.g. likewise Peru and Equador) to be warmly welcomed. By the way: most hits this week stem from Brazil. In general: this blog is adressed to humankind, people in 1st, 2nd and 3rd world countries? No, not so. It follows NEP (new ecological paradigma) versus anthropocentrism. There is no difference in humans, but in cultures. With man among, among animals, nature, the sea and the whole planet somewhere, a small spot interstellar. Planet time trial for the very few, who see man on top and not so in-between? Let it be mentioned of triathlon wasn't mainstream. It inspired the many. So far, so good? What does this mean to true triathlets? A place for drop-outs and paradises' birds and some few professionals. Then, these and the professional concept become mainstream. Meanwhile, that mainstreamers imitate pioneers by corrobating values, like they are listed on that blog, tool. Endurance sports was in it extreme variants, likewise triathlon, a blessing and a curse. Hard work, peek performance and a little posing. Nowadays, everyone proclaims his own race and competitions became meaningless, but not so showing off and drafting in a wider sence. To deduct from the abstract to the concret: ranked onto the podium in triathlon is less worthy in comparison to posing by pictures made via smart-phone during a self-styled cross-country-run. 

To put it back onto the philosophical level, well well, the male paradigm, that is to "overfly" the competitor (fight), to be fast, no compromises (not even flight) ect. pp. or lets simply say in terms of evolutionary psychology, guarded by anthropological philosophy, well, "fight-or-flight-reaction" has disappeared to or has to be changed into the female paradigm of modern philosophy (literally: into a harmless game, but changer), that is in short and in content: do not compete as we are all alike, but show off because it is mainstream and attractiveness is all that counts no matter what, thus no need for speed and no need to urge oneself behind the finish-line. It is individually made, powered by a big machines that nest in Silicon Valley, e.g.. And by virtuality, too, as no one is hurt in virtuality, that is nested globally even in clouds, and if accident, well one of those spectators online (bystanders) or followers (in reality, just think of Jonas Deichmann) just have to stop or to press exit and button. Exceptionally of those new heros, of course. Who promote that new approach, refinanced by tolerance, acceptance and likes and thus these are of value. Like data is the gold of our times. Computer-aided moreover, supported by the global internet community furthermore. That are large communication networks, mainly. This way DNF (did not finish) is an option, now, even DNS (did not start; think of zwift e.g.) and for all future and humankind. Because it means to be more important to be a part of and participate this way even as a follower, and thus this is all that counts and is of importance (e.g. to leave track at an early stage, in case one is done; but make sure you get enough flowers, can be from bots, too). Likewise kids in kindergarden are told not to climb onto a tree, and thus, with herein, a 10k-race is an equivalent to a 42,195k-race etc. pp.? It all started with 5i50 Ironman (quater-ironman). 51,5k is not dangerous, but 226k is beyond the limits of what common doctors do allow. As this is discrimination! Of minorities! As it is extreme-sport not everyone can do! But everyone should participate or call himself as someone who does leave the comfort-zone, because the magic happens outside of. At least in here the internet. By the violation of the true virtues of sport, that are sportmanship, fortrightness, opendness, etc. by faking both good and bad, croudly founded, by risk-capital with the risk is all onto the users, creating a spil- and spin-over to massmedia likewise in radio and on televison no one cares. Once again the why is needed to be questioned. In terms of evolutionary psychology (ep) tend-and-befriend (reaction) seems to be the new paradigm and the only crux. 

Intelligence thrumbs volume, quality in training thrumbs quantity in training? Tend-and-befriend thrumbs everything. Thus performance. A good selfie makes the winner of today.

However, critical thinkers may ask again of what this all does mean? Is this reasonable or are females and even animals or kids in kindergarden, even babies the better, adult humans? All of us are needed to be tended and befriended! The latter, adding human traits to certain animals, is called specicism. We like animals who we are closely to, likewise apes, cats, dogs, but not so crocodiles, but dinasaurs. Because they are dead and therefore neither a realistic nor a symbolic threat to no one. To make it more simple: a "dino" became an animal of cozyness in kindergarden kids' and babies' rooms, likewise dolphines or Roosevelts teddy-bear in former times. Am I correct? We are all babies. Are we? Living in the "Republic of Banana"? And that is exactly of the why of any Banana isn't straight? Right? Okay, let's leave it like it is and switch a gear down.

Thus, has this all to do with politics? In America, but not only. Or to do we need to go further within those narrow boundaries of politics in Europe, too? We, here in Europe, have the a horizon of planning is three days? Because America is leading? And Europe is reacting, only,  despite of fight-or-flight- and  tend-and-befriend-reaction? And thus, we here, Europian citizens, we have to await of what comes along from transatlantic? New rules of gaming, likewise life isn't an endeavour or an enterprise anymore, and events on the big political stage like war, crime-rates, drug consum or climate-change etc. have to be sorted by consideration and then the struggle of who's interpretation gets the majority of views is the true on, by hits and clicks if it is tended and befriended, only. Does that mean of performance and leading is for nothing in turn? And who does decide? What comes? The deciders, they say. Both tenders and befrienders. Well, let's put it onto the level of face value, now. When an apple is an apple it is an apple. Right? It isn't flesh? Can we agree on an apple might be garlic, lemon, salad, a toaster or a car, but not so a chicken? Can we? Back to sports just remember of the past days in the massmedia (mainstream), when only the top3 had been recognized even worse (gold medal is all that counts). In terms of that right-wing feminism a winner is an apple and that cannot be! As of the majority hasn't agreed on yet. This has advantages, sure, but disadvantages, too. Someone, who is successful is not the one, who does make it onto the podium in sports, but gathered thousands of followers (called foolowers on that blog). True? And if, where it came from? As of sport became entertainment? Is it okay for PROs, but not so for the masses (!) of amateurs, isn't it? What makes an amatuer emerge professional, then? We will enroll and encrypt that slowly for our all enjoyment and with the obligation to shape out the truth in delight in order to sum it up the last lines. Don't worry.

Well now, the richer countries suffer sencelessness. Having everything, their citizens lack sence. We can call that spiritual emptiness. Know since the Ninetees at least. Those, the rich, have been fed that way, do not have to fight-or-flight for daily survival or living, right, but are losing their wealth more and more in turn, too, while the "upper 10000" become even more rich despite of crisis'. But how comes? By sharing. That's why common people show off as a compensation of that losses (sharing their IDs), wealth and spirit, as a but the new value to accomplish the need of value of being important and to fill the gap, that kind of atheism, that is gender-religion, which their key-value of tolerance of all and everything, that has indicted moralical decay in a pathological manner and has created that mismatch in comparisons, which means of everyone is an individual, yes, that cannot be compared, because we are all equal, yes, by celebrating the one and only true, own race, that is not bound to any kind of conventional criteria, but to the ideal of the individual and thus that ideal norm, that had only to be accepted by the masses by thier that social norms. Not so by empirical, not so by criterial norms. Right? Right. Thus, if you cycle onto the Mt. Everest in your home virtual within a quadratic screen, you did: a so-called "Everest", virtually by the means of zwift e.g.. But: you did. And if you ride uphill the next hill - let's say 42m of altitude from down to up in differences of altitude in metres -in front of your village with on altitude of 60m overground for 200times, well, you also did. An "Everest". If you climb that hill, e.g. in central Berlin, the many times again and again. If you count all your kilometers you did on bicycle since early childhood you are a many times globe-trotter. And if you count all steps you did in your life, you are, a visitor of all 196 states the UN counts? etc. pp. And if you quit your personal "Everest" after 100times you reamain a winner, because the local people, who had gathered and celebrate you as a new hero wanted to celebrate, the new paradigm, of course, and do and thus success came by the intention, only, to do so and not by having finally done it! That way the Mt. Everest is 4424m e.g. in altitute, right. One one needs to go to school for principia mathematica, like an apple is an apple, one apple! Can be 50 apples, too, if you slice it into pieces, it is still apple, but not an apple as a whole. To mention aristotle became obsolet. Because the crowds declared the apple as a whole by the means on adimistering acceptence of a quater of an Everest is the Everest, by the means of half of an Everest is the Mattorhorn, yes, but than, of course, a whole Everest, too (here: IRONMAN, of course), because of intersubjective validation of those, who only do tend and befriend. Let's switch down that gear, called pathological idiocy, again, for the second and last time. Violence is not within that paradigm and that seperates right-wing feminism from terrorism.

What are we talking about, now? Well, the local crowds cheered you up, because you failed climbing the Mt. Everest - as you had advertised before - but climbed half of, the Matterhorn e.g. in the Swiss Alps. Right? This way you appear more wise and as a good or even the better human, as member of part of that new guild of extrem sportman or just sportsman, who do not need to prove to be on the top. Therefore, you got cheered up from those tenders and befrienders. Likewise, if you need to build a fence, well, just imagine of the intention to build it, make sure you put a pile in the ground and that is enough? Right? Right. In "Republic of Banana" only, for sure. But that doesn't matter. Human is human and there is on human culture, only, that is humankind. Right? Thus, some may lay at home in bed and watch YT and fb etc. when you won race, your own, e.g. an "Everest" and see themselves reflected in giving up and cheating. The one, who is weaker, wins, because of reason. True? True. Those, who are reasonable, give in and are stronger in their masses of common weakness put or added together! Etc. pp. in order to appear good and adopted, too. But how comes? Again, it is NEP. Among, not on top to be. In order to show tolerance and humankindness, too.. E.g. by a selfie with the protagonist, within the self-styled cross-country-run. Lets leave it like it is: humankind is tricky and clever. Okay? Well now, how to overcome self-blame, then? To make it clear: by lowering the criteria of convention up to lowering even mountains' peeks. Or by lowering limits, that indicate olympic norms? Usain Bolt, everyone of us is, as he is a human, must be a cheater with WR along 100m, because he (here: we, as humankind) knew abbreviation (short-cuts). Right? Like a 10k-run is a marathon, if you know the cheats. Okay now? Clear so far? For sure, tolerance and benevolence are core visions of the new ecological paradigm (NEP). World citizenship is the third core component, sure. And rightly so. But does that, these three in combination with interaction effects or as a compound trait mean to tolerate everything by the means of tend-and-befriend? To tolerate crime e.g. makes those, who do tolerate criminals. Right? Or see it like this in the following question. Does evolutionary advantage lead to equality by swarm-intelligence? The rest of amount that is left to remain unclear via big data and AI and thus cannot be gotten this way, e.g. military secrets or industrial patents, or research done on Universities international, as of short-cuts and cheats are missing, to call it like this, thus well, this is exactly the why of if what is common does and has to rule and does make common people are alike to be good and ond on top even, by  equality of us all, even Usian Bolt is included, or Reinhold Messer, likewise Jonas Deichmann or Sam Long, jojojo, as there are consequences of lacking process of progress!  Thus, the mammut comes to stone-age cave and falls down dead there, jojojo, and all have plenty to eat, we all must only like it, right? Making the only difference between people then, and what is left only, finally, are their attractivness' and showing-off as an indicator. Within and between subjects. In affairs of procress and progress has to be a stand still, even stepping backwards is okay, likewise bird have no forks, spoons, knives etc. or  a lighter but do sing out loudly and use eat finger-foods, only. True? There is nothing then, to be serious again, as of the very true fact of one can buy human beings, politicas e.g., or just the common people in terms of ressources  and thus in amounts of money respectively: "you grap 'em at the ....." ? Right? rioght. Luckily no one has to follow that pathes. Luckily everyone can, but does not have to. Follow. One can clearly say: no. 

Take me for an instance. Resistered for German Mastery along the  olympic distance late in June 2026 (1,5 - 40 - 10 k swim, bike, run; nonstop) and imagine me ranked the top3 that race my age-group? Or even 1st place and thus "gold medal". Good? But what for? Let me mention of sportsmen regulars table's people in town said of me to be the last sportsman here, within a village of 20000+ inhabitants. Am I? Good? If fast? To bring guidance, order and performance? Transponate or apply this onto or to business. And compare. Thus well, for me I can only say I do not play soccer (A.E.) nor football (B.E.). Here in Germany, even men look women's soccer. To sum it up we found another way as of men nowadays are neither alone or play soccer? But are in-group if watching females playing. Soccer, of course. No! Recently no more soccer at all, soccer sucks, that's true, but volleyball pops out to be most trendy for male age-groupers. This way, watching female soccer tournaments or play age-group volleyball I confess of this is something I dislike. Because I like to play table-tennis, mini-golf and golf. Without any competitiors just for fun. It is like a soccer team becomes eleven balls one ball each player. Really, to create own races (the word project does appear more appropriate) and be a part of, e.g. any race, even as a spectator, or a follower in the internet (the word social-event does fit better) is the mainstream. Likewise race director of best old race, DATEV Challenge Roth/226k, said more than ten years ago in the local television: "We do not want to organize a triathlon, but an event." - Felix Walchshöfer. Thus RENAME If triathlon would be easy it would be called soccer. ALTER TABLE If triathlon would be easy it would be called volleyball. DELETE. RENAME Tend-and-befriend??? Take good care! We are all volleyballs, nowadays, IRONMAN was yesterday, at least in the Western world. What, again, does it all mean? Magical consciousness instead of reasonable freedom???  Or just

Wilson!!!

Let "tenders and befrienders" be fast in local areas and let them show off in the media and spread their individuality widely (data trash of self-advertisement)! They will never compete World Championships 226k in Nice/France or on Big Island / HI, USA. Luckily, IRONMAN returned to Hawaii and maybe this all is meant to be a reset or restart. Triathlon might start at its origin again, having brought up a new circle of triathlets with clear mind and mind-sets, visions and values hooked to and in triathlon's beginnings and believes. Of course, money plays an important role and thus material? Just imagine a fast time-trial bike for let's say 15000 $ doesn't make you sub5h 180,2k by 5000k training a season? But who knows! May be the next step is e-triathlon, outdoors, too. Thus, the next bike that makes the Ironman on Hawaii is from Tesla? Aloha e-bikers? Imagine e-motorbikes driving along the highway from San Diego to L.A. to swing-by at St. Monica and St. Barbara up to Vancouver. An e-fire burns on Clearwater Beach, in FL, too. Rather romantically. Smoking is forbidden, even lightening a candle is too dangerous. As of one can use LED-candle. And here we go, exactly, to transhumanism. And if not, posthumanism is the devastating argument following transhumanisms, for sure: robo sapiens thrumbs homo sapiens. Well, we all do turn into robots, then, if we say yes to tend-and-befriend silently? Where is the, our No? Written from here, does Germany - where drafting is fairplay, where faking is making and where people lost the ability to communicate to each other, but showing off instead (like animals do?) - turns its post-modern society into mere data, one-liners, emicons, bits, bytes and human-machines, finally? Even e-cats and e-dogs have season! Yelp! Even more. As of onto one human post (so-called reals) fell five add fakes ermerging, not only automatically. Thus five extra e-cats, e-dogs, e-horses, e-parrots, e-apes, e-cats, e-fishes and true, within a "nep-selfie", as of German top philosophers argue of fishes have a brain abilities and functions like human beings have in order to think, plan events and living! Fishes make fire, underwater, sure, they have storages' rooms for the winter season and invented space crafts... - not only on your selfie! Really, new ecological paradigm (nep) means men among animals, anthropocentrism means men top of animals. But does nep mean of fishes became humans and humans became animals like fishes? Silent and saying yes to that all? Done by photosphop, smartphone AI etc. more over. And keep in mind of one day humankind might be accused of having killed the beatles. Why? Becaue humans and the beatle are alike. As sentiment beings they are alike, they both want to live and strive to avoid death. So take care if a beatle crosses your way. 

Luckily not all states of the world share that view? E.g. America is great again (MAGA), soon, so will be humans? Great. But what does a human make different from an ape, horses, cats, dogs, fishes and beatles? Tend-and-befriend the fishes in your pond, e.g. in Daytona, in the middle of race-course, as a sentinent being you should not catch and eat, and woe betide you, State of Alaska, if you de not befriend the Alaska salmon, and tend them! Only plants are allowed to be eaten. But be careful! As no one knows for sure. To put arms around a tree is better and much more trendy than to hug a human being. See? A tree is more worthy than a human, too, as a fish is more of value than a human. CA is tricking you! To make it clearer think through this, too: well, 1. a beatle, a fish, a tree and even a human being are alike as sentiment beings. Okay? Okay. 2. evolution does not exist, God made it that way. Or intelligent desgin. And, if you don't know of who made, take as a matter-of-fact the following: a fish isn't a beatle isn't a tree isn't a human being. Likewise a male isn't a female isn't a diverse human. See? Okay? Okay. Then 3., conclusion: beatles are beatles, fishes are fishes, trees are trees and humans are humans, all objects, like humankind is humankind. Right? Right. But once again: why? Hm. No one knows. Because the subject is missing. However,  AI and robots will know. One day. For sure. When they, AIs - or simple "the" AI -  have undoubtly found it all out the that mystery one day. The time when time has ended up to exist, well, then paradies' birds will sing again. And fishes are jumping? Thus, after humankind had disappeared from planet Earth, well, maybe fishes will emerge as the new human race? Nobody knows, but no body can witness. What a pity! Right? Nevermind, even today there are fishes that can fly already. Short distances. But still. Or take small mammals likerats, better insects, like a beatle is an insect, that can fly, too. Due to the very fact of variabilty in genetic code they are more likely to survive? True, but just kidding. Of course I know of the future and of potatoes are the most intelligent species, because potatoes know they will survive as they will be cultivated by robots. 

Anyway, anything is possible. Where will it, triathlon (Ironman; World Triathlon Cooperation WTC) go? To NEP? Not so, for sure. A stable growth of 8% a year is said to be the benchmark. Thus, Ironman appears like a sect, a sect of moneymen likewise golfers and not humble, common people have no interest in. Exactly this explains the huge variance, but in individuality and not only the obvious increment and with herein deception and thus the new paradigm in our sports, where losers are the very true winners and females thrumb males because of attractiveness in performance. It are not facts, but the prediction of the Eighties had been wrong as of triathlon long-distance will be the first sport females are faster then males. And now, 40 years later? They are still slower (10-15% at international top-level professionals). As an intermediate onto the semi-pro level for so many years, well, meanwhile, I stay out of this both groups, male and female, fight and tend, pretend, fake and befriend, boys and girls as a unisex being thus a kind baby unable to comunicate in words or as a cattle animal like a beef is a maverik, that needs a chip, too, staying in in those groups numbered two the same time.  Luckily we have smartphones as a humans. As a synthesis of the new anti-thesis (nep) and old thesis (antrophcentrism) there is no need for me, in short I versus Me, for me I myself to mention the my new developments, archievements or adaptions. I am a sentinent being, neither animal nor angel just human. Please take note of nature consist of constants and physical laws. That are the laws of gravity, e.g., not so of marketing, of course, and thus making money by new inventions based on gravity, e.g.. May be modern humanity is not far from African people when invaders and colonists came with pearls made out of glas ...

Take, as a the matter-of-fact, and for instance, the new mega-trend among us all that is bike-packing - me, I, promoted on here and in the locals newspapers, online too. I am sorry. I am alike. I was. I confess. To sell pearls made out of glas for good. Because it, bike-packing, became mainstream within five years and is hooked, 1st, to individuality, sure, thus nep (f-o-f), but 2nd to anthropocentrism (t-a-b) and thus to stock exchange markets, exactly. In one word then, 3rd, I made bulls big bull shit as bike-backing appears as a mixture, to sell honest ambicious people for stupid like as a piece of a bitter-sweet chocolate made out of 74% of cacao, yes, t(r)endy and to be suspended on any adults tounge, slowly. For enjoyment of the premium classes. But not so luxury. Like an adventure is without risks? Likewise an adult baby is tendered by sweets? Jost joking. Well, to consume huge amounts of money was never part of adventure and that kind of sweet amounts is neither individual nor professional - even among the new class of coustomeers, e.g. rich people of the European middle class, who do e.g. fly from Europe to New Zealand rent a mobile home to go for e-biking in down under. Because of emptiness. That way they appear tolerant, belenvolent, yes, trendy and as a world citizens, too, do they? Or just consider the money spent among e-bikers for projects smaller sizes e.g. to ride e-bike from Munich to Hamburg within a week. Or to the Northern Cap within a month. Hell! Because of spirit is lost. Because of even olders have to be young and modern? With smartphones filling social media ten years ago mainly younger did so that time, of course. On fb, insta, etc.. By self-advertisement. By self-importance. By self-reflection in the internet that is the a new mirror! These olders are new markets! 

Finally, does NEP (new ecological paradigm; t-a-b) turned out as the new, egoistic anthropocentrism? Take gravel-biking to emerge as a new, single discipline. In fomer times racing-bikes two gears only was sufficient. Compare TdF (Tour de France) 100 years ago. A bicycle is a bicycle yes, but is an apple, too. It is! Damned. And not a toaster! One can ride stage-race in Africa as a tourist, nowadays? But with gravel-bike, only, having hydraulic disc brakes. For sure, and yes, even if Ruanda is politically instable and thus questionable to go. Money contains the solution and lowes the risk of danger. One can buy adventure. How great. But you need a gravel-bike, carbon frame, preferably. Gravel-bike-holidays in Germany are 200 $ a day? Even just plain hiking while big holidays are 1000 EUR in flat territory a week? Here, in Germany, of course they are that much expensive due to performance met individuality in general, normal spare-time activities became very, very expensive, on the level of individuality (and egoism). Tend-and-befriend (female) thrumbs fight-and-flight (male) paradigm? Is it that much simple like pearls of glas used the centuries before industrialisation? Not so by humbleness, but comfort and the very well planned adventure powered by the rules of the market, that is substituted by e-tools and pride, greed and the price of having lost the ability to communicate in order to follow those lonely cowboys of the former times, called Ironman? A quite expensive hotel room is nice. Ride after. In order to go online. Silently. Me too. I finsish cycling going there by my own big bus, chemical toilet onboard, too, with own w-lan as of camping-grounds' net collapses as for usually as of all the caravans around? In the middle of the deep wild widths loneliless' of Sweden, thus - likewise an apple can be garlic, salat, vinegar or a toaster ect.pp. - I am an Ironman. And true Ironman? Cannot! Because they do mismatch and destroy that infantile phantasies. Those tourists spoil the sport! Their money brings mere poison. Like e-bikers took fun away from bicycle-pathways and in the Alps, but single-trail flat terrain, meanwhile, too. It is all okay. Don't get me wrong. Thus, think of the beatle, now. Ty. But where does our sport, triathlon, go? Direction unknown? The truth is, like mentioned above, of society is losing wealth and spirituality likewise the peacock lost its ability to fly in order to produce that huge amount of colourful feathers. Are we all going to die, then? Well, we all die in Los Angeles...-

So far, back from hiking in an academics mind to gravel-biking: those cyclists plan holidays by e-tools and quickly disappear into their hotels' rooms ride after they booked weeks and months before for the cranky need (IDC-11) of virtual communication? And look into quadratic screen again. There is nothing going on outside. Likewise, if you go name a your own project of the year TransAlp Challenge (TAC in fromer times it was ATC) to do so by mountainbike - trans the Alps - you do not have to forget to book the refuges in the higher mountains 6-10 monthes before. And in your evenings, of course, the computer elects and e-decides (the decider) by economical equation and alogrithm where and with whom you sit on the table and next to. For heaven' sake and for sure, a road-trip interstate by caravan on random within the United States of America (USA) - no matter if Alabama, California, Florida, Wisconsin, Nevada, Ohio, Arizona, Southern Carolina, Idaho, including Mississippi, or lets say from New York to San Francisco - has to follow a strict day-to-day shedule along that time span of anyone's holidays. Trend was to buy caravans as of Covid-19. But what to do with all the Caravans? Even in Scandinavia it is the same. Caranvan by caranvan along the camping-sides during the summer holidays. Like sardines in a big can! Or slaves shipped from Africa to America guided by Europe in the late of the middle-age! And the high-light of the evening is of one can watch others watching TV in their caravans out of one's own caravan! I am not joking. Likewise an ironman-competition must be planned according to the strict regulations of General Staff, always. Nowadays moreover by gawking ... -

In other words: a man made free the ghost of Aladdin coming out of his oil-lighten magic lamp by rubbing. After rubbing plenty of, Aladdin came out. He promised the man to have free three wishes for that deed. Thus, the man had free three wishes. Sausages from Frankfurt had been the first wish. He got immediadetly from Aladdin derived by magical power. After he had eaten that food and was not hungry anymore  the second wish was asked by the ghost. Thus secondly, he, the man wished an interstate-highway from California to Hawaii to be build. Aladdin was upset! Impossible, he said. And urged the man to tell his last wish. Then, the man asked Aladdin, that he wants to understand females as his third and ultimate last wish. Aladdin checkled and replied in a verge of hecticness by the question of how many lanes that interstate highway shall have! 

Best joke ever? Jolly. Keep roger. Do not look TV before sleeping time. Wish you all peace and no offence.

Cheers, Mike.

the next step into the unknown

Magnificence, spectabilities, dear audience, ladies and gentleman, folks, followers and foolowers, thank you for your attention. Folks, difficult to write about, for there are hardly words: good morning, good afternoon and good night.

God closed his two eyes in my single case, forgave me, showed his grace and mercy and top-surgeon had a good day. The head of the surgeons said last year the operations after, like people need to lay in bed for 4-6 weeks up to 2-3 months, me not so, but stood in the door to shake his hand, as of me being the "actual model case" of that top-clinic.  

Is talking big again, I know. But facts. But while others sit in wheel-chair, I am supposed to sit in, need crutches or have pain, I am one of the few, who can do almost all again, even allowed to sit on racing bike 12m after again.

Yesterday morning on my terrace - an omen in the sky...- Jesus he knows me, and he knows I am right (Phil Collins). 

What to do with it now "new" life? Some said I have to make something out of it like others said of God showed his mercy to me. That is the one thing, to have had extraordinary luck. In consulting and diagnosis, clinic and surgeons. The other part is mental strength and unbending intent. And the fact of having an athlete's muscles and bones and the spirit to believe. Once again, it is hard to describe, but God's grace is the only way to make it true, short and tighten. And yes, gotten a fair chance, according to load, guilt or karma, according and adjusted to the circumstances (mode of time). But: just a cubic-centimetre of. Donated by the divine - to call it like this. The magic happens outside of your comfort-zone, it make it sound more conventional. Thus now? Or what! It is: the chance to have a chance, only. To find way and meet the right people, that is grace. So what? God closed his both eyes.  

What to do with it? Help people, lecture, become an official trainer or a preacher e.g.? Well, I am the person I am, Michael "Juan" Lorenz. Or just Hans. Woe betide me: I will never talk big again. I fully promise. And become a "heroe del silencio"....

Meanwhile, 17years on tri, I am 50 years of age. And ironman-distance is much, much effort to be prepared for, financially not so, because no one needs to invest huge amounts of money only to show off. Whom to prove? There are finishers of 226k in wheel chair, already. So I really needed to be fast to get honoured like all the other athlets, too. But I never was, really fast, and I won't be. Surgeon gave okay for short- and middle distance for competition. Thus I will start like 19 years ago when I started with training for triathlon and see, reasonably, and not so by mere will, where it goes, and start short-distance next year again like in 2008 the first time I did compete swim bike run, 2:32 h min, the same place, too, lake of Rothsee closely to best old race Challenge Roth. With a racing-bike, like seventeen years ago, extension mounted for aero, only, not problem to be in, in aero, meanwhile, too.

Back on tracing bike, a simple one.

Thus, the technical discipline in affairs of swim bike run came in again. By the my means of a simple bike: no aero-geeks. no drinking-system, but disc-brakes and extensions made out of carbon in use for all that years now, mounted on a aluminum frame.  No need to be fast, no need. So may be I just have a nice day at German Mastery next year like in former times of triathlon was the rule to do so at race-day. 

A long ride 4:45 h min in the saddle 111k..

Yesterday no pain at all after 111,00k in 4:48 min that is 23,2 km/h average with 53,4 hm/h max downhill by 765 mtrs of elevation. A heart ratio of 129 bpm average is okay, with 170 bpm uphill at maximum (for males: 220 - age (50)  = max. heart ratio).  You can see the trace in the colours of heart ratio, look closely, the three climbs are where to it is red. Do compare in the diagram. 

A perfect day in Germany, Bavarian blue-white sky in the late of summer. 

Well, this reminds me to David, whom I met in Orlando, Florida, in 1996. He was a smuggler and invited us guys to his house, when we went from FL to NY by car for a road trip (holidays). We met him on Key Largo on a boat for scuba diving as of the lobsters. So on our way up we paid him a visit. Bob, his former bodyguard, swang by and forgot both six-pack and car keys in his pick-up. So he needed to "rob" his own car for. Was a good and kind time. A few days later David said of Jesus changed his life. 

Cheers,

Mike

Run Forrest, run through the forrest (21,4km)

Hello again to running long and slow in the forrest,

not yet fast, but still, and painlessly done. After that four surgeonrys and training it seems like effort and my own way approved by top-docters is a success! 

A short recapitulation. First I was allowed to swim, second to sit on a mountainbike, and to run, but I waited for 3rd discipline till July to start. Thus I restarted training the 3rd discipline as of vibs must be very well dosed and have to be risen continiously and "piece by piece" in time of impact and exposures in amplitude in order to recover. So I walked first months, swam, cycled as a focus the next months, and then I ran only short distances up to 6,5k in July but very, very slowly.

This August a meso-period has to be done again: 8,9 and, this week, 10+ hours of training all the three disciplines with focus onto running, with a long run the 3rd week on Friday. The 1st week I ran 5x10k (MON TUE WED FRI & SAT) the 2nd week 4x15k (MON TUE WED & SAT), thus 60 than 50k in comparison to week 1. This week the 3rd MON was 10k and TUE 15k, WED THU = off, FRI, thus today, 21,1+k. 

21,4k / 02:08:41 h min sec / alt: 250m / hr av. 144 bpm (165 max) / pace: 6 min, exactly.

Parallelily first excursions had been done with racing-bicycle. Its fun, but no dampers in and impact from ground is direct. More over saddle's position is higher then on mountainbike and sure, tyres smaller. So I just tried very short distances, to cylce on racing-bike again, slowly, and very carefully to test the feeling. Its all fine, but season is over, so no need to leave the pace from like doctors said "slowly and continiously + piece by piece". Only true indicator is the bodily feeling. A lot to do, in single disciplines, but not only, this in the combination of the three like AB, BC, AC or CA (that isnt California just joking) that have effects mutually on each and a  one mutual of 1st rank order that is in swim bike run nonstop, thus ABC. But can be BCA, BAC, ACB, CAB & CBA too, three instead two factors, e.g. bike swim run (BAC) and bike home again from a lake and preperation for competition next year in early August. A lot to do. Not easy, too.

We will see how it goes! Ty USA for so many hits, 145 e.g. yesterday. My pb (personal best) along the half-marathon is 40 min faster, exactly (minus five seconds ...;-) ) .

Cheers,

Mike

hiking 120k the Paul Pfinzing Path Part I

Finally weather was cloudy, rather cold for summer with 16°C, a little rainy, but idea and the plan stood. What to do? Go! However, we got exhausted the first day and had to quit after having marched 65k plus backpack. Along the "Franconia Jungle" path, called Paul Pfinzing path, way and a route, the cartographer from the region aministered by aristocrats of the region eastwards of Nuremberg is dedicated to, so he did, scale territory, hills, landscaps, towns, castles, relief, valleys, fields and thus the how to of the how, how to connect best having created maps and images by his own hands' drawings. Andreas and me followed his marks, traces and profil.

Good friend leading after two hard climbs along Fraconian hill-top's trees.

Here a map shows the full trail a circle around the castle of Reichenschwand "The jungle path, with start from a famous castle" called Paul-Pfinzing-Weg in German, that way was named a local high-school his name, too. 

Castle in Reichenschwand, very famous, hosted by aristocrates academy and hotel affiliated.

Actually we wanted to make it all 120k three days, with a backpack of 6000g each, to look what Israeli Army Soldiers have to do in their training, that is the same, 120k to go within three days nonstop. My peek was 115k within two days, all out maximum, but without any loads two years ago, after the police got me, because of alcohol I got penalty, had to leave the car and was allowed to go, yes, having had some few cash in my pocket left. However, it was too late for taking a train, as I missed the last one at 1:700 o'clock, and a taxi I did not want to take this area for few kilometres only as of few cash. Thus I started walking, and continued, developed a challenge out of it to walk home from fishing at a river closely to the higher Bavarian mountains, made 115k nonstop within 17 hours plus 4hrs rest in the night, that time. Meanwhile all the penality points put onto my driving licence is deleted, fine was high, sure, and has to, however, hahaha, how funny, I do no afford a car myself anymore. How comes? Life-style is the answer in abstract new ecological paradigm (NEP) verus anthropocentrism. In words of content: Americans say of losers only go by bus, while Mexicans say of winners go by bus. Likewise in America they don't pee in the pool, but in Mexico, well, they dont swim in those. How comes? Do not use our toilet, we do not pee in your pool either? 

Anyway, without training, two days to push through is okay, and us, Andreas and me could have reached 100k with loadings... - but what for, especially when weather turned into hard rain.

The only support the first 45k - a filling-station in a villiage in between the  two climbs.

What this all has to do with triathlon? We are. Both. Triathletes. For a life time. Being on the courses for 20+ years. It might come a time to compete again, but truly, time of peek-perfomances seems to be over, and cultural aspects of triathlon-life, born onto Hawaii, that includes travelling, too, nature and history, likewise, as of friendly habits, rules and rites of local populations do enrich life instead of a full focus onto that well-known mantra: SWIM BIKE RUN EAT SLEEP REPEAT. There might come a time, probably next year, to put fitness on the test again in military championate for me, as a mascotte or motivater in pink racing-dress wearing straw-head. Or as a true triathlet with an annual budget of 1000 instead of 10000 bucks.

Triathlon crux is mixture of both easiness and hardship but the same time. It is hang-loose with discipline. It is the most hardest way of easy living. It is said to be a privilegue. It is a ticket to impeccability, a walk along the abyss in life, because no one would do freely and must be tricked to do so? Marketing does. Trick you. The spirit is spoiled, profit invaded that field. And there is no one left to tell the codex. Not even me. The next generation must find it out their own way and if, it must come by itself. It is like the lineage is broken the thrid generation of triathletes after (1. 1979-1985 question mark; 2. star 1985-2005; 3. cash cow 2005 to 2020; 4. poor dog, 2020 - ...) . 

What is a "poor dog" among developers and insiders? A magnet for the crowds like gladiators put in a stadion. Thus, inventors became silent and also on here, it is just a descripiton onto the surface. No explanation! See? Plainly spoken one might say of the magic happens outside of one's comfort-zone. But how, just one hint split into three - can magic happen, when a) everyone is in-group, otherwise we are not all equal, right, even by the usage of electric bicycles, and b) performance is in front of 300000 spectators, like this year in Franconia with Sam Laidlow did win the CHALLANGE 226k in Roth? It is hard to see of everyone is and extrem-sportsman as of that thinking by being just a part of to be, denying reality and effort, as a helper, a referee or a spectator e.g., and in order to use both transfer and contrast for the purpose of polarisation - for a sharp, falcon bird's eye analysis it is reliable, valid and thus rational and reasonable means, a logical tool and therefore objective by comparison - alike going onto mountain peek by cable car wearing outdoor clothes of label and therefore is the same like hiking, thus if so, nowadays, well: anyone can do 226k e.g. with making big breaks in between the run-split, or by the usage of eBicycles, and air-bumpers in the wet-suit having created an own "race" without competitors, having finsiehd an Ironman. Right? If so, I am a 1200+ times IRONMAN 226k and claim that WORLD RECORD from Jonas Deichman, a 120 226k-Finisher... moreover, as he never had had any competitors. Just joking folks. ... JJ

Thus, c), where does the last stage of reasonable sport, that is TRIATHLON 226k going, before it turns into extremsport, move to? Ultra-trail and gravel-bike stage races are new and latest trends. Like speed climbing is. Sure, Faris Al-Sultan, an IRONMAN among the few, he ran uphill and rocky in Abu Dhabi, like XTERRA World Championate and world tour is a true insider tip. Formats, Materials, human borders are exhausted and explored, as of Deichmann did likewise did Messner, the famous mountaineer and Alpinist, but on flat terrain, in development and performance. Once again: where does it go? 

No one knows! No one there to tell? No one. Probably Moses was the first and only, who found insight the mountain of Sinai, when God revealed the ten commandments to him. 

Well, we two, we have an appointment with "Pfinzing", Part II, after we ended up the railway station in Hartmannshof 1,5 d after.

1300k along three rivers in Germany and Czechi

The Bavarian Triathlete Michael Lorenz can recommend a varied bike package: Along the Saale to its mouth to the Elbe further upstream via Dresden to Theresienstadt, from there the Eurovelo 6 cycle path to the source.

Saaleradweg: hot and mountainous

Already the journey and thus the start stage was the sticking point. Would everything go well? Lorenz ’bike weighed 40 kg on a truck scale in Creussen- without water and food supplies. Freeded Lorenz after 115 km and 1600 meters of altitude at 1051m over on the Schneeberg. From there, there were three heat stages along the Saale, via the courtyard through Thuringia to Saxony-Anhalt to the mouth of the Elbe. On the fifth stage day, the runner treated himself to a day break and a large pizza in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Naumburg, especially since heat and gradients, on the Rennsteig, for example. The athlete visited the nature reserves upper and lower Saale. Reservoirs ("Thuringian Meer") and relief are reminiscent of Norway, the "Romantic Street" in front of Bernburg provides a foretaste of Martin Luther's workshops. Despite low water, most of the ferries took place and the first section was successful with the crossing of the Elbe.

The Laufer Michael Lorenz at his starting stage after 100 day kilometers on Lake Fichtel. 15 kilometers are still missing except for the Schneeberg. Photo: private.

Elberadweg: windy and flat

Not only Wittenberg is on the way on the Elbe to Dresden, but also Torgau after Dessau (Aunt Ju, Grandius). Here on April 23, 1945, spy teams from the US and Red Army met and closed peace by hand. It was learned from the locals that many members of the NSDAP were detained in penalty camps by the sovjets. Some traces are still missing from some, according to the local people. Four stages followed well over 100 daily kilometers. Dresden would have been nice, the second sub-goal, said Lorenz, but sports and cultural trips are not really compatible. The entry into the Czech Republic was nice, since the almost perfectly signposted cycle paths are not fully busy, but hardly driven on. A detailed map and a "Naviapp" is not necessary in the Czech Republic, the signage leads into the picturesque elbow cities of Decin and Tercien. Heat and headwind, on the other hand, provided plenty of challenges.

Along the Eger on the Eurovelo 6

Here in Theresienstadt the concentration camp memorial was paid for a short visit. However, the studied psychology (Univ.) Met their conductor on site on their also on site. There was talk of Sarajevo, the historical background and the consequences to today, about trauma of Holocaust survivors, survivors and relatives. Rational explanations? Due. After three beers, however, it ended in a deep sun and the two pushed their bikes home, since the 0.0 per mill border applies in the Czech Republic. Otherwise there is also a risk of driving license withdrawal for cyclists! The next morning it continued a bit along the idyllic Eger, but the course of the route changes to the mountainous as on the Saale, as the bike paths run along the mountainous area and not always along the river. Also in the Czechi, nature and buildings for the persistence and hardships. On the last day, Michael Lorenz drove from Kaadan via Karlsbad to Marktdretwitz. From there the athlete took the train back to Lauf.

Beautiful view at the Eger on the end of the final stage shortly before Karlsbad. Photo: private

What's next for the triathlete? After eight successful participation as individual starters in Frankfurt and Nice and a sub9h finish in the season in Roth. Lorenz was at surgery four times in the last late summer within three weeks, had "huge happiness" in good time and also got into the best hands. That was cirtical, but who cares? One has to help outo onself by oneself, only? The man received encouragement from the organizer of the Ostseeman (OM). The triathletes in Glücksburg wrote the sportsman and converted its starting place to next year. Three years ago, he helped a competitor to win and thus to the German championship title with the professionals.

To be in nature along the "three-fluid pathway", to switch off over 1400 kilometers by bike, "backpack" and tent, the mills as well as the suction of everyday life, old town festival, church consecration, RothseeTriathlon and the DATEV Challenge in Roth, in particular, there are no damage, but is liberating for the soul and inspiration ... at the same time the wallet.

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back in aero

Today time came to do really sport again, first time for summer 2024, since 31st of July 2024 to 10th of June 2025, like no endurance sports for 320 days. Haha, hard! But still, from the level of fitness possible to do today 2-3 hours with a heart beat at 174 at the maximum, uphill. And also from the perspective and process of regneration of substance in the right shoulder, spine and muscles around the torso to do so: back in aero, moreover.  but for mental health like I need to come back! Doctors said it is not possible to ride on racing-bike before 12m. Thus, looks all okay after 8m.

Never give up! Uphill to TV tower on mtb. photo IPhoneDEluca

So actually the German navy is right, I could have been competed this year in August. Thanks again to OstseeMan for delay from 2025 226k competition to 226. Lets analyse why. Well, 1k in the water my time is 19:47 sec last week, that is 20 min x 3,86 lets say 1:20 h min. T1 is 5 min okay, then we are at 1:25 hrs min. Lets check the bike data of today.

Not a 45k loop, but 58k, I needed 02:40:00 h min sec at 410m elevation by heart rate of 144 average.

And okay then lets keep it simple. 22,0 km/h at average makes along 180,2 k makes 8hrs altogether. Right? As of slicks and 23mm instead of 28mm, 8bar in the tyres and not so 3,5 like today, and as of a little less elevation. Okay? Okay then, lets keep 8 hrs for the bike split and 1:30 hrs for the swim-split, that makes 09:30 hrs arrival for T2. The cut is 10:00 hrs. So I would have time 6 hours for marathon a fast pace walking that is 7 km/h. My time along 10k recently on single trail was 59:47 min sec in the forrest along 9,46k. Lets say 10k 1 hour flat on asphalt. Corrected due to lenght -  x4,66, that is the factor to calculate form 10k to 42k, lets say multiplied with 5, okay? right....- thus I would need 5 hours for marathon to run. This makes a time 226k at Glücksburg sub15 hrs possible. Not to bad for someone said to sit in wheel-chair - along 226k swim bike run nonstop. 

For sure health is more important than speed 100%, but German military was right 100%, too. And that combination radiates a typically situation of Trimichi. So I have had to complain to get my one and only sausage extra. But hey, time to beat is 12:19 h min 226k from 2022. So let's wait till 2026, please. And let me try to be sub12h! 

Keep you posted. 

 

2 miles - test = done (boker tov!)

Shabbath Shalom, 

Michael Lorenz, *74, ran 8 rounds and 18 metres, exactly 2 miles, today, at 4:55 min/k. To be contiuned. To be improved...

meassurement by sigma: 00:15:44,73. Last lap = 400 +18 metrs 418mtrs: 00:01:57,0.

five rivers bicycle track 288k - 5d with cargo loader

Packed on Sunday, I started on Monday for 5 days in the very early sping's heat. With up to 29°C on Wednesday, 1st of May was hot, too, got a sunburn the last day on Friday als I cycled in shorts, only, and did not care about all those ebikers dressed up like professional cyclists as a racers ready to win the Tour de France in any situation against any competiotor, esp, it was full of ebikers at on Thursday, at crossings and brigdes pathways that e-traffic reminded me to Piccadilly Circus in London, in a hurry to be and see Trafalger Squere, Nelson's Column, Tower Brigde and Buckingham Palace, the is here in transfer five rivers trail the Channel Rhine-Maine-Danube, the monestaries, castles and mountains and moreover beergardens, like Kloster Weltenburg (not in the pictures Hall of Liberty / Befreiungshalle, too). Thus, imagine crowds of drunked ebikers... - on 1st of May as of strong beers this time of the year first serverd, and me in shorts only, but sober-minded as a one and only contrast. Rather easy to make the crowds on wheels believe I came from very far. Like from Varna e.g..

Thus, with a pace of 15 km/h in average over all five days I sat 4 hrs daily in the saddle, made 60k a day, but sure having had to build up tent and cooker, and looking for safe place over night outdoors as of wild pigs, forresters, hunters and the police, thus I asked the locals, like you can see on 2nd picture I was allowed officially by Germany aristocracy to camp in front of the Castle the is said to be the origin of the Nibelung (ring of the Nibelung). 

A cargo ship in the Danube closely to Ratisbourgh. Camping spot found at a bench closely to the river, German aristocracy permitted.

 

F-16 fighter jet type new falcon above me on the brigde, right the moment of selfie mage with Ewen Maddon, D.C. (interior), we both hold back from bombing with all four sidewinders 2x2 left and right wing (Diehl Defence/USAF Europe), next time I voluntarily jump off before.

Rainbow-warrior dancing on tour and while physical exercise and training.

So it was a great trip and I feel like no pain in my back. Before, while and after. So this is really good and a basis for to build up on until I can sit on racing bike again for longer. Sure, saddle on mountainbike is lower and handlebars higher. But: cargo loader was up to 30 kilogramm, with Spaghetti and canned food, beer and water in, and for sure, two fleece pullovers as of nights had been cold. A simple cooker helps inside a propper good tent. But be careful.

Here the link to tour with map: Fünf Flüsse – ein Genuss - Fünf-Flüsse-Radweg in Bayern . All in all as a gravelbiker, bikebacker and hiker I can recommend mountainbike with cargo loader. It saves time in packing and unpacking, reduces worries as of huger loads possible. The mind is easier, less focussed by slow pace, no dedciation to task needed as of 60k a day is easy to do, thus enough time to twaddle with motorbikers, ebikers, cyclists, hikers, tourits, pilgrims, hosts, fishermen, rescue-units, policemen, the military as well, just common people, old, medium and young, poor and rich and go for silence to enjoy being in one of the plenty of the beergardens, for beer, of course. But not on 1st of May. sure.

Franconian dune way - 2d 85k with tent

Having been out with 10 kilogramms for 40 and 45 kilometres it feels like it is stable no pain. In legs and feet as of that endurance adventure being on my feet for eight and nine hours. This here is the link to the trail: Fränkischer Dünenweg - Tourismusverband Franken

And these are some pictures from here, Franconia (Germany) in its romantical valleys. The first picture shows my lightweight tent, 1,7 kilos, with light from inside by Lupine Lightning Systems, some villages' lights ahead.

With a little fantasy one might think of Utah. Military good hipp-belt I transported beer, and phone, wallet and compass, lights, power-bench and map. Besides a sleeping-back I used Therma-Rest-Uberlite, 280g, the most light underlaying. Its comfortable and not noisy what is often said, and does isolate coldness from the ground very propperly. Therefore my Sea-To-Summit III is cheap trash expensively sold, too. Luckily a second thick fleece pullover from Quechua was with me. Night was cold closely to minus, but days 22° - 25°C plus. In April. 

Soon, some more 30 to 40 years it all looks like in Utah? Like 2000000 years ago, when Earth was a mere desert as of carbodioxites. We will all die. There is no surviver. The question is of death does change in its meaning, when we all have to go by our all own flaws and we do know that. 

So we will know how it goes? Me, not so. Those after me. But see what comes next. A 100+ k hike within three days? As for competition I could do, but really, it takes time, happy having gotten donated a new life.

like nothing ever happened

Dear readers,

today first run training-unit, 5x800m, for 8 1/5 monthes, since 30th of July 2024. Pace 6:40 / k. A long road to Gluecksburg. Posing, porn and triathlon - not yet. But volleyball 400m - track before and after. Brave, hard work to do! 

Yoga, gymnastik, even volleyball all good for triathlon, beach volley is popular in Tel Aviv, Israel. In Germany, here at the area of Nuremberg, beach volleyball is very popular, me with students in the picture.

Like those pioneers did, who founded and started to build TLV-Yafo in the mere desert 116yrs ago, at 11th of April 1909.  Not Hawaii, not surfin', but sun, white sand and the spirit of hang loose around and multisport.

Many regards, esp. to readers from the holy country that is Israel.

Shabbat Shalom.