As a rather thick and split person dedicated to become pale and to fade away, ...- well, almost 20 years ago it all started in summer 2006 with training for triathlon-season 2008 Anno Domini my first competition to do ever.
That time I fought something else. A long story. Clearly I do remember race day, the race, esp. the time in the water, and race after at Yacht's Club, that time late in June 2008 lake of Roth after two years of focussed training, but that special day and race after - ran half-marathon and marathon the years of 2006 and 2007 - I enjoyed a "victorious" cigar. Because I became a triathlete! And now? Well, guess it had been 7-8 starts at lake of Roth with personal best (pb) 2:19 h min and 2:42 h min slowest. Next year that location is place of German Mastery. With 2:29 h min the age-group of 50-54 last year any finisher would be on the 1st rank. It is not out of my range and possibilites. Moreover, it are Bavarian Police Championships. Haha, hard, like in August, when I do compete at OstseeMan (2-90-21) again, where was my last triathlon in the year of 2022. 20 years extrem sport, 15 years of competition. The plan is to mentally rerun through that letter time span, 15 years of triathon, from first to last competition and to start that places next year 2026 A.D. again.
Time changes rapidly, within monthes the blow-out and blow-off of energy and precious resources is the size and amount what needed decades a very few centuries ago, due to overpopulation, growth in wealth, huge capacites of KI and the need for predator-growth etc., well, cascaded contingency in here to the application are the processes of registration and licence are fully digitally enanbled and approved meanwhile, too. 20 years ago one got a "Blebbala"...- that is a silver-button with the emblem of the Triathlon Union on reflected by the different ancles and sheeds of light. Then came plastic card.
Last "Blebbala" - a valid seal for a licenced German triathlet in the year of 2008, nowadays all digital.
Again I am an active athlete of German Triathlon Uunion (dtu) and am registered that data base, as a role model in those races having signed the visions and values of our sport, but not only. Well, when I started with endurance training in the year of 2006 my aim was to write a book based on scientiffical documentation. Jan van Helsing, the German Solomon Rushdie, gave me a call. Once again, it is a longer story. However, never intended, now, years later I can write another one. What to do? Meanwhile the truth might become recognized as fake and fakes become real? May be the whole world is a fake - who knows?
Next season is to do start two times along Olympic Distance (OD) and one time Middle-Distance (MD). The presuppositions like fitness, health, transport, digital papers, a club membership, good motivation, time for, money, equipment, interest of media e.g. had been reestablished. But what for?
