Dear readers - cleaning the air is not easy, at least for me. In other words: GAFAM-users welcome. Ty to all the others for reading, especially from Germany there was a boost the last days, guess that wave stemmed from fb, but from Pakistan, too.
Well, it all started in 2006 with a half-marathon in Nuremberg (1:48 h min) and a marathon in 2007 in Ratisbon (3:38 h min). Unfortunatelly by an accident on mountainbike my left thumb was broken terribly and I had to stop preparation for my first triathlon, that was postponed to the year of 2008. Somehow I found document and picture.
Was a tough competition as of me, whom I did swallow water from the Rhine-Main-Danube-Channel and had eaten to much power-gels on bike, so the run split was terrible, a two round course each 10k. When I climb out of the water I was pale, and helpers ask me if I needed aid. I could not manage to get out of my wet-suit alone, Time in the water was terribly slow, and heart frequency was at an average of 172 bpm I remember for the swim-split. So I thought okay, I cannot push through an need to give up, however, the bike-split went well, 2:15 h min along 80k including T1 and T2, so really I was that much motivated than to give all that right on that lawn I had to lay down that sprint after because all my muscles, even belly had cramps. A physiotherapist had problems to bring back and stretch my toes in their normal position each! Later I was told I did right, to transport speed from short-distance (1,5 - 40 - 10) I did in Bavaria six weeks before, too, (2:32 hrs min) to middle-distance as you can see within 4:36 hrs min.
Rather rare! Original document a finisher got as a print-out race after, nowadays electronic only. Upload by photography.
So you can compare and see in the right upper corner it was the year 2008. So the idea is to register and compete again. Almost 20 years later and compare races, splits and final time, then. Age-group 30 that time, age-group 50 the next years. Well, what do you think? How much is the difference? Of course there are a lot of factors. Honestly I also do not know and that is exactly the challenge! To start all over again and see where it goes, like 20 years ago, when decision was made to become a triathlete. That time almost no one had a blog, it was just the beginning in that. As you can compare: this blog was opened up in the year of 2012. That time I was a three times IRONMAN, already, who did prepare for the European Championships in Frankfurt for a fourth time. As you might view and click in the blog-achieve. As you can see, it was not important in that years to have a presence online. Not at all. That's why I did quit on fb, insta and wapp and so forth, once again hello to GAFAM-users on here. Last month (AUG) that blog had 7125 views from all over the globe (exceptionally Australia and New Zealand, I don't know why not, from there "down under"; may be as there is no under-water cable from Indonesia, Eastern Timor, to Darwin, Northern Australia e.g.) and 6100+ this month 30th of not included (SEP).
Well, you all need to know are two things, that cannot stand alone each, impossible to make these two split into one each, even for analysis, thus sport is going happen if both. In other words: you can climb a pine- tree to touch a button on the top of it in order to switch a red light top on on? Yes, and then you are a gold medalist - because there is no concurrent. See? Thus, these two the following criteria must be fullfilled in combination both of them:
A. sport is competition (having a rival)
B. sport is fun (released dopamine)
The rest is mere fitness, but really, if you joined in from there just try.
It is not import to be fast it is just to be a part of. It is about crossing the finish-line, shaking hands race after, this does reunite winners and losers. It isn't looking good alone that defines sport. Actually, looking good does not mean anything. Set a goal, go training and try to reach it, and if you do well you achieve your goal. Do not compare with the professionals. For what? Well, for me it is exactly that competition along 2-80-20 in 2027 to do again, and let it be 2028 for a 2nd try, well, I compare with splits and the final result done in 2008. And this will be a challenge. More over: 1. to stop drinking beer, 2. to lose weight (from 85 to 78-80 kilograms), to train properly without losing motivation and fun especially during the darker seasons, autumn and winter, that is the time it is said of an endurance athlete is made. So like always, for the last 20 yrs, new season does start with a 50k ride on bicycle the 1st Monday in November.
Thank you for reading, stay fit, keep it up and do not hang out in the internet too much. 1,5 hrs is the daily maximum if you want to live neutral in affairs of climate and climate change. Of course you might exchange that competitive norms and fight yourself? I versus ME? Not so. Attention, that way it will never confirmed by any officials? Never. Thus, you'd be better if think about climbing up the pine. By racing-suit if you want and wearing all that stylish sunglasses if you want no problem. Wear your helmets, too, for what you else you imitate? Make a video, too, and post it on social media. If that is your concern: to drag attention. Because that does. Create. Attention. Especially if you wear a clown's nose that does match the carnival costumes. See?
Among us: especially if you let the red light burn overnight. However, this all has nothing to do with sport and thus you are not, but an imitation, only. It is called mimikry and mimesis among animals, drafting among triathletes, sucking in general. And among psychologists? Equilibration, that is both assimilation and accommodation.
Stay well. Cheers, Mike.
