Have you ever been in Germany? Have you? You should have seen - Berlin, Munich and Nuremberg. As an examples, very beautiful in Autumn. Finally it became, colder, more windy and cloudy, the trees slightly lose their leaves - and me, unfortunatelly have the flu nothing to do just chill at free will at ease nothing else to release but peace?
That was rather cool road-trip from Key West to New York City that times.
Times of no internet. Just a call transatlantic or transpacific all 3-4 weeks to tell Europe we are all safe abroad. Nowadays, business fly to Miami on a weekly shedule, two-way Monday to Friday. For software engeineering. Or to NYC for hackathlon. That time we had time and software was as precise like it is, now, 30 years later. Its a matter of priority, only.
So you guys from the US its still worth it, the highway from Berlin to Munich. E.g. to drive. Swing by in Nuremberg. E.g. for world famous X-mas market that does start 27th of November. In Europe's top country-state within DEUTSCHLAND (Germany) that is Bavaria, leading within Europe in affairs of networking, internet and the ai. Number 1 = Bavaria. Within Europe. Fyi.
Honestly, my dreamstate was Florida. And nowadys? Its all nice everywhere, isn't? Not all dreams are made in California, are they? Or lived in the city that never sleeps? America is great, great country, but Germany is nice to live, too. Actually, it is nice everywhere? Don't believe? Sport can be a good guide.
above all, the stars don' t care - are simply there.
Unluckily after WW2 Nuremberg lost popularity. But did you know of Nuremberg had the first observation station concerning astrometrics open for all the public and people to watch the stars by big telescopes? It was mounted besides the Nuremberg Tower within the Big Castle, the Castle of the Emperor (Kaiserburg). Now you know. And have a guess where those mirrors, zooms, googles and glasses and been built ...-
America needs to stay strong and so have their allies in order to defend the free world! We do not need dictatorship and tyranny in Europe. Woe betide you! Do not mess up with the Germans? In former times we had been dangerous, nowadays we are peaceful. Don't forget. Never again!
So what to do, having had to cancel first two competitions? Looking forward to the 3rd of the planning, that is Santa Claus event along 10 k in early December.
just in time music, music produced in Germany (without marketing, just click) ---- to refresh friendships, that have been built with the Israeli from the Nineties, when techno-vibs had shaken (shook) planet Earth respectively "planet time trial" and transported those vibs around the globe with its two epicenters: Berlin and Tel-Aviv/Yafo... - thus: let's dance in order to dance 1, 2 - for those who remember toxxic club or dock 7 - and finally released, now, in order to dance 3 ;) I prefer track B - which is yours? write email.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
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.
Debut 1st triathlon (2-80-20) in the year of 2008 in Bavaria the final 100 metres.
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.
