accident made season quit

At the iden of march my left elbow-bone broke into some pieces as of a bad accident. Luckily, after a very hard walk, alone, fighting unconsciousness and thus death in the winter and coldness of deep forrests nature in Southern Germany, finally, having reached the lodge of Edelweiss (Bavaria) rescue services had been available. Thank you to the owners there for first aid and a big cup of alcoholics high-percentage. Then, rescue team asked me to scale pain onto a scale from 1-10. One of the owneress' spoke for me. She said 11...- according to my facial expressions. After being hung on the drip, I was brought to the operating room straightly, being put together by a good surgeon, who made a good job (and got aching while doing this). After I had been "zerschmettert" (samshed) - leg, shoulder, hand and head had been impacted also - he put my mind in order, too. Thank you God 🙏, who sent me an angel in white, thank you, could be worse, and thank you again, I am all in one.

the symbol of the Red Cross in Germany

Thank you also to my close friends and family, esp. to Andreas, too, who rather frequently went to hospital and helped me out at home for the most necessary also like carrying beverages and fuel. Luckily, he had not to clean my arse! Thank you to my coach OMG, Mr. Speedy Gonzalez a ka Duke of Endor, who did motivate me for a come back...- as acutally, I wanted to quit long-distance-triathlon. I do not think I would have had the willpower to get it going again, however, a good coach has to readjust an athlete's mind appropriate. Thank you also to my team-mates here for not letting me down. I' ll be back, next year. In Switzerland, probably. But first of all that injury takes time to heal and this is the ultimate priority now.

Go hard, push yourself to the limits and further! How often and widely spread are these slogans, rather popular meanwhile. In order to go where the magic happens, in order to leave comfort-zone, in order to see the invisible and doing the impossible? Always calculate risks as life might be short. If you go to the fields make sure having tighened all loose ends before. There might not be time for recapitulation, a fractual of a few secs only. Death can be silent and quick, a merciless hunter, that makes us all die. There are no survivors on that Earth.

See you on the courses next year! If God wants, of course..

*edit: the fracture at the x-ray pictures look terribly and therefore it is not suitable for all age groups, thus censored.

empowernment works

As known, 65 of the 246 indoor swimming pools in Bavaria are affected by restrictions, restoration or closure. In the news it was written about it an called a political disaster. 

The state wants to save costs, although half of the primary school students can no longer swim. The Wasserwacht (German for "Baywatch") has problems training young people. Public health also suffers from the restrictions, as swimming is less harmful to the joints than almost any other sport. In addition, swimming is fun. One did not want to let it spoil in Lauf, because also here the lever should be attached. The limitation on the opening times and even the closure of the Laufer indoor pool for the public was to be read. Much to the displeasure of the numerous bathers, who find a very well-operated indoor swimming pool on site. Consequently, a citizens' initiative had formed.

This is what a successful citizens' initiative looks like.

(Image has been approved by CEO and all bathers, as well as the report for the news).

In the meantime, one could agree on a compromise. Although all bathers have to cope with a price increase, they can still look forward to continuous opening hours. However, the theme of "indoor swimming pool" not only rippled in the city council. Even the bathers themselves have approached each other, so that sports swimmers and the majority of the less ambitious bathers take each other into consideration, in order to be able to optimally use the space, which is also limited because of the children, on five lanes.

(one might remember the conflicts that had arisen out of this. Problems, that had been texted and had an interested audience of 30000+ readers that time at the most best triathon-portal 3athlon.de. For the video made out of this and broadcasted on Television go here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTgm6dWAYWc [channel: BR3 /in German] ;-)  ).