Wednesday, February 18, 2026

news in sport from the TitanMan

Dear readers,

like some of you might not know of my race at 44°C in Nice, France, the world-championate course in 2019, was not the very fact of 800 athlets did not finish that day. It was probably the most hard race ever, due to that 26,7% DNFs. 

What only few know is of ten screews in my left arm, like OMG (O. M. Gonzales) and friends from Morelia, Mexico, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, whom I know from Ratisbon the open German Championate the year of 2016, that time in Nice, thus I it was a little like Star Wars Robot C3PO as of that titan in my left arm close to the jolt, with an L-shaped plate in. So they called me Titanman. Because of racing with L-Plate and 10 screws in my ellbow Palais de Angelis and finished. In October, 18 months after an accident with the mountainbike, plate and screews had been removed. All fine again with the left arm.

This is the valid document - I did finish.

Then I was an official IRONMAN announced by the moderator, valid by signature and Nice became World Championate location in the following. It is irony, 1st, that I did it before, and 2nd, that again I am called TITANMAN by my acquaintances here e.g. by Major Tom. Because of the bacterial infection and es of sports. There are eight screws in my spine, that fix that artificial disc in the very middle of the breast, that is titanium, too (cage). Last year I was allowed to compete olympic- and middle-distance, but I did not come back to the circus and races. Meanwhile I am allowed to even parachute-jump again. It is like nothing ever happened. Of course I confronted myself again and again, likewise a 1400k 14d stage bike-hike through Eastern Germany and Czechia last year. The implants hold for several decades. I am a model case. 20-30% die of infection, 70% sit in wheel-chair, and many of the remaining round about 5%, that are 400 cases out of 8000, have pain. Few from that 5% haven't. Meanwhile I don't have any, and feel like before. Sure, I won't become Yoga-Champion anymore. But am allowed to do everything even leg-press (...). Thats why the called mé Titanman for a second time, after that titan in the elbow. Thank you to top-spine-surgeon and top shoulder-shoulder surgeons at Germany top clinic (Focus Money 2024 awards). 
 
So what to do now with this new life? Actually I had triathlon-burnout. From 2006 to 2022 I competed 16 years, 10k, 21,1k, 42,2k, sprint, 5i50k 113k and 226k all distance finisher and may be, despite of training down, my body was not strong enough to fight bacteria. Some they it came in from the Baltic Sea others argue as of dentist. Maybe yes, maybe no. But stress and exhaustion, IMHO, are the second key factor besides the infection itself. The biologist, who found the right antibiotics the first try, thus thank you, too, he was like cool like surgeons and said that this is life and cause cannot be evaluated. So I really check all and have to agree. Meanwhile I am wanted for diagnosis concerning VO2max, lactate etc. - but I know I am 100.00% healthy. For sure I had to stop smoking, as another factor, and drinking beer, too. To be honest, from time to time I smoke a cigarillo and permit myself a beer closing time after. However, sport and alcohol and tobacco mismatch, in general and in my case in general and in special, esp. if I go race hard.
 
That is way I do not race hard anymore and moreover no more 226k like in Nice that time. Friends, who have also doctor title, said I should compete again in order to make sure it isn't a problem even aeroposition on carbon frame time trial bike. By the way: I also have meanwhile as of special merits I deserved Doctor h.c. (honoris causa). May be I make another doctor, and that is ironically, for my research in stress and sports, that is applied by German University to do so. For 2,5 years now. Thus, I can lecture a lot. Thus many of my acquaintances told be I have to make something out of it. Lecture of God, or psychology, mind-sets, the hard why and having had big luck and fortune, likewise German GSG_9 said at their 50 years meeting of that time in 1972 it was 50% luck and 50% KSAO (knowledge, skills, abilities, other meassurable factors). So to say. I am inline with Lance Armstrong, who's survival chance was 1,0 to 1,5% with that kind of cancer:
 
"You have two options in life both emotionally and medically: give up or fight like hell." L.A. 
 
Sure, a biological infect isn't cancer, but the pain is grey, terrible and awful. And you cannot let your guard down, only shortly before operations to fully relax and let go, as of the bacteria is to be fought by discipline, will and unbending intent. 
 
May be I might add a third component: 
 
"When you are dying and all the people around you do worry and are despaired, this wind pushes me up and makes me smile."- little L.A. 
 
Me, I was called little L.A. from old friend in my beginnings. Or Lance Lorence, too, had to struggle that time with similar things compared to Lance Armstrong. One day I write a but titled: from Madman to Ironman. Not in here. So what I leave for all others here is my experience with that. Actually I needed to find own words. The truth is of William -not the USAF Europacommander, whos name is William, too, I shook his hand - but Jonathan Frakes a ka William T. Riker from STAR TREK TNG, Commander of the Enterprise 1701-D. His words had been, when an infection on his feet made his way up to his head and paralyzed him more and more: "Death is a serious affair and someone who looses his humor  confronted with is a fool!". So me, little Lance, I agree to Lance Armstrong, fight emotionally, medically like hell, yes, but don't forget humor. Maybe doping causes cancer, maybe IRONMAN-triathlon triggers biological infects? Well, I cannot speak out for L.A., but as a Doctor of psychology I know to mention of factors analysis and multivariate variance analysis. Thus, there are many input parameters. Psychologist on that level (it are 2000 pages mere mathematics in small letters at least) calculate main effects, but the increment of additional variance that cannot be explained by interaction-effects 1st, 2nd, or 3rd or even higher orders, too. Doping might be the tip on the scales. Beer and cigarettes, in combination with "triathlon-burnout" might be the tip on the scales. Biologist would repeat what he said already of that is simply life and cancer specialist would mention good and bad luck. Thus, many specialists around and all are right. But really, I would really take death easy, it is uncomfortable to die, yes, but you don't have to be afraid of. You can laugh, and doctors might wonder. However, that kind of joy might be the increment, too, in order to survive. At least you stay strong inline with top doctors and keep your head up, thus you are able to make the right decisions. It was a little risky, yes, but surgeon recommended. I could have been it in wheel chair, yes. I could have been lost my right arm, yes. So I did follow top-doctors' recommendations, yes, but I was I myself, by humor, in order to decide. In other words: intelligent training thrumbs volume (that means you have to understand what you do). Later that some surgeons said it was brave. Later I found out of that kind of surgeons'-technique was invented in Switzerland 20 years ago and can be done since 2015 with titanium coated cages. Please do compare the study of: Baumgartner, 2015. Just in case you are interested. Is free to download. So then? All fine? All fine. Fine? Really? What about: da capo?
 

 
here we go: fast and fabulous 50yrs+ 


Well, 8-9 months infection after I was said to have successfully fought the bacteria in 2025, and now, 18 months after I believe I really can do all again. Like it was that time in early 2019. Thus, all fine. Of course there is no need to take risks. As both IRONMAN & TITANMAN. What does that mean in numbers?
 
In former times a preparation to competion was a 9-10 monthes span of time with base-level activity and built-stages, than tapering and peek (race): Now, it are 3-5 monthes span of time with base-level activity, mainly, and short accellerations (sprint during base-level activity), and HIIT (high intensity intervall training), and for sure training with weights became more important likewise gymnastic (stabilisation). But: no more lactate tolerance that much, no more built-stages with high intensity over several weeks, and no more so-called key-sessions.  I can be top3 Germany mastery olympic-distance (5i50). But I don't want to. More over a new time trial bike costs 10000$ and what for? Like Mexican manager are true in affairs of watts. A carbon frame brings 2-3 minutes along 180,2k. At professional level. Now guess of how much is such a bike in advantage in minutes compare to aluminium, chrome-molybdane, titan- or even iron-frame along 40k? 45 seconds? And 1000$ for a new swim sui along 1500m instead of 3860m? 15 secs. Sure, it might be 5 minutes is psychological, too, togehter with new aero-geeks, to call it like this. The olympic distance 5i50. 
 
If all well and reinvest I could make it on the podium (masters, age group M50-55). But what for? People at the ceremony would applaud, may be some few know me or that kind of story now, that can happen to anyone, nothing special. See? So my PB is 2:19 h min in 2019. Now I go for 2:50 h min. Without neo-suit, no time trial, but gravel-bike I do transport my tent to Lake of Roth on it on Friday, enjoy the festival, league and pupils race the professionals on Saturday, and demount the cargo-loader for the age-group race German mastery the Sunday. 
 
Like in good old times of triathlon. Everyone, who does cross the finish-line is a winner.
 
Cheers, 
Mike .
 
 

 

 

Thursday, December 25, 2025

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.

Saturday, September 6, 2025

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

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