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IRONMAN® World Championships: race day, the day of waiting and patience

Kona 2015, our emotions, a very personal perspective
The two weeks here on the Big Island have been hard work for Kjell and myself. Race day was another huge enterprise for us. You may not understand, but I didn’t feel of going there at all. Of course, I did go and overcame my voice inside.

Sunrise, work starts...
Sunrise, work starts…

 

Game on! Getting on the KK Highway & wait!
Game on! Getting on the KK Highway & wait!

 

Walking the line...
Walking the line…

 

A champ passing by...
A champ passing by…

 

How a winner's foot looks like...
How a winner’s foot looks like…

 

Hopes and expectations passing by me...
Hopes and expectations passing by me…

 

Catching dear Dede...
Catching dear Dede…

 

coffee break with different vibs...
coffee break with different vibs…

I spent hours on the highway with the bike, two Gopros and and my Sony camera. Meanwhile Kjell fought his way through to the finish line. I got toasted slowly slowly in the energy lab while Kjell got squeezed among the crowds.

Searching for the best position to shoot...
Searching for the best position to shoot…

 

Waiting...
Waiting…

 

still waiting...
still waiting…

 

a winner's feet running...
a winner’s feet running…

And then, what usually happens, if the results of the guys you are with for so many years, don’t manage to perform the way they wanted, you fall into a certain lethargic way of being. No endorphins, no adrenalin is released anymore. Your tank that hasn’t been refueled quite well before the race gets completely depleted.

Even though we didn't give up...
Even though we didn’t give up…

 

We kept in mind why we came to the Big Island...
We kept in mind why we came to the Big Island…

Kjell and I finished our job, as we are very disciplined persons, but the feeling after was shallow. And I was confirmed in my feeling that things wouldn’t work out the way we hoped.

Okay, let’s stop to develop on the October blues mood and look forward. Here is our race day in pictures. Enjoy!

Susann

Susann

Susann is the biest prototype and head of the team. She is Austrian, has studied medicine, meaning she is a medical doctor and the Biesters' alpha wolf. Susann continuously produces new ideas, is strong in making concepts and is practically always ON FIRE. Without her BIESTMILCH wouldn't be where and what it is today, and anyway - not possible.

The week: looking back in fast motion

HULA, Hawaiian Brunch & Good bye Hawaii

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