Lothar was the first man who raced the Ironman distance under 8 hours in 1996 in Roth, in those days still a Ironman and not a Challenge race. Since Chris was training in Darmstadt the 2 guys spent quite some time together (for those who don’t know Lothar anymore, he lives in Darmstadt, and Nicole Leder who was 3rd in Frankfurt this year is his wife). Of course, Lothar cared about him on the course. The 2 have close relations since their fabulous finish in 2003 at Challenge in Roth. Then Chris got beaten by Lothar by 3 seconds only.
short,but very good impression clip !