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Chris MacCormack is one of the most successful guys in triathlon. He was spoiled by success. The Ironman championship on Big island, Hawaii, taught him a painful lesson. He failed 3 times to win this race. Now, he...

Chris McCormack is one of the most successful guys in triathlon. He was spoiled by success. The Ironman championship on Big island, Hawaii, taught him a painful lesson. He failed 3 times to win this race. Now, he...

Sports medicine experts explain that there is a 45-minute "window" following strenuous endurance exercise when the body begins repairing damage by boosting the immune system, replenishing stores of muscle glycogen and synthesizing protein.

Chris McCormack failed 4 times to win this race. He says: »I had to change my attitude towards the island and the race as such to have a chance to eventually win this outstanding competition.«

There we were, 3 earthquake experienced Californians, and one rourke from Austria. We waited. They said, they had never in their lives experienced such a strong quake. Their guess was between 6 and 7. How correct they were!...

This was, of course, before the earthquake. It is »Vesuvio« bar in Little Italy, San Francisco, founded by the Austrian Leo Riegler in 1948. It was a hotspot for the beat generation, and it still got the flavour...

The US is always good for surprises. We as Europeans sometimes have to many preconceptions. Bush is not America.

My efforts to buy running shoes in san Francisco were not successful, despite the fact that I as walking around town for many hours.