Encounter day 4: we recoil from the mighty Pacific Ocean
Our goal was and still is to reach the turnaround buoy of the 3.8 k swim course of the IRONMAN world championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. We thought that, while we didn’t succeed...
Encounter day 3: the taming of the longboard
As I mentioned in my last blog post, our ideas need the reality proof first. One took place today. From our dear Hawaiian friend Carli we got the longboard, the longboard which...
Encounters on the road
Island Day N° 2 After Island Day N° 1 when we have been setting out to South Point more in a daze than with all our senses present, we went on the...
Never escape your time zone without a BIEST BOOSTER
… it is going to catch you. We use the BIEST BOOSTER as a kind of shield to fence off the jet lag, to give us the stamina we need. This time...
Siri Lindley about performance limits of women in sports
It’s more or less consensus that women are not as strong in their performance as men. Women are the weaker sex. There are probably not so many thesis so many people all around...
About food and its conflict between science and experience
I assume that there is not one athlete who does not know about the importance of food for peak performance, but probably few live this premise. Living it is yet another story...
Sebastian Kienle – About his defeat at the 70.3 worlds in Mt. Tremblant
One week ago we have still been in Mt. Tremblant at the 70.3 world championship. Sebastian Kienle, the 2 times world champion, was there to defend his title. Unfortunately, it didn’t work...
Sebastian Kienle – Über die Kunst des Verlierens
Gerade sind wir aus Mt. Tremblant zurückgekommen. Es war eine lange Reise in eine wunderschöne Gegend. Sebastian hätte dort so gerne seine Bestleistung abgerufen und den Titel verteidigt. Es ist ihm nicht...