Introduction After Ironman Switzerland Thun last year I was keen to go to an even bigger event and what would be bigger in Europe than the Ironman European Championship Frankfurt. So I signed up in September 2022 and in October 2022 I stared my preparation. Preparation For Ironman Switzerland I trained with power & pace […]
My Ironman Stories. Part 2 European Ironman Championship Roth 1998
Roth was and is still the place to do an Ironman distance race. At present it is a race from the Challenge Family, but in 1998 it was the European Ironman Championship and I really wanted to do it. So after my experience in Switzerland the year before I signed up and got a spot. […]
Race Report Ironman Switzerland Thun 2022
Introduction On July 10 I started at Ironman Switzerland Thun 2022. It was the second edition at this location and was already voted #1 bucket list Ironman race in the world. It took me nearly three years to make it to this start line. In 2020 the race was postponed to 2021 due to Covid […]
Ironman Poland 2021 Nutrition Analysis
To understand what happened on the nutrition side in my Ironman Poland 2021, I’m doing some analysis in this article. Maybe it’s a little bit oversimplified, but I took the calories, which my Garmin Forerunner 935 displayed for this calculations. And I will only consider the calories taken in during the race. With this laid […]
Race Report Ironman Gdynia/Polen 2021
The Race Report for Ironman Gdynia/Polen describes my experience on the day itself and also includes a short review of my preparation with the Tridot training system. Find out more about Tridot in previous posts, https://sportoverfifty.com/the-trainasone-experience/ and https://sportoverfifty.com/ironman-training-with-tridot/ Registration, Race Briefing and Bike check in The registration was in the race village at the marina […]
My Ironman Stories. Part 1: Ironman Switzerland 1997
Introduction This is part 1 of my personal story competing in Ironman races. Ironman means 3.8 km swimming, 180.2 km bike riding and 42.195 km running. All in one day. In 1996 I had the idea to do an Ironman and my choice felt on the closest race near my hometown. Ironman Switzerland in Zurich. […]
“Life is What Happens…” Rescheduled Ironman Switzerland 2020
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” (John Lennon). My plan was to do the Ironman Switzerland on the 12 July 2020. I prepared myself with the help of Tridot. But due to the actual pandemic my registration is transferred to 11 July 2021. Official Statement from Ironman Switzerland Dear IRONMAN Switzerland Thun Athlete, With the health and […]
Ironman Training with TriDot
On July 12 2020 I will start at Ironman Switzerland and to be in the best possible shape I started training with TriDot at September 23 2019. I have chosen TriDot, because I wanted to try something modern. 20 years ago, when I did my first Ironman, it was all “old” school training with high […]
The TrainAsONE Experience
The TrainAsONE Experience In this post I will look back at my experience using the TrainAsONE system. How long did I use the TrainAsONE training system? From May 2018 until September 2019 I uses TrainAsONE with the subscription plan. 17 moths with the first month free. How much did I pay? 16 x 6GBP = […]
Ironman Switzerland 2020
Ironman Switzerland 2020 My next big goal is to participate and hopefully finish the Ironman Switzerland 2020 (July 12). The Ironman Switzerland has a long history and on the first race back in 1997 I started there. It was as well my first Ironman. Up until this year the Ironman Switzerland was in Zürich and […]
