Congratulations 🍾🎉 on a great performance and 9th place @ironmantri #worldchampionships in #kona . Definitely not everything went as planned and we had to overcome some obstacles, but as a team and especially @tina.strehl on raceway we tried and did the best we could - so proud and happy to be your coach 😊#performingperfect #bestsupoort #family #followmypassion
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I am more than happy to tell you that i placed 9th in my agegroup at the ironman world championchip!! It was the first time in kona that there were no external obstacles in my way, so i really had the chance to get into the ring. Although the last five weeks of preparation did not go exactly according to plan (due to various external dramas at work and on top of that i was sick for ten days) i have to thank my coach @astrid.stienen: as the doctor that she is, she prescribed a finely tuned last minute practise block on the island that got me in fighting mode shape just in the nick of time. as my swim skills are limited this year at the start of the race i managed to sink my teeth in a pink swimsuit (purely figuratively speaking) that manoeuvered me through the water like a bulldozer. The bike was like flying in a jetstream. With lithe and powerful legs i managed to pass hundreds of athletes. And as the wind started up i got even faster. However the catch came while running. Leaving t2 as 4th of my agegroup i had to discover that somehow I unfortunately had forgotten my running legs in the morning shower. From the first step on nothing worked. Thanks to my experience and solid basic work, i managed to somehow finish the job. And quite decent, too. 9th place at the world championship!! Unbelievable but true!
Thanks to @astrid.stienen for her work and even more for her patience, to @triworx_coaching for some additional kicks in the ass, @robertwesselhoeft for my secret weapon, @m.leenen for her support and photos, my physios, my family, sinje, vero and eva and especially my one and only wife julie, who is my motor, my high and my home. #kona2019 #triworx_coaching #triteamhamburg #nordishracinggirlstth #womeninsport #justdidit #whatabeautifulday
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T -4 days
Race day is coming closer. Are you getting excited as we are?
For sure our next goal was to qualify for Kona as a couple in 2015 and so we did.
Chris qualified racing IM 🇿🇦, Astrid has to collect a lot of points to make the Pro Kona cut off. She qualified winning her first IRONMAN in Sweden 🇸🇪. Still having goosebumps when she thinks about the race and still have to go back there.
They went with high expectations to Big Island in 2015, but both had to experience difficulties. Astrid had catched an infection. She already felt terrible during the swim, managed to start the second discipline strong but started and never stopped throwing up 🤮 at the turnaround in Hawi. She managed to get back to T2, dealing with severe dehydration, she had to visit the medical 🏥 tent.
Chris had a blast of a start of his race. Finishing the swim strong 💪🏻 he had a fast bike split and a speedy first half marathon. Then he suffered the same problems Astrid did earlier. He barley made it to the finish line, having lost 6kg of his pre race body weight. He had to stay much longer in the medical 🏥 tent.
So, 2 Starts, 1 finish and 2 visits in the medical tent in 2015. definitely not what they have dreamed of going to Kona.
Have this in mind. Take care of your body. Give it a good rest. Stay healthy and be sure to hydrate properly.
#kona #triathlon #trilife #ironmantraining #ironmantri #triathlontraining #triathlon_world #performingperfect #followmypassion
T -6 days until the big race.
My first year in Kona, six years ago in 2013, was very special in many ways. 2nd year of triathlon, 2nd IRONMAN. Meeting and taking a picture with the one and only Chrissie Wellington. And what I’ve never could have dreamed of: being worldchampion AG30 and 26th overall.
Afterwards I decided to race with a pro license despite sticking to my job as a pediatrician and neonatologist. Never could have dreamed of what happened since then. 🥰 Now I can call myself a 2x IRONMAN champion, finished top 3 in several races and latest, but definitely not least, became a mum.
Believe in yourself, live your dream !
#kona #ironman #ironmanhawaii #ironmantraining #trilife #triathlon #triathlon_in_the_world #triathlontraining #followmypassion #performingperfect #lovewhatyoudo #believeinyourself
