Hotting up

Finally the summer has arrived. Just in time for the highlight of the season, Ironman Frankfurt. With only 5 days to go the Triathlon weather has arrived. Perfect! It´s going to make it a tough race. 

 

Tristar111- double win

Three weeks ago we celebrated great success at the Tristar111 triathlon in Worms. The new format with 1km swim, 100km ride and 10km run seems to be perfect for those with a strong riding background. The expectations were not to great after having organised the two huge mountain bike events, often the outcome is a nice surprise. In this case Jörg and I both managed to clock up a win in our age group. I even came close to the pro field only 3mins 44 seconds behind the 3rd place Pro Nicole Leder. As you can imagine I was very happy.

 

Back on the MTB

A week later I raced the Willingen Bike Festival in Germany. Here you can choose which course you would like to ride during the race. At the first turning point to the finish I would have liked to head towards the finish line however Jörg was on the side line and sent me on the next round. 40 km later at the next chance to finish, Jörg again, you have to continue you are in 3rd place. It was great training for the Ironman, 6hrs 30 mins and 120 km along with 3600 climing meters. A killer! I have forgotten how hard a mtb marathon is, it´s been a while. 

Training camp

It took me a few days to recover from the mtb marathon, luckily we travelled directly to Ötztal for a team training camp so I had some out of office time. I did some great training sessions, including a mountain run with 1200 climing meters, total of 24 km and 3 hrs. We spent the week at Area47 the new adventure outdoor park at the enterance to Ötztal. Great place to visit.

 

Tapering

I´ve decided to alter my tapering plan compared to the last two Ironmans I have done. Reason being I missed a fair bit of training in May due to our events. Therefore I do not feel the need for a long taper. Last week I trained very specific and will reduce the training this week. Very much looking foward to race day, Ironman Frankfurt is a classic event, something I definaltey want to experience.

 

For those wanting to track my race check out ironman.com, athlete tracking.

 

Wish me luck!