Swimmersguide

For all of you who like swimming, like me, there is a great website listing public swimming facilities around the world. The website has a smart search function and covers 167 countries.

You can find it at: www.swimmersguide.com

One of many great infos out of the new book from Timothy Ferriss: The 4-hour body.
A great book which you can find here: http://www.fourhourbody.com/

Early child development - Evian Baby Spot

These parents did a great job :-)

Indoor Skydiving in Bottrop

This was one of the presents for Nina´s confirmation. A great present from smart parents, as all of us three were in the air :-)



This is really one of the coolest events I have ever done.
You should see this on our faces :-)

So for all adrenalin junkies: Let´s fly.

More infos at:
http://www.jochen-schweizer.de/geschenke/body-flying-bottrop,default,pd.html

Nike spot with Lance Armstrong

Sometimes people tell me that I look a bit like Lance Armstrong, but I think I still have to catch up with my cycling skills a bit :-)



So perhaps some new ideas for my triathlon training :-) Keep on swimming, biking and running!

Semester at sea

If you are looking for a way to combine studying with travelling, have a look at:
http://www.seamester.com/ or
http://www.oceanclassroom.org/

and for more offers to sail & study:
http://www.studyabroadlinks.com/search/Study_Abroad_at_Sea/index.html
I love this idea of travelling & braining - two of my most favourite things to do :-)

Cool videos for racing bike fans ...

I found a great webpage with videos on the cycling scene.

Check it out at:
http://www.bike-tv.cc/video-beitrage/

... but be careful, it might get expensive :-)

Triathlon-team in Hamburg

If you are living in or around Hamburg, you just have to join the Triabolos



We have a lot of fun, really excellent trainers and it makes definitely more fun to train together for the project ironman. In addition all the triabolos who are not in the race are usually cheering for the active team. You always have cheering yellow triabolos during the race - holding up banners with "push yourself" and "180 is no heartbeat". This really pushes you forward!

More at http://www.triabolos.de/ and we are already more than 300 triathletes.

Ironman - THE challenge ...

Be careful ... you will get addicted to it ... like me :-)

For all marathonis: Start Triathlon!

Dear marathoni-colleagues within my family & friends: you definitely have to start triathlon.

I just had a great triathlon in Hamburg, which went far better than I expected (especially for the swimming part, which is my weakest discipline). The audience is overwhelming - 100.000 people cheering while you are giving your best (you can even hear them in the water) ... and the finish ... the second best feeling in the world ... just have a look at the pictures ... and join me next year in Hamburg!

Triathlon

For all of you who share my passion for Triathlon here are some great weblinks:

great videos and infos:
http://www.triathlon-szene.de/index.php
http://www.tri2b.com/68--aktuelles.html

an interesting blog:
http://www.myroadtokona.at/

and if you want to learn how to swim like Michael Phelps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcqPE53ZMEk&feature=fvsr

And for those who are not addicted to THE CHALLENGE yet, you will be when you subscribe to the ironman-channel on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ironmantriathlon?blend=1&ob=4

Many thanks to my triabolos-friends for all the infos and great help. If you happen to life around Hamburg, you just have to become a member of the triabolos. A great triathlon club. And the best: they have a rookie program for triathlon starters. This was a great start for me as triathlon is definitely more complex than running alone and even if you think you know how to run (which I thought), they will train you on how running really works. It is also a great community of cool people around Ingo Wetzel. Check them out at http://www.triabolos.de/

So keep on running used to be my old saying in my marathon times. Now it is keep on swimming, biking and running!