MY SPORTS DIARY 2018
31. 12. 2018: 40. Gippinger Stauseelauf, Gippingen, Switzerland
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24. 11. 2018: 14. Steyrer Christkindllauf, Steyr, Austria
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28. 10. 2018: Ljubljanski Marathon, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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14. 10. 2018: Graz Halfmarathon, Graz, Austria
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07. 10. 2018: Herzlauf, Traun, Austria
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30. 09. 2018: Donaulauf, Ottensheim, Austria
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27. 09. 2018: Linzer City Night Run, Linz, Austria
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16. 09. 2018: xWaters Wörtherseeschwimmen, Velden, Austria
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01. 09. 2018: Porecki Delfin, Porec, Croacia
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25. - 26. 08. 2018: Double Ultra Triathlon, Panevezys, Lithuania
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06. - 08. 07. 2018: Triple Ultra Triathlon, Bad Blumau, Austria
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15. - 17. 06. 2018: Swim Festival, Mörbisch, Austria
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09. 06. 2018: Keszthely Triathlon, Keszthely, Hungary
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02. 06. 2018: 14th Linz Triathlon, Austria
My second half distance race this year with a new PB on the swim section. But that was about all the positive I could say about this experience. The bike and run were extremely slow for me, but my coach tells me that this is ok taking in account the main aim we have this year. I better forget about my finishing time of 6:28:02.
25. 05. 2018: 7th Swim Time Trial, Pucking, Austria
This 1-km-time-trial-swim was organized for the seventh time, and I had started in evry single one of them. Needless to say that I started this year as well - and I was able to swim my fastest time ever: 0:17:13. Happy with that!
12. 05. 2018: 15th Austrian 1/2 Iron Triathlon, Goosdorf, Austria
Two days after the swim marathon I started my first half distance race of this year, the Austrian 1/2 Iron. Although the swim was good, I felt a lack of strenght on the bike and especially during the run, and I was disappoined to finish in 5:44:34. Maybe too many long distance races n this year???
10. 05. 2018: 7th Swim Marathon, Stubenberg, Austria
After two years I took part again in the opening event of the Austrian Open Water Cup at lovely lake Stubenberg in Styria. I was more than three minutes faster than in 2016 and finished the 3,8 km in 1:10:34.
06. 05. 2018: 25th Sprinttriathlon, Braunau, Austria
The start of the triathlon season menas Braunau to me. For the séventh time in a row I participated in this sprint race just to get the feeling of triathlon again.
After two years with realyy bad weather we enjoyed a sunny yet windy day and I finished in 1:40:24.
28. 04. 2018: 6-hour race, Langenzersdorf, Austria and bike ride Linz - Vienna - Linz
In Langenzersord, close to Vienna, they offer a series of different races: 12 hours, 6 hours, 3 hours, 21 km, 14 km, 7 km as well as children´s races. There is something for everyone.
I signed up for the 6 hour race. The run course is a one kilometer loop around a small artificial lake. I started with a 5:50 pace, but after having cycled from Linz to Vienna the day before (207 km) my legs were a little tired, so I had to slow down a little. Finally I finished with nearly 52 km, which also meant the first place in my age group and 5th overall.
Two days later I cycled another 207 km home again. Both times I suffered because of very strong headwinds - good training for the harder tests to come.
15. 04. 2018: 17th Oberbank Linz Marathon, Linz, Austria
For the second time (after 2012) I took part in my hometown´s marathon. It is always nice to run the streets I know so well. Since it was not an important race for me, I wanted to run with a constant pace of 5:40 to finish under four hours. Especially at the beginning it is not easy to run slowly, but I managed well and passed the line after 3:59:03.
07. 04. 2018: Brevet 200, Haid, Austria
For the very first time I participated in an organized cycle tour with the Austrian Randonneurs. This was not a race! It was the start of the season and the planned distance was 200 km. 100 particpants had signed up and enjoyed a great cycling day, starting in Haid and visiting bot Lake Attersee and Lake Mondsee. It was a great experience and I was happy with my 7:43:27, including climbs of more than 2000 m.
24. - 31. 03. 2018: Bike training camp, Calpe, Spain
After three years in Croatia I decided to get to know a new bike region and I chose one of the bike tours organized by Valentin & Lisa Zeller. Weatherwise we had a great week, bikewise it was not bad either, to my taste too much car traffic and too many mountains. But still a good week with nice company.
17. 03. 2018: 7th Charity Run, Lassee, Austria
Lassee is in the northeastern corner of Austria, close to the Slovakian border. A 6-hour-charity-run is organized there every year, and I decided to participate, because the race I had signed up for in Nurenberg had been cancelled weeks ago.
Very cold temperatures (around 0 C) and partly snowfall made conditions not too easy. So I could not run the 60 km I had hoped for. In the end I finished at 58,5 km, not so bad.
Mar 4th, 2018: 9th DELTA-4-Hour-Race, Marchtrenk, Austria
After having swum 13 km yesterday I started at the 4-hour-race in Marchtrenk (for the third time). I managed to run 15 laps which are about 44 km. I felt a little tired after this sporty weekend!
03. 05. 2018: Charity Swim, Linz, Austria
For the third time I participated in this Charity event which raises donations for the Clinic Clowns. This year I managed to swim 13 km in 4:43:24.
10. 02. 2018: 3rd Lipno Ice Marathon, Cerna v Posumavi, Czech Republic
This is a very special race - it takes place on the frozen Lipno reservoir. After completing the half marathon last year I decided to try the full distance this winter. Unfortunately temperatures during this year were not so low which was the reason why only about half of the race was on ice, the rest a demanding cross country course.
It was a tough competition, and I finished in 4:02:32 - but to be honest, the race distance was not correct. We ran about 37 km instead of 42.
04. 02. 2018: 11th Skimarathon, Saalfelden, Austria
Motivated by last week´s cross country skiing race I signed up for a "real" marathon = 42 km on cross country skis. It should become a real hard day, as this time there was a lot of new snow which made conditions quite difficult. Thoughts of a DNF turned up, but (as always) my head is stronger: I finished in 3:18:12 and was happy when it was over.
Tough game!
27. 01. 2018: 39th Steiralauf, Bad Mitterndorf, Austria
For the very first time I took part in a cross country skiing race. I was not really nervous before the start, but it was a strange feeling to wait amongst other racers who looked very professional to me. I took the 25-km-loop on, temperatures were around freezing point, but the sun was out and it was a great winter´s day.
I finished in 1:28:52 and was really happy with my performance.
13. 01. 2018: 39th Cross Country Cup in Neuhofen / Krems, Austria
For the 12th time I participated in this cross country race in Neuhofen / Krems. Every year there is a winter race series of three races over five weeks, this was the first edition of 2018. The last time I was there was in 2015. This time I finished the 9,2 km in 0:46:48 and I was quite happy with my performance.
06. 01. 2018: 26th Epiphany race in Schildorn, Austria
For the first time I started at this classic race in innviertel. 30 km and three hills later I finished this quite hard race in 3:03:19. I had some stomach issues due to too much seafood the days before, and the race was harder than expected.
