After a pretty stressful last week in taupo it all came down to a great race.
My bike arrived a few days before the race and as you can see on youtuibe- we made it work in the shortest possible time. Also my suit from Santini came right in time- to be honest pretty late, but having it hand delivered Friday night at 8pm works for a early Saturady race, right? Last but not least, we had to move out from the place where we stayed in 2 Mile Bay and found a more quite place where there were no distractions for the race. All of that wasn’t really helpful, nor was my ongoing plantar facia issues leading up to the big day in Taupo.
The adrenaline is pumping and I am very excited to step up and race my first Ironman tomorrow: All is well and i am feeling really good and relaxed at the moment. There are quite some changes compared to ITU racing but it should be no problem to adapt here. Some rules are strange-but its the same for everyone.
The past days went by fast and the training effort has been on recovery mode for some time. We just changed our accommodation in a more quiet place and that will give me the necessary space I need before the competition. My friends Chris and Natasha came all the way from Germany/Luxembourg to support me and give me a hand in the days leading up to the race. Alicia is doing all the organization and planing every day, which turns out to be quite a bit of work.
February 7th, 2009 | Posted by: Dirk | Filed in Lifestyle
I have tons of news–where should I start? I have been training really well and as it looks, I will get in really good shape for my first race in a few weeks. The race is soon approaching, so right now is the time to put the big volume in.
My little foot injury is getting better each day and I had a few days of running up to an hour, and have had some pain afterwards–-but it has mostly been fine during the sessions. So that could be better–but no need to worry. My swim is awesome and my biking skills seem to get better each day as well so I am very confident at the moment.
It’s about time for an update on my blog. Lots of stuff has happened in the past few days.
New Zealand is a beautiful country and the Kiwis are extremely nice in general, as long as they don’t sit in a car and pass cyclists… man I could tell you stories about that.
Anyway, all is well–starting from the amazing weather and finishing with Alicia’s great work to set up my future. She is a full time sport consultant and handles all my sporting matters, from managing to marketing. Read More…
