05 / 15 / 2009

Uphill Time Trail Klausen-Leopoldsdorf

My friend and training partner Gerald Lahmer made a proposal to take part in an uphill time trail.

This 8,1km time trail was an awesome workout for my speed.

I got 2^nd and Gerald 6^th.

05 / 03 / 2009

Duathlon Ternitz – Austrian Championships

This was my first Austrian championship as an U23 athlete

I finished on 7^th place, but I wasn't content with my performance.

I think that I've overpaced the first kilometre (about 3:05/k). Maybe this was the reason for my weak bike performance.

It was a race for the old and experienced athletes. All top five were older than 30.
Karl Prungraber won, Albuin Schwarz and former wintertriathlon world champion Sigi Bauer got 2^nd and 3^rd.

The women race won Marlies Penker.

04 / 25 / 2009

Duathlon Moosburg (Carinthia)

The Duathlon (Run - Bike - Run) in Moosburg / Carinthia was my first competition this summer.

Only a few hours before the race started it was turned into a draft-legal race.
But there were some competitors who were not able to change their TT-bar so quickly, so there was a second race which was a non-drafting.

Winners and some other athletes had to do a doping contol.

I won the non-draft race overall and had a lead over the second by 1 1/2 minutes.

I think my training in Florida was really effective.

04 / 05 / 2009

Training at NTC Clermont / Florida

My last easter holidays I spent in Florida for my triathlon training.

Because of the perfekt conditions I've chosen the National Training Center in Clermont, FL.

For my swim workouts there's a 25 x 50 meter pool and my splits are getting better.
On the 400 m track and on some really nice trails around Clermont I can practice my running training.

Some mid-size snakes (dead or alive) lying on the roads around here really force you to go faster than normal...

15 / 02 / 2009

World Championship Winter Triathlon Gaishorn / Styria / Austria

Strong snowfall, wrong wax and ski choice prevented a top result at the wintertriathlon worldchampionship in Gaishorn / Austria.
After running and mountainbiking I was on the way to the top-three U23 but after a bad transition my skis really stucked. So I finished only as 6^th.

Next day the relay was on schedule. It wasn't sure if there would be an "Austria 2" Team, but about 2 hours before start three athletes (including me) were found who teamed up. I did a quite well job and my skis were much better because of the changed snow conditions.

The mens elite competition was dominated by Norway who got gold and silver. Austrian Sigi Bauer only finished 4^th altough he had a great bike split.
In the womens race Carina Wasle from Austria won her first worldchampion title.
Junior Felix Waldhuber demonstrated his strength and won after the European championships also the Worlds.