one week

One week until Ironman China --- Kjell

THANKs

Thanks to Petra (Biestmilch), Steph and Kent for the huge help with my bike problem --- Kjell

bike is ahead of me

Keep your finger crossed. My bike is allready on the road and should arrive there soon. I havent been able to train on my bike for weeks. And the first time will be the Ironman China, not good but the only way to do it --- Kjell

nice weather

The weather is realy nice here in Moscow. I get some training in and can go for walks with Indy and Blake. I missed them --- Kjell

Suffering

Macca was suffering, like all of us that day --- Kjell

Back home in CDA/Moscow

I made it, after a long and hard journey. I´m back in Idaho and get some rest, before leaving for China --- Kjell

... New Orleans

That was a hard day in New Orleans yesterday. I defenetly felt the exhausting 3 weeks on the road and it was my day. A bad swim, soso bike and a solid run, I finished and had a last check for China --- Kjell

dont feel good ...

... I know its raceday and Im eating some toast with honey. I do not feel good, I guess all the stress from the last weeks is kicking in --- Kjell

Ironman New Orleans 70.3

Its raceday again --- Kjell

Happy Birthday Chris

Cheers Chris. Happy Birthday and a great race tomorrow --- Kjell

Macca09

... the project with and for Biestmilch. Have a look at our work --- Kjell

New Orleans

We arrived in New Orleans last night: "New Orleans (pronounced /nuːˈɔliənz, nuːˈɔlənz/ locally and often pronounced /nuːɔrˈliːnz/ in most other US dialects[2]; French: La Nouvelle-Orléans [lanuvɛlɔʀleɑ̃] (help·info)) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state." [source: wikipedia] Lets see --- Kjell

stress ...

We have lots of it right now ... "Stress is a biological term which refers to the consequences of the failure of a human or animal body to respond appropriately to emotional or physical threats to the organism, whether actual or imagined. It is "the autonomic response to environmental stimulus." It includes a state of alarm and adrenaline production, short-term resistance as a coping mechanism, and exhaustion. It refers to the inability of a human or animal body to respond. Common stress symptoms include irritability, muscular tension, inability to concentrate and a variety of physical reactions, such as headaches and accelerated heart rate." [source: Wikipedia] It´ll be less, when the first part of the projekt #macca09 is over --- Kjell

the shoes ...

"Today we arrived in Kona, Hawaii. Chris McCormack, Tim Marr, Kjell Schiöberg and myself are staying in the Waikoloa Village some hundred meters above the famous and fancy Waikoloa Beach Resort. The guys are getting ready for the race on Sunday 29, which is the Lavaman, a small pro race, but a race packed with age groupers.
Today in our condo we shot a short Under Armour commercial with Chris. Macca uses the Under Armour shoe for the first time. We look at his feet after the race!" [biestmilch] They look good Chris --- Kjell

USA

Mainland - Our first location is LA: "Los Angeles (pronounced /lɒs ˈændʒələs/ los-AN-jə-ləs; Spanish pronunciation: [los ˈaŋxeles]) is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States.[1] Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta world city,[2] has an estimated population of 3.8 million[3] and spans over 498.3 square miles (1,290.6 km2) in Southern California. Additionally, the Los Angeles metropolitan area is home to nearly 12.9 million residents,[4] who hail from all over the globe and speak 224 different languages. Los Angeles is the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most diverse counties[5] in the United States. Its inhabitants are known as "Angelenos" or "Angelinos" (/ændʒɨˈliːnoʊz/) when using the proper Spanish language spelling." [source: Wikipedia] --- Kjell

Lavaman (not for me ...)

Its raceday again. 12th Annual Lavaman Triathlon March 29th 2009 Waikoloa Beach Resort Hawaii --- Kjell

Travelblog ...

have a look --- Kjell

Hawaii

We are back on Hawaii. This is my first time to come here not for the Ironman Hawaii. I like Hawaii allot: "The Island of Hawaiʻi, also called the Big Island or Hawaiʻi Island (pronounced /həˈwaɪ.i/ in English and [həˈwɐiʔi] or [həˈvɐiʔi] in Hawaiian), is a volcanic island in the U.S. State of Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean. With an area of 4,028 square miles (10,432 km²), it is larger than all of the other Hawaiian Islands combined and is the largest island in the United States. Hawaiʻi is said to have been named for Hawaiʻiloa, the legendary Polynesian navigator who first discovered it. However, other accounts attribute the name to the legendary land or realm of Hawaiki, a place from which the Polynesians originated (see also Manua), the place where they go in the afterlife, the realm of the gods. The Island of Hawaiʻi is administered as the County of Hawaiʻi. The county seat is Hilo. It is estimated that as of the year 2008, the island had a resident population of 201,109." [source: Wikipedia] --- Kjell

We are out of the plaine and back at work ...

here is some more of our work: Haircut We arrived safe on Hawaii (Big Island) on the 25th of March --- Kjell

Leaving Sydney with Macca

Today,we had to leave Sydney with Chris and go to Hawaii for the project #macca09 --- Kjell

what a flight

That was a flight. We took the A380 from Singapore to Sydney: "The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. The largest passenger airliner in the world, the A380 made its maiden flight on 27 April 2005 from Toulouse, France,[3] and made its first commercial flight on 25 October 2007 from Singapore to Sydney with Singapore Airlines. The aircraft was known as the Airbus A3XX during much of its development phase, but the nickname Superjumbo has since become associated with it." [source: wikipedia] Lets see what Sydney brings --- Kjell

Travelblog ...

Check this out SusannsTravelblog and my Twitters --- Kjell

tri2b

Have a look: tri2b(in german) --- Kjell

I know

... not everyone sees my result beeing good. Its on the way to China (IM) and with problems in the swim and a borrowed bike + a great run, I finished and made 8th in the Pros (OK, last Pro) 23rd overall. Tomorrow, lets get back on the road --- Kjell

Ironman 70.3 Singapore

Raceday here in Singapore --- Kjell

Our work in Singapore

This is one of the tings we do here in Singapore: Biestmilch on YOUTUBE Tomorrow will be a hard day, out of all the work I do the Ironman Singapore 70.3 --- Kjell

Sightseen

We are here in a very different and colorfull (in many ways) city. But we are not here for the typical sightseen [sightseen: 23,400,000 hits on Google], we flow --- Kjell

Arrival in SIngapore

Have a look at the Travelblog --- Kjell

Singapore

We made it to Singapore and now its time to T-W-R [train-work-race] cheers --- Kjell

#MACCA09#

The worldtour is on. We are leaving germany for our Tour arround the world: #MACCA09#. We (Biestmilch Ironhamburger) keep you posted, just check it out --- Kjell

7 Years

I cannot believe it is allready 7years --- Kjell

over 3000

Wow my Nasi Lemak Trailer on Youtube just made the 3000 mark. It is funny, what goes and what does not --- Kjell

Twitter now ...

... yes I made it on Twitter aswell. Lets network --- Kjell

Just a week away

Wow it´s just a week from now, we will be in Singapore the the first bigger race in 2009. The Ironman Singapore 70.3 --- Kjell

Working in ...

... the Biestmilch office in Wiesbaden. I defently will train in Wiesbaden, for the tour with Chris and my big race in China. Lets see how things go --- Kjell

Worldtour

Today I start the worldtour towards Wiesbaden. I´m gonna work with the Biestmilch-Team to prepair for the things we wanna do and will do. It´ll be allot of work, but fun --- Kjell

Good bye

Last day and I´m back on the road tomorrow. I´m gonna miss my home in Hamburg and of course my family. Thats life with that kind a job --- Kjell

Macca

"Chris McCormack about his personal shift of focus and about his training for the 2009 race season" [source: biestmilch] thanks Chris --- Kjell

8

The number 8 is my favorite number and today I did my special long run. Starting with an 2 hour intervallsession on the bike and transition for a long run. I did the Alster8. Running from my door into the Hamburg city and a 8 arround Binnen&Außenalster. It was wet and mostly fun --- Kjell

Cold weekend

What a cold weekend. Both my bikesessions, I could not feel my feet or hands after a while. I need the km outside, so no way around it. On Sunday I even trained 3 h in the rain, I looked like a wet/muddy something. My early swim this morning felt realy nice and warm. Happy training --- Kjell

Cold and not easy

To get some km´s on my bike Im fighting the cold, rainy and of course windy weather here in Hamburg and area. There are things that are definitely more fun, but I have to do it. I got 5h on my bike yesterday, lets see what the weather allows me to do today --- Kjell

Ironman New Zealand

"Bonita Ironman New Zealand delivered the familiar and the new in Taupo today as Cameron Brown won his eighth title while Christchurch's Gina Ferguson ended the six-year reign of Jo Lawn." [source: ironman.com] Congrats --- Kjell

getting ready

... for our worldtour. Have a look: "Camera work with the badcam for rich: drugstore walk" --- Kjell

I against me

Watch this, --- Kjell

Training

Everyone is training those days: "Session 2, training continued …" [source: Biestmilch.com] Happy training (I have a hard time with that at the moment) --- Kjell

biking

I try to use the OK weather and ride my bike to my grandmo on the baltic sea. Will be a 100k bikeride. Hope the weather-frogs are correct and it stays dry today and tomorrow. Happy riding --- Kjell

Missing you guys

Miss you guys: love --- kjell

Bike Fitting ...

I wanted to check my bike position, before the season gets really serious. So I went to CycleMetrix and it felt great. Today, my first longer bike ride outside, it was good. Well I have a hard time in 6C and rainy weather. Lets see: Kjell

Congrats Nicole and Petr ...

Nicole congrats to a great 2nd place. And Petr well done again!
Have a good recovery, best regards --- Kjell

Hamburg

Im back for a bit --- Kjell

sleep well and allot ...

... babe, because: "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night." [author: Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes] love you babe --- Kjell

Travel

Im on the road again and that means I have to travel: "Travel is the change in location of people on a trip through the means of transport from one location to another." [source: wikipedia]

last chance

Last chance to help Indy --- Kjell

leaving ...

[Moscow Mountains Idaho Usa] ... the snowbeauty is leaving, slowly but steady --- Kjell

miss you ...

"We only part to meet again. " [author: John Gay] miss you --- Kjell

do it ...

“Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” [author: Lou Holtz] very true --- Kjell

Boost ur brain

"Boost your brain: studies show that it is never too late !" [source: Biestmilch.com] I do boost here and there --- Kjell

Indy 2nd time

We try it again, maybe this picture shows Indy in the right light ---Kjell

... motivation ...

Need motivation, watch 1 / 2 / 3 [source: youtube]--- Kjell

Indy

Vote for Indy!

--- Kjell

entertainment on the bike

This is so funny: stupid but funny people! Happy training --- Kjell

China ready

We are planing the stay in China together. Andre is a great athlete and it is always allot of fun with him. We did the last twi Ironman Malaysia, where I had the hudge advantage that I was used to the heat. This year, Im coming from the winter (-18 to 7 C) for month. We will see --- Kjell

big heart

"Biest Athleten Yvonne van Vlerken donates price-money to Red Cross Bushfire Appeal" [source: biestmilch] --- Kjell

E-Mail

I just got an E-Mail with this quote: “If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.” I think its true and I like it allot --- Kjell

I try it again

I try it again. And this time I´m gonna use this picture: What do you think --- Kjell

... have it now

“The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.” [author: Bill Cosby] Found this at my bank here in Moscow. Very true --- Kjell

last day of voting for Indy

PLEASE VOTE, if you haven´t done it yet --- Kjell

the-danger-of-stress

You have to read this:"This an essential aspect that athletes should pay attention to. Many of them who suffer from injuries, or undergo operations don’t take into consideration that an intact immune system is pivotal for recovery which is identical with healing." [source biestmilch-magazin] Read the whole articel under Biestmilch-Magazin --- Kjell

true ...

“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his greatest surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't” [author: Henry Ford] very true --- kjell

Allot to travel in 09 ...

“All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.” [author: Samuel Johnson] Happy travel --- kjell

Indy

PLEASE VOTE --- Kjell

the new Biest Booster

I like The new BIEST BOOSTER. Well done Susann and Team --- Kjell

Im gonna push it ...

PLEASE VOTE for here, thanks --- Kjell

VOTE please

Please vote for Indy --- Kjell

VOTE for INDY

Please vote for Indy: I send this picture in and hope we get enough votes. Please help with that under BISSEL.com and look for Indy --- Kjell

SUPERBOWL

It´s on today. I have a look or two --- Kjell

Customer service

Well I had another day of disappointing customer service experience. Just for fun, I googeled "customer service usa" and got 70.200.000 hits. Sounds great, but the reality isn´t so great --- Kjell

It doesnt help ...

to say, well its just them.
"Dr. Forni says modern society is structured in a way that actually amplifies and encourages incivility. "We are stressed, we are fatigued and we are in an anonymous environment. Stress and anonymity are two very, very common causes of rudeness," he says. "Especially when they are together, like in traffic."
In Choosing Civility, Dr. Forni uses a quote from motivational speaker Peggy Tabor Millin—"We never touch people so lightly that we do not leave a trace"—to illustrate the idea of "respectful persons." [source: oprah.com] Lets be nice --- Kjell

Apollo21

... "Apollo21: der Laufschuh, the running shoe – the every beginning o fan adventure" [by Biestmilch.com] Happy running --- Kjell

winter ...

can be so beautiful,
but very tricky for my training --- Kjell

Need to get in the pool

This should help.
"Top Winter Drills
1. Count your strokes
2. Golf drill
3. Rotate to breathe ..." [source: active.com] Lets get it started --- Kjell

This is funny, thanks BILL:
"Dear World:
We, the United States of America , your top-quality supplier of the ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for our 2001-2008 interruption in service. The technical fault that led to this eight-year service outage has been located, and the software responsible was replaced November 4. Early tests of the newly installed program indicate that we are now operating correctly, and we expect it to be fully functional on January 20. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage. We look forward to resuming full service and hope to improve in years to come. We thank you for your patience and understanding,
Sincerely, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
Kjell

Gib Gas Kanone ...

Hey Santi, gib Gas heute im Tunnel. Haben das Ding ja einige Male zusammen gemeistert und heute knackst du auch noch eine Bestzeit. Alles GUTE und hau rein beim Tunnelmarathon --- Kjell

Running ...

... I love it. Running is my favorite part of the whole Tri-Training. These tips are helpful, have a look:
1. Do the Minimal Training Needed for Optimal Results
2. Be Consistent
3. Balance Hard Efforts With Rest
4. Expect Peaks and Plateaus
5. Practice Patience
[source: active.com] Happy running --- Kjell

48 loops under the "Elbe"

I have done this race 3 times and got Top 3 twice. My friend Santi is doing it sunday. It is fun, have a look --- Kjell

Thanks Sandy

Sandy is great with finding quotes. This is another one I found on her Facebook account: "Have the time of your life remembering the things you will never forget!" [author: Lou Holtz]

We love our place here in Moscow, ID USA.
... taking a bath, well thats the tapwater color: Well, when you take a shower you do not notice --- Kjell

Obama ...

Now its official and real. Obama is the new president. "You proved that change can happen." Lets see --- Kjell

Hamburg

I miss you Hamburg:
Kjell

Ironman is on

The year 2009 is "Ironmanstarted". The Ironman 70.3 was held in South Africa and we saw two racecourse records --- Kjell

The World's Tallest SnowWoman

WOW, "The World's Tallest SnowWoman Melted in July of 2008" Thats fun --- Kjell

Biestmilch annouces the Year of Cow

Cheers, why not "Biestmilch annouces the Year of Cow" --- Kjell

That was scarry ...

"A US airliner on a domestic flight with 155 people aboard has ditched into the Hudson River in New York City but with no loss of life." [source: BBC] I know why I do not like to travel --- Kjell

10 reasons

This a good article about the 10 reasons why to keep a trainina diary:
1. Identify What it Takes to Be Really Fast
2. Correct Performance Slumps
3. Confirm Patterns
4. Build Confidence
5. Create Motivation
6. Be Accountable
7. Give Your Coach What She Needs
8. Plan to Get Better
9. Confirm Goals
10. Emotional Outlet
[source: active.com - author Lynda Wallenfels] Keep training is the TOP one for me --- Kjell

ADAMS

It is a good thing, that we "elite Athlets" are getting controlled, but the Whereabouts are something else. I have to tell them there Im and when. I dont know for sure yet --- Kjell

Brands

"Brands before they are appointed brands are unpredictable and elusive creatures, and by the way, who decides about a brand or not a brand?" [source: Biestmilch] Need to read it --- Kjell

the two W

The "Weird Weather" here in the Northwest. Cannot believe it. From freezing cold and more than a meter of snow to warm temps in the high 40´s. So strange, honestly I like it a bit colder than right now --- Kjell

Home sweet Home

Hamburg my hometown --- Kjell
PS: Have you been ther, NO?!!! You need to go!

Roadtrip back to Moscow

We are going back to Moscow ID. The spend most of the time in Coeur d´Alene ID and now its time to go back --- Kjell

Coeur d´Alene Press

I made it in the local Press here in Coeur d´ Alene. Have a look. The article is realy nice. I will try to bring it online. Happy snowdays --- Kjell