Vierlanden

"HAMBURG. Bei besten Wetterverhältnissen konnte man zwischen der Jedermann-Disziplin, der Olympischen Distanz und der Mitteldistanz wählen. Kjell Schiöberg entschied sich für seinen Leidensweg auf der Olympischen Distanz. ..." [source: Abendblatt.de] Thanks Dennis --- Kjell

Life has now been explained to you.

Funny way of explaining Life:
On the first day, God created the dog and said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."
The dog said, "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?" So God agreed......
On the second day, God created the monkey and said, "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you abtwenty-year life span."
The monkey said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?" And God agreed......
On the third day, God created the cow and said, "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years."
The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?" And God agreed again......
On the fourth day, God created humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years." But the human said, "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?"
"Okay," said God. "You asked for it."
So that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to support our family.. For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.
Life has now been explained to you. This is funny, Thank Bill for the E-Mail --- Kjell

Ironman Switzerland

Another weekend another Ironman. This time its Switzerland, go for --- Kjell

sunsets ...

"Your greatest and worst days all have sunsets." Thanks Mike [Founder of Seoul Synergy, South Korea] for the quote --- Kjell

Sinjes picture

Great job Sinje (my little Sister) for that picture. We just started (hard training run for the Ironman) the Coeur d´Alene Half/Marathon where I placed 8th --- Kjell

CDA

I´m back in Coeur d´Alene. It was another long journey: Hamburg (Germany) to Frankfurt (Germany), to Charlott (USA), to Denver (USA) and finally to Spokane (USA). And of course including hickups with the connections. Wrote this message a day ago and I was to optimistic, I guess. See what happened:
The hickups are that bad, that I´m not in CDA, I´m stuck in Phoenix for a night. --- Kjell

On the road again ...

I wish my travels are that inspiring. Well some are! “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” [author: Mark Twain] Happy travels --- Kjell

Back in school

I went to my moms school today and did the PE class for her 1st grad. It was fun and those kids are great --- Kjell

Disrespect ...

After my three races on three weekends on three continents, I had some time to think about it. It was not very clever and Tim found the perfect words for it. We disrespected the Ironman. Beside the racing, all the traveling and stress takes so much out of you, that it is hard to be in the shape you need to be. We all learn from it and watching Frankfurt and Klagenfurt yesterday, was so much fun. I never had the thought: I would wanna race right now. That is a good sign that I need to take it easy. I did three Halfironman and two Ironman within three and a half month.
"I disrespected the Ironman" [by Tim Marr]
"I gave everything my body could today but it simply had nothing to give." [by Kieran Doe]
Cheers --- Kjell

Congratulations ...

to everyone who work so hard yesterday. Great job Chris, that was a show --- Kjell

Ironman Germany

The longest day of the year (not for me;-) is started --- Kjell

love HH

Love to be home in Hamburg, the big two H! The best city ever! --- Kjell

Coach needed?

"Whether you're new to the sport of triathlon or a seasoned veteran, having a coach is a big step toward improved performance.
The structure and accountability that comes with training under someone else are two of the biggest reasons why triathletes turn to coaches to achieve their goals. But whatever your reasons, the big question is: Where do you begin?" [source: active.com] Feel free to contact me, I´m more than happy to help and work with you --- Kjell

Ironman Germany

Everything is tuning in for the big show in Frankfurt on sunday --Kjell-

Diped the baltic sea

I went to my Grandmothers and as a refresher, I jumped in the baltic sea. Well what my shoulder limited me, but I need to move it! So many jellyfish, yhack --- Kjell

;-)

This is great fun: "Bowling is much better than triathlon and here’s why ..." [auhor: Roman Mica] Lets go bowling --- Kjell

Ironman France

Well done to everyone, finished Ironman France! 6 days until Ironman Germany --- Kjell

Not fun

That race yesterday was a No Fun Thing. It is over and I did now 3 races on three weekends, on three continents --- Kjell

Have to ...

start today and it will be a disaster. Would prefer to do all the things I should do, but I promised to start --- Kjell

nothing works

This is not my day/week or so. It feels like everything I touch or try to do, isn´t working. It is frustrating to start projects and than nothing really works out. Mostly it is not my fault, but it feels like --- Kjell

1 1/2h for Adams

Oh well, because I have nothing else to do than putting in my addresses and locations for about 90 days. Fixed my 3rd block for the drug testing "whereabouts". Its done --- Kjell

Back in Hamburg

I made it back home to Hamburg --- Kjell
PS: Miss you Babe, Indy and Savanah!!!

back on the road

I´m traveling again. This time, my journey leads me back home to Hamburg. Haven´t been there since early in the year. Just hope I can sleep on the plain --- Kjell

Done and ...

tons ... tons of rest now. About the race, well more later --- Kjell

Ironman Coeur d´ Alene

Wow it is race day again. Including the time difference, I raced less than a week ago in South Korea. And the other fun thing is, I got the same race number #45. My shoulder and toe have seen better race mornings and I´m motivated and have allot respect for what is coming up. We start 35 Minutes earlier, what can and probably will be a nightmare for me ... Please keep your fingers crossed --- Kjell

Thank you

... for all the support. I hope I have a good day, even many things are making the perfect day hard to reach. On my way here I had so many friends/family/Supporters who helped me. Thank you --- Kjell

colder and colder

I don´t know what´s going on, but the temperatures are not really what we expected and need for sunday. It is realy cold out there and I don´t wanna think about the race on sunday. I´m gonna freeze everything off. My shoulder and toe are there and they constantly let me know that they are there.
Well at least the Hottop works now. I´m sure I need it after the race --- Kjell
PS: Happy Birthday Max

... more Korea impressions

The HIGH1 Golf/Ski resort, place of the finishline.
All the 40+ Elitestarters had to pack their bikes at T2.
It was a great experience and now Ironman CDA is right there --- Kjell

Ran into Max

... at Albertson here in Coeur d Alene. That happens quite often to us. We run into each other. Last time before Hawaii at the San Francisco Airport. Max looks realy fit for sunday --- Kjell

Impressions from Korea

Here are some impressions from the Korea race last sunday:
Lady´s Top3
Man Top3
Later some more --- Kjell

Done and ...

on my way home. Recouvering fast/faster ... to get ready for Ironman CDA next sunday --- Kjell

bad luck ...

I guess. Well my racing recently was filled with great moments. The good side of it is, I learn allot. And we will see how this hard race will effect my Ironman next sunday. I´m probably losing my toenail and that will not be fun for sunday.
Yesterday, the water war cold (15,5C) and I had a terrible swim. Hurt my bad shoulder at the start and than getting on my bike was a struggle. After freezing for a couple km I warmed up enough to ride solid. I wanted to take it easy on the "flat" section, so I do not kill myself on the big climbing. That was not the right desicion. I lost quite some time and I came of the bike, after that hard climb with a OK feeling. Than starting the run it the fog (at 4500F elevation!!!) was allright. I started hard right away and made up quite some spots and did some for my CDA motivation. Finished in 5:29h (24th out of 600), I know not the greatest, oh well --- Kjell

2009 High1 Long Distance Triathlon Asian Championships

Raceday again and lets see how things go for me here. This will be my 4th race in Korea and last year I got 2nd in the Korean Triathlon Longdistance Championships on Jeju --- Kjell

Miss U

Honey I miss you --- Kjell

South Korea

... is allways an experience: "South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK) (Korean: 대한민국, IPA: [tɛː.han.min.ɡuk̚]), listen (help·info)) and often referred to as Korea, is a country in East Asia, occupying the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. Also known as the "Land of the Morning Calm", it is neighbored by China to the west and Japan to the east, and borders North Korea to the north. Its capital is Seoul, the second largest metropolitan city in the world[3] and a major global city. South Korea lies in a temperate climate region with a predominantly mountainous terrain. Its territory covers a total area of 100,032 square kilometers and has a population of almost 50 million, making it one of the most densely populated regions in the world." [source: wikipedia] cheers from there --- Kjell

Hopefully

I have Internet in my Hotel here in Korea. Wrote this on my way to Korea and hope all works out well. This is another crazy thing --- Kjell

cannot stand them ...

LIARS “A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.” very true and sadly this is true too and hurts “The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.” --- Kjell

Leaving for South Korea

I´m back on the road and going for the Korean Longdistance Championships near by Seoul --- Kjell

bigger the better

that is Indys playing style Lets play --- Kjell

one, two and three ...

weeks to go for crazy things to happen:
one week to go for South Korea race
two weeks to go for Ironman CDA
three weeks to go for Olympic Triathlon in Hamburg
... three weekends, three races, three continents --- Kjell

drop

The temperatures droped by 25F. It is cold now. Had to get my longsleeves back out --- Kjell

day off in the office

... fixed my Blog, tried to contact everyone I haven´t for a while, set up our wedding webside and did some other stuff ---

flight to Korea

I´m doing it again. Just booked my flight to Korea for the Korea Longdistance Championships. It is and will be a crazy thing to do --- Kjell

11 Minutes

that I lost in T2 during Ironman China. I still think about those minutes that are gone. I do not remember beeing in T2 for all that time at all. Guess it was the heat, 118F --- Kjell

120

miles on the Ironman CDA course today. A short run on top and than relax (as much as I can!) --- Kjell

day off in the

... backyard. Today I wanted to take off from training. Well I ended up in the backyard and was doing some yard work for 6h --- Kjell

big miles ...

on the weekend. After bringing Sinje to the airport I did a 5h ride starting at 5:45am. Today I did a long bike plus a 1h run, I´m tired after all this --- Kjell

bye bye

Sinje had to fly home. It was so much fun, come back soon --- Kjell

Birds of Prey

Today we (Sinje, Blake and I) visite Blakes interships place - Birds of Prey - for the summer. It was fun, thanks Jane --- Kjell

trying ...

to get in the CDA Ironman. Sometimes it is hard to get through --- Kjell

Sanders beach

We went down to Sanders beach and saw the CDA-seamonster Have fun --- Kjell

good hours

... on my bike today. Well it was early in the morning, but I needed to --- Kjell

allright ...

I ran the 13. miles yesterday in 1:17,14h and that was enough for 8th place. With a 25h week in my legs I´m allright with that result --- Kjell

Running in CDA

Even I do not feel 100%, I do the CDA Halfmarathon as a prep-test for the next races and of course my sister Sinje is here and she enjoys this --- Kjell

Sinje and her horses

We went to a Ranch for a Rancher festival. It was fun --- Kjell

fun in CDA

We are having fun here in CDA, but today we go for a short roadtrip and show Sinje our little place in Moscow --- Kjell

on the course

I train most of my time here in Coeur d´Alene on the official Ironman CDA course. Hope to get my little somthing totaly over with soon --- Kjell

23:59

Sinje is coming into town. Welcome --- Kjell

moving

... to Coeur d´Alene for the summer. Happy training --- Kjell

Sponsoring

"Von der globalen Wirtschaftskrise wird der Sponsoring-Markt weniger stark betroffen sein. Am ehesten hat noch das Sport-Sponsoring zu leiden." [author: Joachim Bacher (TNS Infratest) // Link: FTD.de]Sehr interessant und lesenswert --- Kjell

Florida 70.3

Good luck everyone!!! Have a great day and race in the sunny state of Florida --- Kjell

could not

race, I wasn´t feeling well. To bad, its a beautiful day --- Kjell

Running in Spokane

I will do a quick run this morning at 7:30am in Spokane the Halfmarathon. Thanks to Bob, the racedirector. Happy feet --- Kjell

Good Luck babe

"It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned." [author: Frank A. Clark] You earned it after the great semester, you will have a good final today --- Kjell

Millionen Legionen

Love this song --- Kjell

... random ...

I get quite a few random phonecalls on my "to go phone"! I have to pay 1 US to activate my card every day I use it. So Numbers I do not know, sorry I don´t answer --- Kjell

News

Beeing away from Hamburg means I need to get my informations somehow. Most of the time I use gmx --- Kjell

Congratulations ...

to Sebastian! He just won the Triathlon Season kickoff in Buschütten --- Kjell

happy mothers day

Happy mothers day! Thank you mom.
"The modern Mother's Day holiday was created by Anna Jarvis as a day for each family to honor its mother,[1] and it's now celebrated on various days in many places around the world. It complements Father's Day, the celebration honoring fathers." [source: wikipedia] --- Kjell

funny and some truth ...

“The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.” [author: Mark Twain] Good quote and it is kinda true --- Kjell

most powerful food ...

"Biestmilch is the most powerful food in the world …!" [source: biestmilch.com] I just had my afterworkout clostrum lunch --- Kjell

"bad people"

"There is a good side and a bad side to most people, and in accordance with your own character and disposition you will bring out one of them and the other will remain a sealed book to you." [author: Mark Twain] very true --- Kjell

Spring

Well the temps are not realy there yet. But it feels a bit like spring and it looks allot like it: It´s very pretty --- Kjell

NOT SPAM !!!

BLOGGER just called my Blog a SPAM BLOG. Well I´m a person who use´s this medium for Networking. I dont see the point beeing Spam at all. Hope BLOGGER is fixing this ASAP --- Kjell

Indy and things that are cool ...

Indy is a little carefull, but wants to see and smell everything. Well as long one of us is near Lets go for a run Indy --- Kjell

Wildflower

AVIA Wildflower Triathlons Festival, hope yll you guys had fun --- Kjell

Happy Birthday

... Babe: Love you, your mister

1. Mai

"The first day in "the lovely month of May" (Camelot) is a national holiday in Germany, Austria, and most of Europe. International Workers' Day is observed in many countries around the globe on May 1. But there are other German May customs that reflect the end of winter and the arrival of warmer days.
Tag der Arbeit - 1. Mai
Oddly, the widespread custom of celebrating Labor Day on the first of May (am ersten Mai) was inspired by events in the United States, one of the few countries that does not observe Labor Day in May! In 1889, a congress of world socialist parties was held in Paris." [source: about.com] A great long weekend --- Kjell

eting Chris McCormack, our social butterfly, at Starbucks in Santa Monica

"Chris is not only an extraordinary athlete, he is also a phenomenon that he himself termed as social butterfly (for him his father is a social butterfly, and Chris got not only one feature from him), he is here and he is everywhere else. People feel attracted by him, and this applies not only to females, that’s, of course, what everybody would expect, but also to males. Chris is a magnet in the crowd." [Read and watch it on Biestmilch.com] Well done Susann --- Kjell

Picture upload worked ...

Here the impressions from Vancouver ... Blake and I in front of the Steamclock in Gastown Vancouver.
On the way to Vancouver!
Indy decided she needs a bath in the Lagoon.
Mike was checking out what Indy was checking out.
Thanks Mike we had so much fun --- Kjell

Vancouver ...

Our trip to the Vancouver BC in Canada. It was a fun weekend. Thanks Mike for the invitation, we had so much fun at your party. Here are some impressions: ... sorry I need to upload the pictures later. Blogger is not doing it --- Kjell

YES

"The crowd expected to see a special presentation of a plaque but Farley reached into his pocket and assumed the position on one knee and spoke to Dalby, "Will you marry me?." There was silence as the response was held at bay and a few seconds later Dalby replied, "Yes."!" [source: runningwashington] Congratulations --- Kjell

1000 posts

I mad it to a 1000 posts. I know it is nothing realy special, but I think its kinda cool --- Kjell

Kick Axx where every you go

Tim you gonna Kick Axxx in your next one. This is a nice articel about Tim, he is a great guy: "Tim Marr's Excellent Triathlon Journey" [source: ironman.com] --- Kjell

Would you eat ...

everything? I´m allways open to try new things, but honestly some thing looked to strange to me. But I tried a few things. These once I skiped:
Nose from some animal, probably a pig
"flying Duck"
Enjoy your meal --- Kjell

China impressions ...

It was a total different experience. Have a look: Ricefields arround our Hotel
Downtown Haikou on Hainan China
The security guy in our Hotel.
What a trip --- Kjell

travellunch ...

Just having luch and its not to bad Enjoy yours --- Kjell

back on the road

Writing this from Shanghai (China) Airport. So I made the first flight out of four until I arrive in Spokane. Next stop will be Vancouver Canada, from there to Seattle USA and then finaly to Spokane USA. Honestly it wasn´t to bad traveling without my bike, but I´m happy to have it back. Happy recouvery --- Kjell

do you know 113 or lets say 45 ...

I do now! That is like standing in front of your oven after backing a cake and trying to push yourself for hours. The news from ironman.com: "On a day that saw temperatures rise to 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) survival became the mantra for the athletes" Two and a half days are not enough to get used to that kind of heat. Now, rest-rest-rest --- Kjell

BD in China

I had a hard day here in Haikou. It was obvious, that I did quite a few hickups in the last weeks before the race. I learn and do it differently next time for sure! Because of my condition, my racerepords follows in the next days. Congrats to everyone and sorry for Tim Marr, that´s to bad --- Kjell

Ironman China

Its raceday again. This is my 3rd M-DOD race within 6 weeks and my main race! Wish me luck --- Kjell

Need some motivation ?

Here we go: "I against Me"
"Seit dem Juni letzten Jahres hat es sich ein Filmteam in Kooperation zwischen Arutan Productions und [projekt-triathlon] zur Aufgabe gemacht, die Sportart Triathlon so authentisch wie nur möglich einzufangen. Das direkte Am-Athleten-Sein gepaart mit einer filmischen Inszenierung der Dynamik des Sportes lassen eine absolut originelle Welt entstehen, die den Profi, den Amateur, den Einsteiger, aber auch den Nicht-Sportler auf emotionale Weise über Bilder und Inhalte ansprechen soll. Das Ergebnis wird dann im HD-Format erscheinen." [source: Tri2b] Well done Dennis and Team --- Kjell

Approved !!!

Going back to the US on Tuesday. This time it was no problem at all to get the Authorization for my Tourist VISA Approved
"Your travel authorization has been approved and you are authorized to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program. This does not guarantee admission to the United States; a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer at a port of entry will have the final determination." [source: ESTA] --- Kjell

AHA ...

Darüber habe ich auch schon nachgedacht:
"EU rügt „Whereabouts“, Doping-Statut nicht rechtskonform? Verstoß gegen Datenschutzregel.
Brüssel - Der Anti-Doping-Kampf hat auf politischem Parkett eine Niederlage erlebt. Die Datenschutzgruppe der Europäischen Kommission wertet die "Whereabout"-Regel der Welt-Anti-Doping-Agentur Wada als Verstoß gegen Datenschutzbestimmungen.
Die Regelung sieht vor, dass Sportler im Internet für drei Monate im Voraus täglich eine Stunde angeben müssen, in der sie für Doping-Kontrollen zur Verfügung stehen. "Die Arbeitsgruppe sympathisiert mit den Motiven hinter der Regel. Sie stellt aber auch fest, dass viele Aspekte gegen EU-Datenschutzbestimmungen, das Recht auf Privatsphäre und Freiheit verstoßen", sagt ein Insider gegenüber Reuters.
Der österreichische Anti-Doping-Experte Karlheinz Demel verweist auf die Wada, die nun gefordert sei, ein neues Regulativ aufzuarbeiten, das EU-rechtskonform ist. Nada-Chef Andreas Schwab sagt: "Ich habe nicht damit gerechnet, weil die Regelung in Österreich für 95 der Sportler kein Problem ist."
Die Fifa und Uefa hatten gegen die Regel opponiert, in Belgien läuft gegen die Bestimmung eine Klage, der sich 65 Sportler angeschlossen haben." [source: Wiener Zeitung] --- Kjell

Preview IM China

I dont think the weather is bad at all. Even it would sound great at home, that I had another race with brutal conditions. But at the moment it doesnt look bad at all. We will see.
"Balmy blue skies are greeting athletes arriving in Hainan for the second Ironman China and Ironman 70.3 China, both presented by K-SWISS. There is no sign of the stormy weather that brought a typhoon to China's tropical south just days before the inaugural race in 2008. Still, as Ironman Chinawas labelled by many experienced athletes as being the toughest in the Ironman series, there is much speculation about the weather as the mercury appears to be rising." [source: ironman.com] It feels like we have a german speaking invasion. Allmost 10% of the starter are from german speaking countries --- Kjell

Right from the Pressconference

... here on Hainan in Haikou. The race will be capture on sunday by Mr. Peter Henning, who won multiple Emmy Awards for his Sport shows.
Check out news on the Ironman China Blog!
Oh, and the news about a missing bike from one of the racefavourits Joseph Major sounds familiar to me. Hope you find one!
Lets have a fair race on Sunday ...
From the scene --- Kjell

HAIKOU

"Haikou (simplified Chinese: 海口; pinyin: Hǎikǒu), situated at the north of Hainan island, is the capital of Hainan Province of the People's Republic of China and has an estimated population of 830,192 (2006), therefore by far the largest city on the island." [source: wikipedia] Its nice and hot here --- Kjell

Haikou

Arrival on Haikou for the Ironman China on Sunday --- Kjell

Traveling again ...

"Travel is the change in location of people on a trip through the means of transport from one location to another. Travel is most commonly for recreation (as part of tourism or to visit friends and family), for business or for commuting; but may be for numerous other reasons, such as migration, fleeing war, etc. Travel may occur by walking or human-powered mode, or through mechanical vehicles, either as private or public transport." [source: wikipedia] ... on my way to China --- Kjell

but still missing ...

“In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost.” [author: Anne Sophie Swetchine] --- Kjell