trying

to get some rest for the 34 mile run I´m gonna do tomorrow. Will be up a mountain so even more fun! --- Kjell

Better to conquer

This is fantastic: "It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell." [Buddha] --- Kjell

Mom

Welcome back to Idaho MOM!!! --- Kjell

Love it

I love my wings: --- Kjell

Booster

Need more than one Booster today. That was a short night watching the Ironman Germany and all the Biest Athletes out there. Well done --- Kjell

Ironman Germany

Good luck to all the Biestmilch Athletes. Meike, Nicole, Yvonne and Macca. You guys rock out there! --- Kjell

Ironman CDA

Another great shot from last sunday, during the Ironman CDA. --- Kjell

Let´s do this

"www.biestmilch.com Wenn Sie alle im Bild versteckten Biester finden, erhalten Sie vom Biestmilch-Team der Biestmilch Seven eine Unterstützung für Ihre Reise zum IRONMAN nach Hawaii.Zu gewinnen sind 3 Gutscheine im Wert von je € 1000,-" [source: biestmilch.com] I just did it --- Kjell

JULY

Hello JULY, it is a very important month for us;) --- Kjell
PS: Man just 18 days to go .... slow down July, please!

Optimist

Like this one: "The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come." [author: - Peter Ustinov] --- Kjell

Favorite shot from sunday

This is my favorite shot from sunday. Well maybe there are other once. I took so many, I have not looked at all of them --- Kjell

My article on triathlon.de

Here have a look. My article on triathlon.de. Biggest german speaking triathlon website --- Kjell

Ironman CDA

Ironman CDA is on today. I will be down there, but just as a Journalist, spectator and later as a Volunteer. Will be less fun that doing it for sure!!! --- Kjell

Running ...

around town, I love it! --- Kjell

Sleep

Have a hard time to sleep! Why? --- Kjell

Ironman

is in town ... Kjell

I ...

wanna start on sunday?!!!!! Keep your fingers crossed --- Kjell

Thanks

for listening weather. It gets warmer and tomorrow we hit 80! Yes --- Kjell

Weather ...

please get warm! --- Kjell

One week

until Ironman CDA. And so far I´m not racing,but volunteering. Will be hard! --- Kjell

Out there

I´m out near by St. Maries to help with the Birds. I´m excited! --- Kjell

Miss Hamburg

I do miss my Hamburg allot! --- Kjell

rain rain rain

here in CDA. We had some summer on the weekend and now rain for days again. Enough! --- Kjell

Still sour

My legs are still burning. Man running 52 miles is hard on your body. Ironman is allot easier to do. --- Kjell

Sorry for Japan

congrats Korea. Got your Ironman back !!! Way to go Tom Lee and Team --- Kjell

Wow

I´m tired!!! --- Kjell

50miles

of mind/body/character test! I´m excited --- Kjell

PS: I got 2nd place! YES!!! I´m happy!!!

Xterra

The Xterra is on today. Dont know if I should. --- Kjell

... I didn´t do it. 50 Miles tomorrow is enough right now;)

Weekend decision

Another one of those hard calls for the weekend. Don´t know what to do / race this weekend. There is a Xterra near by, that I always wanted to do. And the 50 miler, that would be another fantastic challenge and test for my body/mind/character. Don´t know yet? --- Kjell

Office work

Today I got allot done on my laptop. This that had to be done and needed to be send out. Not fun, but needed --- Kjell

Around the clouds

Today was one of those days where I managed to train around all the clouds out there. Very lucky --- Kjell

Nice

ride on the Ironman course here in CDA, Idaho --- Kjell

5th place

with the fastest run split for the day. I´m ok with that result 7 days after my Marathon win in CDA. Bad swim, no punch in my legs for the bike and running always works?!!! Thanks to the Radiant Lake Triathlon Crew, see you at Race the River. --- Kjell

Radiant Lake Triathlon

I´m number 409. Wish me luck --- Kjell

COOOOLD

Man the Radiant Lake was cold today. I went for a short swim in the 63F Lake and my fingers/hands/arms went numb --- Kjell

Why not

race on sunday again;) I saw this Triathlon and it looks like a cool race. Radiant Lake Triathlon --- Kjell

Title story ;)

Title story, after my win last sunday here in CDA: CDA Press --- Kjell

What I´m doing

"The other side to this is that the fields in WTC races may be compromised due to this. Those athletes who may not be at the top of the field will look to races that are not attended by the stars of the sport. This will in turn keep fields across the world to only a handful of professionals. For the sports elite it makes no difference as they will generally finish where they need to be in order to get paid. But for the WTC brand it may have an impact if they cannot secure a raft of big names. In saying that the 70.3 races this season have been well attended. The spin off benefit is that independent races like the Challenge Series and other events such as Wildflower will see plenty show up because they are not aligned so the 8% rule is out the window." [source: firstofthebike] --- Kjell

legs

Does someone got a spare pair of legs ... I´m very tired! --- Kjell

Memorial Day

Have a good Memorial Day today! --- Kjell

Run well

I wanna run well again today. Another day and another 26+ miles to go until I can have some good food. Keep your fingers crossed!!! Running in the CDA Marathon --- Kjell

WTC issue

Brian Rhodes pro from New Zealand: "It union time Pro's were getting screwed!!! This is complete B.S!!!"

HH

Miss Hamburg allot!!! --- Kjell

CDA Marathon

Thinking about running a Marathon this sunday. If I do I hope my legs are as good as two weeks ago. --- Kjell

WTC issue

"The issue is also payment of prize money. we wait months and months to be paid. 4 months in the case of Kona. so not only do they squeeze the purse there are no procedures regarding timeframe and method of payment. and dont get me starting on the anti doping.......will someone please come and test me??! after all thats what i am paying the $750 for! Equal days pay for equal days work. unwon money should be redistributed evenly between the prize money winning men and women." [source: firstofthebike author: Chrissie Wellington] --- Kjell

Shall I ???

Shall I run the CDA Marathon this sunday? I just did one a good two weeks ago. But I have done 3 in 4 weeks and my times than: 2:43h than 2:50 and 2:51!--- Kjell

Out of ...

an great email from Bill:
"I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die for the  1,387,258th time. ;)
I no longer have any money, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program. ;)
I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St. Theresa’s Novena has granted my every wish. ;)
THANKS TO YOU I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward an e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes. ;)
BECAUSE OF YOUR CONCERN, I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains. ;)" --- Kjell

Cross workout

... wit Blake. That is so fun. Run/walking around Tubbs Hill and doing strength training in between, fun. --- Kjell

Swimming

To find a good and not so expensive place to swim here in Coeur d`Alene isn´t so easy! --- Kjell

Can be fun

Today is a loose day. Just riding and and running around town. I had a training idea, but not 100% a plan. It felt good --- Kjell

Advice

It is not always the best thing, to do what you thought is the best or better necessary. --- Kjell

10-cents

Finding 10 Canadian cents on my Hayden Lake loop. I understand it is a beautiful area here! --- Kjell

failures

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." - Thomas Edison --- Kjell

my legs

are even worse today. I´m sure they will be better tomorrow. Should have jumped on my bike yesterday. --- Kjell

My legs

are so tired;) --- Kjell

3rd

I just got 3rd at the Winderthon Marathon in Spokane. Big mess with the course, but I ran the full thing and got told I´m 3rd and won my Age group. Later more what happened and how it was --- Kjell

running ...

tomorrow in Spokane --- Kjell

Thanks Scott

"Religion is like a crutch. Use it if you need it, but don't go around hitting people with it..." --- Kjell

Think about that ...

... just some recent facts:
- "1st place in the girls made more than top 3 guys put together due to the prize money redistribution." by Terenzo B.
- little less than 50% of the Pros DNS or DNF
- ... let see what else is coming! --- Kjell

Slow

down May, you running to fast, need to get so much done! --- Kjell

Running budy

Indy, having a break: let`s go --- Kjell

Happy ...

Moms day! I love you mom!!! --- Kjell

Look

Look sometimes? --- Kjell

Where

is the customer service ... "gone with the wind!!!" --- Kjell

Indy

in the park: --- Kjell

Great

job Andre. He got 15th in St. Croix, enjoy your holidays --- Kjell

windy

day yesterday. I had to drive from Moscow ID to Spokane WA. We had wind warnings out and it was bad: fatal biker crash, sliding Trash cans in town, broken trees and my windshield wipers wasn´t really working, with 50 mile headwinds --- Kjell

"not a position"

This is great. "Winning is not a position, it´s giving your best!" by Edwin Sai & Sammy Kipkater in "Train Hard, Win Easy. The Kenyan Way" --- Kjell

Good Luck

Andre, kick some but in St. Croix --- Kjell

Happy Birthday

my Love!!! --- Kjell

:(

I´m not very happy, I must say. I planed to race today. But things changed and ... : "If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it." - Mary Engelbreit I do, but I takes time --- Kjell

Back home in Moscow

It is good to be home again. --- Kjell

Andre

a good friend of my, is getting ready for Ironman 70.3 St. Croix. Have fun and enjoy --- Kjell

Love

those long run. The CDA lake was cold, windy, rainy just nasty, but I had fun! --- Kjell

In CDA

to help Deborah with a few things and get some wedding stuff done --- Kjell
PS: Where is the spring?

another week

... more miles, but my main question: "my goal!?!" --- Kjell

MAYBE

a short race this morning? Lets see --- Kjell

... not just maybe, I did it and got 4th! OK!!!

CDA

In Coeur d´Alene today, maybe some bike, run. Swim is always very difficult --- Kjell

??? Ironman ???

"If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it."-Mary Engelbreit
That is exactly what I´m thinking about Ironman right now! --- Kjell

Think Strong

It think is a great idea: "This community of athletes understands the importance of mental preparation for competition and incorporates lessons learned through their sport into every day life!" [ThinkStrong] --- Kjell

Who knows

I´m looking for Ironman distances, that are not Ironman´s! Anyone knows any of them? --- Kjell

Light up

I hope things light up in the air --- Kjell

Traveling

home to Idaho. --- Kjell

Ironman 70.3 New Orleans

The race is on. Good luck Yvonne van Vlerken and Chris McCormack for Biestmilch. --- Kjell

Biest´s in New Orleans

Have a look. Biest´s are in town: NOLA --- Kjell

I´m worried

What´s going on? I´m worried about everyone one home: "Flight disruptions in Europe get even worse"
"The agency said about 16,000 of Europe's usual 28,000 daily flights were canceled Friday — twice as many as were canceled a day earlier. Only about 120 trans-Atlantic flights reached European airports compared to 300 on a normal day, and about 60 flights between Asia and Europe were canceled. The International Air Transport Association said the volcano was costing the industry at least $200 million a day." [source: news/yahoo] --- Kjell

Good

first day in New Orleans. --- Kjell

Back on the road

#2 for the week. On my way to New Orleans, working for Biestmilch. Yvonne van Vlerken and Chris McCormack will be there too --- Kjell

Air

Catching some air in Coeur d´Alene in fresh rain;) Good long run and got some stuff done. More travel tomorrow --- Kjell

Back on the road

to Idaho! Not that I will not be back in the plain in two days. --- Kjell

weather ...

Hope the weather is nice to me! I plan to run with Sandy and her group in DC today! happy feet --- Kjell

The wedding

It is Genna`s and Kenny´s big day! --- Kjell

Washington DC

On my way to Washington DC, Genna and Kenny´s wedding --- Kjell

I always do in the swim

"Train Your Head To Think Positively In The Swim" [find this article: triathlete-europe] --- Kjell

IronHamburger

I fixed my website, it was old and not up to date! This is better --- Kjell

Marathon boom

"Marathon running boom: largest percentage increase in 25-years" [source: examiner author: Roman Mica] --- Kjell

CurryWurst

One of the things I miss from home! The good old CurryWurst: "Currywurst (German pronunciation: [ˈkœʁiˌvʊʁst]) is a German national dish consisting of hot pork sausage (German: Wurst) cut into slices and seasoned with curry sauce (regularly consisting of ketchup or tomato paste blended with curry) and generous amounts of curry powder, or a ready-made ketchup-based sauce seasoned with curry and other spices. It is frequently served at German 'Imbissbuden' and from food trucks." [source: wikipedia]
Now they opened a CurryWurst Museum in Berlin --- Kjell

Happy Easter

"Easter (Eostre (Old English); Greek: Πάσχα Paskha, from Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesakh,) is the central religious feast in the Christian liturgical year.[1] According to Christian scripture, Jesus was resurrected from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. Some Christians celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday[2] (also Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday), two days after Good Friday and three days after Maundy Thursday. The chronology of his death and resurrection is variously interpreted to be between AD 26 and AD 36. Easter also refers to the season of the church year called Eastertide or the Easter Season. Traditionally the Easter Season lasted for the forty days from Easter Day until Ascension Day but now officially lasts for the fifty days until Pentecost. The first week of the Easter Season is known as Easter Week or the Octave of Easter. Easter also marks the end of Lent, a season of fasting, prayer, and penance." [source: wikipedia] --- Kjell
PS: ... and I won the Houser 10km Lake Icebreaker with morning!

21 ways

Have a look: "MIND GAMES
No Excuses
The most important part of getting fit is to stop making excuses not to, Dixon says. We all are crunched for time, sore, and just looking for an excuse to stay in our jammies. But no excuse is good enough for you not to take care of your health. Start taking a "no-ifs,-ands,-or-buts-about-it" attitude toward fitness." [source: active.com // author: K. Aleisha Fetters] --- Kjell

Not sure ...

if the splits are right. But looking at my second 2 miles in the Duathlon in Lewiston last weekend, I ran the mile in 4:58min! Good speed work, that day --- Kjell