Two nights before, in the night of Friday(23., luckily not the
13th) to Saturday the 24th, I woke up because of cramps in my
stomach and well...SQUIRTS. So, I didn´t sleep anymore the coming
hours, and when I got on my feet, I felt really dizzy after going
for 5m. SUX, the very next day, the 25th of july, should be my
premier on the middle distance and I trained for this, the lastmonths
really hard, because this should be my seasonal high…
On Saturday morning I called my work, that I wasn´t be able to
come( I barely could stand). Than I went back to bed and were
able to slept about 2hours, than I sent Jan to the pharmacy to
get me something for the stomach and even were able to eat two
slices of bread anf after the upcoming hours passed by, I felt
a little bit better, like a marvelous healing and so I packed
and grabbed my stuff and travelled to Hofheim/ Lower Franken.
When I saw the sign of “changing distances” I hesitated for a
while, but than I thought, whatever, I´m here for the middle distance,
and so shortly before 10:00o´clock I put my wet suit on…
My exersice friend Manuel and myself, shortly before the start
to our very first middle distance...
At this time the lake is really soft and smooth, but than, let´s
get it cooking, err started…
Full throttle, almost 100 athletes went on the 1900m long swim
course,
after 950 a short walk and back in the water...
After 44 minutes I escaped the water and I were allowed to get
on my bike for the next 83km and 750m of altitude.
After the bike course a small half-marathon ( 20,5km) to absolve...
Finally and overhappy I finished with a time of 5:31:58h, and
even the time would be without squirts a big success for me.
And, lucky me, I recieved the silver medal in my age-group. I
think this wouldn´t be my last appearance on the middle distance,
but for this year. J I like to say thank you at this moment to
Esther and Sarah for taking pictures and to the family of Manuel
for their support and hospitality.
Doro
Place, Start number, Name, Surname, Team/place, Country, DOB,
AG, Swim, Bike, Run, Overall time
7 7 Richters, Dorothee MC PIRATE DE 84 W25 2 46:23 10 2:53:39
8 1:51:56 8 5:31:58 |