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Not blue, not green, not yellow...ROTH !
Somehow the feeling is every time or year the same...One year before you registrate yourself, you gonna arrange the booking of hospitality, planning of exercise camps, exercise units or contest for preparation and somehow the day is so far away and not reality. Surely you think about, how everything will take part and you´re hoping that you won´t receive any kinds of injury, hurts or illness or other kinds of hindrance. And than the month and days passes by and time becomes curtly…

Suddenly the weekend and the day, you were waiting almost a year for, the longest day of the year is there. The alarm-clock is ringing right in the middle of the night and Anyhow I stand up like a tin soldier out of my bed. Look sharp, here it is, the reality. I need a coffee- no, better two. Milk-rolls and one banana at 3:30 in the morning. The good thing is, that I´m be able to eat all around the clock, whatever what time is it. I packed my bag the day before, just filling up my bottles with water to loosen the beverage powder. Take on my clothes, take an overview look thru the holiday flat, if I not forget anything and off we go, to the swim start.


On thursday we arrived in Roth, and moved in our holiday flat with our very nice hirer. Control of the bike course by car, a short bath in the channel and some shopping on the fais market. After I checked my bike again, filled up the tyres with air, I made myself clear for the start.


Slowly the day light arrives, and I´m really lucky about a complete women starting group at 6:25o´clock, 25minutes after the pro´s.


I had no problems during the swim, no fights or struggles. I´m feeling good but I started up carefully, because the longest part is still about to come... After 1:06h and I remark that it probablywould better, if I had started up at the front of the start block, maybe I would have found a pair of faster feet, just to get me the one or the other minute, but to be honest, in my class, you shoudn´t argue about a minute or two… I grab my bag, short brake in the changing tent, with the very helpful helpers and run to my bike. So…Just take a seat. Roth is a fast course, but everything else than flat and when the wind starting up blowing, it won´t get easier, but one thing is clear, the course is wonderful and the atmossphere is absolute fantastic….AWESOME!!! I get duck skin, by riding up the Solarer Hill.


If you ever felt this feeling here in Roth, you´ll come back every year( My opinion). And in Roth, you get this feeling two times.
After 6:06h I´m ready with the bike part, and tried myself to straighten up...weird, the back aches shortly after the bike part. In the changing tent, I´ll get myself some suncream from one of the helpful hands, because it could take some time until I get some shadow agian…
Well…and so, things getting started, the running…after a while.


The atmossphere on the run course is fantastic as well, just follow the channel.


There and bag again, with some loops thru the villages. Up the bridge and down again. And Jess conducted myself all the time with her camera ( Thank you Jess!!!)


Wearing shoulder pads are in again this year…


After a short hook thru the town of Roth, you came to the Home straight, sadly we don´t have a picture of it. But the atmossphere and I repeat myself I know, is awesome…
After 11:53h I crossed the finish line and went to the foot supply in the finish area.
Conclusion: a fantastic well organized contest in a region, where it comes from by heart.
Everything worked: hirer, Viewers, spectators, contest and of course the support by Jess!

I´ll come back again, no question…


Chain mostright,
Nina
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