half Challenge in Barcelona-Maresme

So... on sunday should be the first starting signal for me, for my first middle distance of the year 2011, and I thought to myself, the Half Challemnge in Barcelona-Maresme should be the one. Everything was almost perfect. My training, the recovery, the journey and everything else, what belongs to it, to feel quite comfortable at the starting line. I really wanted to push the hell out of me, and my plan was it, to finish under the top 10. Well, just the plan… At 8:00o´clock in the morning, was the start for the pro´s race and all 38 pro´s ran into the ocean. Wonderful, I had no problems at the first 1,9km, swallowing some salt water is not bad after all and after 23:12min I could get rid of my wet-suit and start on the 90km bike course. Slowly the temperatures rises as well, and soon reached the 30degrees mark, I could go really fast on the bike, and if I had a wish free, I would wish a colling system for my UVEX-aero-helmet, my legs were hot also, but why should I bother about this? After 2:08h I came back to the transition area, and I could get some fresh air to my head. You almost do everything for being aerodynamic, but there is nothing better than the FP2 from UVEX. Get into my running shoes, and off I go. I was on 12th position when I entered the running course and fastly could fight my way on the 10th place, I felt good, and I didn´t waste a thought about it, that I barely drank a liter on the bike. I could go on with my speed constantly, and now I don´t ya a story about hitting the wall, because since Sunday I´m scared about it. It wasn´t nice – what followed is, that I couldn´t hold my speed, it went down from 3:30 to 4:30/km, and my dream of finish under the top 10 bursted like an air bladder, but when I reached finally the finish line, I was relieved, even my time for the half-marathon wasn´t good, only 1:25h, that´s really bad, overall I finished with a time of 4:00:20h So, after the race I´m a wise man, more than before: it doens´t work without drinking, even if you use gels and bars, they cannot balance the dehydration of your body… At the German Championships in Kulmbach over the middle distance, I wanna do better and raise the Pirate-colors high.   so long, Bocki

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