03/07/2011 T-3 Triathlon in Düsseldorf

At 6:30o´clock, everybody in Germany is still asleep. Everybody? No way, of course not, some maniacs found each other in düsseldorf, for the first triathlon there, over the sprinting distance( 0,75/20/5). There were only 101men and 36 women on the start, so the check-in was very fast and so, I still had time to take a look around and get back to my bed again, just in mind of course… At 7:35o´clock I pulled on my wet suit and went towards the start of the swimming and to listen to the contest-briefing and after the briefing we had some time to get to know the waters( muddy harbour brew) before the start. At 8:00o´clock was the starting signal and soon the field were apart,after 750, I escaped the waters over a ramp to the transition area after 16:37min. And 2:20min later, I sat on my bike, wet and cold, while the outside temperatures were around 14degrees and so I needed the whole first round to warm up a bit. On the bike course you had to ride over two bridges over the river Rhine towards a turning point than over 200mmof really bad cobble stone pavement ( I thought my bike get itself  into its component parts), passing the parliament and back to the harbor. You had to ride three rounds and after 34:09min the fun was over for me. For the 2nd change I only needed 1:26min and were able to run with another starter on the 5km running course with two rounds thru the harbor and after 19:19min, and I crossed the finish line with the same time with the other, because no one was faster than the other in the closing sprint, our time 1:13:50h. The Movie ;) Marco Pfeifers in Düsseldorf beim triathlon von Clipfish Overall place   10.  of 101 AG M20          03.  of   17 Having said this, even in spite of the early starting time, was it a wonderful cometition, and I´m really looking forward to 2012, to strt here again. Marco Pfeifers

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