Sweet Winter sample...short enough to like it !

Wow, I didn't expect the first winter's burst to be "over" so quick. The
snow is egtting melted day by day - above all all the streets are in
prefect (cycling) condition again. I had a tremendous weekend of training.
Here in Zurich and despite snow snowfall on Saturday, Sunday was just great!
Blues sky, sunshine all day and long exercise hours'. I made a 2
hour-long-jog in the morning and went for 4 hours on the bike in the
afternoon. Pure fun!

Well, it's going to be a "ditry week" in the woods for running, since the
whole sauce is melting away, but finally I prefer warm temperatures, so I
can live with the (temporary) mud.

Work is going very well too - I got some serious job offers at Kraft... I'll
see how I can manage this oportunity with my current season's plans. Keep
the fingers crossed - I'd love to finalize "ever-tri-ng" as desired.

Stay tuned for more on sleep-work-train-eat ;-))

Dani

Winter has taken over...!

Brrrr, gone the fun of two-digit temperatures in January! Swiss climate has come back and that with a clean sweep: Some snow, harsh winds and temperatures below zero. Hm, not quite what I longed for...

Anyway, I do my training as good as it's possible. Riding the trainer in our laundry room, instead of cosy longrides outside. Swimming is no problem anyway and running works so far perfectly.

Despite the season's bothers, I do feel perfectly back in training mode and that is nice and prospectuous. I have a lot of fun in exercising again and no doubts anymore about limited health.

Well, I hope rain and, rather, warmth will finish the snow thing as fast as it came. Fingers crossed!!

Keep it crispy

Dani

Hard Ride, tire damage, nice climb !

Well, well, I have to admit that since I started working fulltime, my planning skills got little lousy. Yesterday, I had an appointment with an airbrusher for discussing the helmdesign 2007. I went there by bike, including this into my longride. All of a sudden, I forgot, when he'd be closing that afternoon. I was forced to ride "really, really hard" all the way to Altendorf (SZ) and overloaded my system with an hour of fast pedalling. Well, the good thing was, I'm still able to ride pretty fast, the maybe not so good thing was, that I shouldn't touch those intensities yet.... The definitely shitty thing - by no question!!! - was that I rode over some cracked beer bottle, sclicing my rear tire and tube big time.

For gods sake, there was a bike shop nearby. Those guys were really friendly, giving my spares and everything with an invoice, so I could continue with my ride.

I chose to climb the Sattelegg - a 10k's gradual climb up to 1100 m above seelevel. It was the first time for me to do so in January, because normally there's snow up there - but who's talking about normal in this winter so far?!!

Anyway, after an hour's hard ride a hard climb went really well. Thinking about some kg's to loose until summer and some shape improvements, I'm nicely on track!!

I'm really psyched about that designer helmet. I made the design myself and have it airbrushed by a pro. I have a new headsponsor and his brand will crown my head. I'll post a picure of it, as soon as I have it back.

So, that's it. The forecasts sound baaaaaaad - snow, scattered showers, colder temps. Hmm, we'll see.

Stay tuned and eat that soup out nicely - maybe, we're lucky and have some additional spring time!

Howdy
Dani

Picture of the day - sorry, the night...!

A warm January evening's adventure...

Wow, awesome!

We're having the winter of ceturies' - no snow, spring temperatures and thus perfect conditions for athletes!!! This made me come to the idea of riding outside instead of hitting the trainer - in the evening, that is!
It was already dark when I started the training ride, not enough, there was a real tough wind blowing from allover. It was that perfect setting for a gloomy athmosphere.
It was the first time since my break that I could go into overdrive again. I had blisteringly strong legs and a great feeling. So nice!! I love it.

This season could stay like that until the end of March - I wouldn't mind at all.
Well, we'll see - anyway: I realize that the fun, the guts and the need for speed are all back and made me go out and push the limit - finally that's what it's all about.

Stay tuned and keep it crispy

Dani

When things are fallin' to place!

Hey, hey, hey: New week, new luck... Or something like that. I got back training last Friday and enjoyed every minute of motion since then. The break did well - mentally and physically. Sure, there are some Holiday leftovers on the ribs, but they're giong to melt in the springtime anyway.

I got some sponsor contracts signed and some races fixed.... What a good feeling to set the year early and....smart!

I'm really psyched to have such great support with friends, sponsors, family and last, but certainly not least, my big love Sonja. Since working full time and training much on the weekend, we had to reduce our time together badly.

That's not always easy, but she's so full of understanding - and she knows, it's not going to be like that forever!

So, happy to be back, not fully on the fast lane, but just entered the highway ramp. Take care, watch your bumper, I'll hang in tight there!

Howdy
Dani

Runway cleared, you got the green light !!!!

And finally I got confirmation. My sport physician just phoned in and I got clearance to reenter the triathlon workout orbit!

That's what I call good news! Some bad memories creeped into my mind. It' s exactly 28 months ago that I was diagnosed with mononucleosis. There I had the drop my Kona spot and rest for 4 months. Puh, I'm glad that it's different this time!

Keep it up! Hang in there again, and get you lazy butt goin'!

Cheerioh
Dani

Waiting fot the Go

Last time I wrote that I'm din't get back into a regular training mode all
easlily... Pah, well written: I'm still on the (boring!!!) break. Last
weekend, when I tried to exercise again, my heart rate was still
overelevated. 15-20 bpm higher than normal is too much. There must be
something in my body that isn't welcome.



I gave 3 blood samples last Monday at my sport physician's. He sent them to
a lab and now I'm waiting for the results.

It's the third week off - no harm so far, but I pray for a fast go! I'm so
hot to get rid of the holiday grease (;-) and above all work on my shape.

Get it started 2007

Finally...! After a 12 days' training time out, I seem to be healthy enough again to get back to training. The break did well to my body and mind, but now I kind of struggel to get back to a regular trainings routine. Easy...it's only January.

I really enjoyed the holidays - above all spending some time around New Year with our best friends in Stein (Appenzell).

So from here: Good start to everybody and have fun!

Cheers, Dani.

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