My athletes were great again and I am very proud of each one! This time I was able to share your experiences on Sunday from my own hand.
To catch up with Armin Atzlinger, I had to mobilize the last of my strength. Unfortunately, he couldn't keep going, otherwise we would have crossed the finish line together. His time stood still at an insane 8:52 hours, and with that he achieved his big goal of sub9. As I expected in advance, he was so far ahead and, as far as I know, the fastest Austrian 🙂
Stefan Driver aka Treibi came right afterwards. With a 3:09 run at the end, he pushed his way across the finish line in a new best time of 9:10 hours.
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| Holger afterwards in the shade 🙂 |
Daniel Bräunlein (9:37 hours) unfortunately got an 8-minute penalty like me, but just like Holger Czujack (9:49 hours, new best time), he still came comfortably under 10 hours.
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| Dani on the waayyyy |
From now on it happened in quick succession! Dominique Thalhammer was able to look forward to a great race at his premiere (10:01 hours) and could have turned up the 1 minute again at the end 😉
Four minutes later, Marc v. Bergh just passed his goal in under 10 hours, but was still overjoyed because two weeks before he had been hit by a car and stood at the start wrapped in support bandages. It is absolutely remarkable that he managed to collect € 18,000 for a good cause (https://www.jeder-schritt-zaehlt.de/) -> take a look at the page!
Stefan Erdorf was unfortunately unable to beat his best time on Sunday, but can still be very proud with his time of 10:16 hours. We'll attack again next time! Two minutes later Marco Eckstein flew over the finish line with a very good run and a new best time.
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| Marco in the wind |
It was also the first time that Stefan Leidenberger was at the start. The word happy hardly describes how he entered the target tent after 10:40 hours. He could have hugged the whole world 🙂
Three minutes later, Bianca Schubert finished her first long distance in the same way and with the time of 10:43 hours she can be very proud of herself. My congratulations!
My two athletes Martin Bures and Akos Majzer must have actually seen each other, because they arrived at the finish line at the same time after 11:26 hours. Both improved their best times by almost an hour.
Las but not least I am at least as proud of Philip Kellner, who from now on can call himself Ironman. He has now finally achieved his big goal from the finish and can be really satisfied with a time of 14:15 hours, even if it wasn't always easy on Sunday. But it wasn't just like him, me and my athletes, but everyone who got the race behind them.
Many greetings
krelli