Follow up to the Quelle Challenge: Crossing the Fi... Yep, that’s me traipsing through the finish line at the Quelle Challenge in Roth, Germany a few days before the actual race. Note the lack of cheering fans and the obvious fact that I’m wearing jeans. As planned, I completed only the swim and bike on race day then stopped in T2. My own unofficial aqua bike race with me as the only participant. I had mixed feelings about doing an event that I knew that...

Quelle Challenge #4: Racing for Other Than a Fast ... I’ll be racing at the Quelle Challenge in Roth tomorrow morning for the fourth year in a row. When I first came to Roth in 2005, I came to experience the legendary atmosphere of what is the largest Ironman-distance field in the world with more than 2,500 individuals and 500 relays competing and more than 100,000 spectators cheering. I was not disappointed in the experience. I also came to break nine hours again...

Quelle Challenge: In Germany before the race…... David mimicking a statue in Roth Well, it’s now only two days before my key race this year, the Quelle Challenge in Roth, Germany. Laura and I arrived on Sunday morning (June 25) a full week before the race instead of arriving two days before the race like last year. The week has been good as it has given me time to adjust to the +6 hours time zone plus just relax. Last zear was so rushed and stressful - I did...