Captain Jörn's calculation is even better than Svenja's: thirty-four
plus twelve equals five (34+12+10=5). The answer follows…
First, Sveny and Captain Klotz decided to run the long Wegberger
series. We started off with 6.2m/10km at the beginning of
December. Good conditions and fair legs led to Sveny's 3rd
place in the women's division in 10:04 and a rather unspectacular
34th place for the Captain in 10:00min.
The Captain on the 3.1m/5km track - all alone, sniff… We continued
on December 31st, 2007, for 9.3m/15km on the same 3.1m/5km
track (3 laps). Our legs were doing well and motivation was
at its peak. Sveny finished in 3rd again (60:24min) and the
Captain came in 12th this time (56:39min). An good improvement
from the last run! By the way, the woman in 1st finished 30sec
before the Captain, it was none other than world championship
and Olympic participant Oberem .
It was the first time that a Pirate beat Sveny to the finish
line. Sweet, this supplies motivation and energy to reach
new goals. Congratulations Steffi. At long last, the Captain
was able to do really well in the final half-marathon at the
end of January.
10th place and personal best by 2min (P-Weg 2006 standings).
1h19min53sec for the Captain and another 3rd place for Sveny
in 1h26min04sec. .
The Captain at the finish line. Okay, so I've looked better,
but I haven't run the 13.1m/21,1km in better time either
Timika and Captain Papa are waiting for Mama to be able to
take her to the award ceremony. By the way, the answer to
the riddle is the placing at the events and the overall ranking
in the entire series. 3+3+3= 2nd place for Sveny in the women's
division and 34+12+10= 5th place for the Captain in the men's.
Finally, the award ceremony with four ladies! Great, the long
series is over and done with and we hope to be doing more
biking again. After all of our tempo training, I hope we'll
have time for some basic training. Thanks to Georg for all
the great pix.
Attack 2006 - we're coming - Sveny,Timika&Captain Klotz -
Pirate Triathlon Team