Whitsun vacation (2): Seaside

Part 2 of the short adventures in Mecklenburg was a visit at the sea. We took the old railway "Molli" from Kühlungsborn to Heiligendamm and walked back at the beach.

Autumn holidays

Last week Astrid and me did a short family trip. We visited my granny in Thuringia, then made short visit to Berlin before staying some days home in Schwerin. Sadly the weather wasn't that good for holidays and we had a cold. Anyway, it was nice to see the family again. Here are some impressions:


Astrid and Lea in front of the Reichstag, the German parliament building


The Brandenburg Gate


The Park Inn Hotel and the Berlin tv tower. The hotel building is the one where I will perform my house run next year thanks to a nice birthday present :)


Astrid and my sister with myself in front of the Schwerin Castle after a city guiding tour by my sister.


Astrid and Lea enjoying the Baltic Sea beach. And me as well ;)

I decided to quit

As already feared, training was'nt sufficient this year. The external conditions were perfect, but my fight started already at km 40 on the bike, so I decided to quit after 150 km. My muscles were sore and running a marathon in that shape was out of question. So now I will enjoy the rest of the day at the beach cheering the better trained. :) Jolle


Starting in Schwerin at Saturday


SThe bike park with the Baltic Sea in the background


Sunset at the campsite


A friend finishing

11:59:21 - this time it'll be hard to do it again...

Tomorrow I'll leave to Glücksburg with my mother. I am planning to compete in the Ostseeman longdistance triathlon once again after my premiere last year.

Last year I finished in 11:59:21 hours, but this time it'll be hard to do it again regarding the reduced training intensity in 2006. Compared to last years training kilometers I did 30% swimming, 33% cycling and 55% running. So in my opinion I will really get into trouble on the 180 km bike course. This will be the crucial step to success on Sunday.

Regarding this I set my goal on Sunday to simply finish. A new personal best would be a nice brithday presence in advance, but no must to be satisfied.

Press your thumbs for me, I'll need it!



For last years race report (German) you can download here.

Below you can see me accompanying Petra on her 50 km run at the Deutschlandstaffel, a 15 days, 24 hours a day relay race around Germany. I also ran 3 legs and accompanied some on bike. Photos and report can be found in the logbook (German) at the relevant legs. I was involved from Luebeck until Alt Bukow.

Ostseeman Triathlon

In the evening I'll visit Kai in Hamburg to pick him up for a weekend trip to the northernmost part of Germany. I'll take part in the Ostseeman, a long distance triathlon (3.8 km swim, 180 km bike, 42.2 km run). Actually, I will be part of a team: Swimming Elke, Cycling Ralf and Running Jolle, completed by Cheering Kai.



I hope it'll be as much fun as I expect. I'll try to organize some digital photos from us. See you, Jolle!