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Februar 2, 2012 / Keine Kommentare

El Cruce -1

Not that a 19 hour bus journey is long enough. Roughly 200k before our final destination San Martín de los Andes the bus stopped suddenly in the middle of nowhere. Oil was leaking out of the bus and the diver decided to stop the journey.

Long story short. With a bit of luck we just had to wait 10 minutes for another bus who accidently came the same way. He agreed to pick all the stranded passengers up.

San Martín de los Andes is a nice small town. Everything is trimmed to the big race tomorrow and there is a great buzz about the place. People from all over South America are here as the race is pretty popular.

We checked in and relaxed the rest of the day. Tomorrow morning we will be transferred to the first camp.

Éxitos equipo!

Official Race Website
Our Team Website (Track us day-by-day)

Januar 30, 2012 / Keine Kommentare

El Cruce -3

Just packing for the El Cruce in 3 days. Leaving tomorrow for San Martín de los Andes.

The Brooks PureGrit will get a good beating i guess.

And HERE is a great YouTube clip of the course.

Januar 28, 2012 / Keine Kommentare

Playita de Olivos

Just a random Rio Plata afternoon.

Januar 25, 2012 / Keine Kommentare

New PureProject Colors

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.

And with the new season approaching Brooks just announced a new colour for the PureProject range.

Cant wait to see all the designs in real life. Looks slick!

Januar 24, 2012 / Keine Kommentare

RUNSSEL MOVIE TUESDAY 12-02: Ultimate Lucho

There is no other blog in the www that i follow longer (+- 5 years) then the one from Tim Waggoner (aka “Lucho”). Tim’s view on life and training are special and he presents it in a exciting way.

Now he hooked up with his sponsor Ultimate Direction to make a great clip about his training, lifestyle and philosophy.

Make sure you bookmark his BLOG !

Januar 22, 2012 / Keine Kommentare

Open Water Swimming Chascomús

A day before the first race of the FINA Open Water Grand Prix in the 3rd largest city of Argentina, Rosario, and a week before the 56 kilometer FINA classic from Santa Fe to Coronda (also in Argentina), two friends and I made the 140 kilometer trip down south of Buenos Aires to get some open water swimming in.

Chascomús is the closest possibly to swim in open water when you live in Buenos Aires. All other lakes or the Rio Plata are just too poluted. After we finished the XC session in Palermo Park in the morning we traveled to cool down and swim in the Lake Chascomús.

Unfortunately we weren’t aware that there was an open water race on. Surprisingly for some readers i did not enter as we already had been in the water for a while when we figured out what the local swimming club had on the agenda.

A good amount of swimmers entered the 2,5 kilometer main event which took place on one big loop in front of the main promenade.

Lake Chascomús is a great venue for open water swimming. I don’t know what the deepest part of the lake is but we always had the chance to touch the ground while looping through the lake.

Januar 21, 2012 / Keine Kommentare

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti (Estadio River-Plate)

The Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti is the home venue of the world famous Club Atlético River Plate. I pass it nearly every day during training runs.

So today i jumped on the bus, hoped off 5 stops and 10 Minutes later and had a look at this massive 74.624 people ground as well as the River Plate Museum.

Notable fact of the day was a german player called Marius ‘Eduardo’ Hiller who successfully played for the German National Team (3 Games), the Argentian National Team (2 Games) and for River from 1917 to 1919. He started his career with a club not too far away from my hometown in Germany – 1. FC Pforzheim. The world is a small place…

Januar 17, 2012 / Keine Kommentare

San Telmo

Lets get busy!

The street market in Buenos Aires’ San Telmo district is the highlight on sundays.

Busy with tourist and locals alike you easily spend several hours wandering through the crowded streets. The range of stuff varies from the most scary touristic stuff to great art and craft.

Januar 14, 2012 / Keine Kommentare

Tigre

Using the Línea Mitre Train Line i took a short journey down to the north-west outskirts of Buenos Aires.

The destination was a town called Tigre. The small neighbourhood is situated just beside the Río Luján shorty before that river heads into the Río de la Plata.

Despite being trimmed to suit touristic needs the place is worth a visit as it creates a unique atmosphere.

Januar 11, 2012 / Keine Kommentare

RUNSSEL MOVIE WEDNESDAY: Marathon Road

What a great documentation on the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials Training of Jason Lehmkuhle, Andrew Carlson (fellow Brooks Athlete), Matt Gabrielson and Josh Moen of Team USA Minnesota.

Very motivating work by Ideatap Studios.

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