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02.03.2010 new partners the 2nd...

Finally I signed the contract for the POWERBAR Team Elite 2010. I am really glad to be part of the family!

02.03.2010 Team connectedsports - new partners

Thanks for the support to my new partners. More details will follow in a few days...

 

 

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10.01.2010 New Year halfmarathon
placed 2nd overall at Coburgs New Year halfmarathon...
 

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X-Mas 2009 What a year...

Dear friends, partners and sponsors,

year 2009 and my most successful season goes to an end.

I want to use this e-mail to wish you reflective and steady holidays and give you a short summary of my sport year 2009.

Most of you know, my job situation wasn’t the best the first few month, but my sports season starts awesome…

2nd overall -  25k Veste-Veste run                                                                                       3rd Bavarian Masters Champ, swim                                                                                        3rd overall – Halfmarathon, Kronach                                                                                 and 8th - Int. German Duathlon AG Champs

from june on my sport life started to rock…

2nd overall - Triathlon Bernburg                                                                                           1st overall - Seelauf Ebing                                                                                                         6th -Triathlon AG Euro Champs Olympic Distance                                                                  1st overall - Triathlon Hofheim

…end of august - season peak 2009

INFERNO Triathlon – the hardest triathlon on earth!!! 155k swim, bike, mtb and 25k uphill run; 5.500 m altitude difference with the finishlinie on top of the Piz Gloria (2971m) in Switzerland! As you all know, I gained much experienced in extreme endurance events during the last years, but the INFERNO was definitely the hardest race I ever did. In my eyes I was in an awesome shape and well prepared but I placed only 67th overall - I planned a Top 10-15 finish… so you know I have to come back and fight against the Piz Gloria again. Not in 2010, but nobody knows what 2011 brings!

To finish season I always do a marathon… in Frankfurt I placed somewhere in the first 10.000…  

How will life continue?

After getting a new job, I finished my sport season plan for 2010… beside a few runs and smaller triathlon, I am racing IRONMAN 70.3 Switzerland in june and IRONMAN Regensburg on august 1st. And, if everything goes well, I will do one or two more big events… please visit www.christiankoehler.net for more information!

I know, for an amateur athlete I am very lucky getting this awesome support by so many different companys! “Thank very much” to you all and I am happy that nearly all of you will continue your support in 2010.

Enough sport for now!

It is time to wish you, your families and friends a MERRY X-MAS, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Wish you all the best and see you soon at a starting line somewhere over the planet…

Cheers from Coburg, Germany

Christian

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08.12.2009 RACES update
 

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26.11.2009 IRONMAN Regensburg 2010
back to the IRONMAN circuit... I am racing Ironman GER II on august 1st, 2010... so it's time to go back into real training and and preparing for Ironman 70.3 St. Pölten und Rapperswill, OD EuroChEM Olympmps in Irland and so on, and so on...
 

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28.10.2009 Frankfurt Marathon
forgot to tll you, that I did Frankfurt Marathon a few weeks ago... Lets say: I finished... not more or less... :-)

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25.08.2009 INFERNO TRIATHLON - or the World's hardest triathlon!

with a klick on the INFERNO Logo, you move to my race report. Have fun... :-)

 

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18.08.2009 3 - 2 - 1... Inferno
sorry for my late update, I had no important news to post... :-) Anyway the countdown for the INFERNO has started! Race start is saturday 6:30 am CET. Hopefully I am crossing the finishline around 4 pm at the swiss Schilthorn. So keep your fingers crossed, and I keep you updated via christiankoehler.net and facebook!
 

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26.07.2009 1st overall @ Triathlon Hofheim

I don’t know what happened… but I won that thing!

Hofheim is definitely my favourite triathlon and after three 3rd places from 2005 to 2007 I got in first at yesterdays Hofheim Triathlon.

I went out of water as 3rd (thanks to my bluesenventy HELIX) but I had the better transition, so I jumped as 2nd on the bike.

I needed almost 15k to catch the guy in front… but he had no chance... :-)

So best bike split, 1:14 hrs incl T2,  for a nearly 50k course. So around 40k per hour… Thanks to my awesome VALDORA PHX and my CRATONI C-Flow!

I don’t know how much I was in the lead after the bike, but I knew that I do have a great run performance this year. So pushed hard from km one to get time between me and the following guys. Official measured course with 10,4 km. I ran the second best time with 38:15 min and had a 3 minutes lead at the finish line!

What should I say, I am really happy and so motivated for the INFERNO in four weeks!

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07.07.2009 6th cat @ European OD Championships and fastest German
               21st Amateur overall

Most of you know, that I love racing in Holland... but this year was the first time, I did an OD there: European Championships Olympic Distance, Location: Holten, NL.

My goal was to become European Champion; ok it was an ambitious aim, but hey "nothing ventured, nothing gained"... Finally I placed "only" 6th in my age in a very strong field and 22nd amateur overall.

Non wetsuit race, 5th out water in my Age Group wave, but I felt not really good during the swim and I couldn't get my rhythm until the dive into second loop after 750m… Out of water I had a two minutes deficit to the future European Champ, what is definitely too much. After a fast transition and knowing my really good bike performance this year I pushed really hard the first flat 7,5 k to the city center of Holten. Over the following two 16 k loops through a very hilly national park, I increased the speed as much as possible and get into T2 with the 3rd bike split and 30 Seconds to the podium. Too bad that I didn't know that at that time... I was in Holland without supporters, so I had no idea where I was placed and the following four 2,5 k running loops had no possibilities to see the leaders... At the end of loop three a supporter of another German athlete called me out: "1,5 minutes to the podium...", but that was much too late. 1,5 minutes in 2.5 k... too bad that I am not Haile or knowing how to fly... :-)

Anyway, I had an awesome run and ran progressive times. I know I wasn't able to win that race, but with knowing the time lag between me and the guys in front of me, a Top 3 finish will be surely possible.

Summary: awesome race, with a (for Holland) challenging bike course and a city in total triathlon fever (reminds me a bit of Roth).

Thanks for reading!

 

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07.07.2009 cat 2nd @ 10k Run "Around the Veste-Coburg"

Double challenges are getting my specialty!

When I came home Saturday night, I saw the start banner of our 10k Veste Run in my street… Think you know what happend :-), I ran that thing sunday morning and placed 19th overall from around 700 with more than 1 Minute faster than last year…

After a day off yesterday I am getting back into training today with a final training block for the INFERNO Triathlon on august 22nd. Only with a short break for my favorite triathlon in Hofheim on july 26th!

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20.06.2009 1st overall @ "Seelauf"Ebing
another race this week... After two triathlon the last weekend I had to run a 5.6k Cross Run last Friday, to complete my hardcore race week... Dont ask why, but I had to run from the Top and pushed much to hard the first loop. I won that thing  but I am not really happy with my performance...

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15.06.2009 2nd overall @ Triathlon Bernburg
after my not satisfying race at the Bavarian Champs I raced another OD on sunday and placed 2nd overall.

The Facts: First out of water together with an other guy. After a few meters on the bike I overtook him and was on the lead for around 25k. Than I was catched by two good together working guys from the same club (to bad I am having no disc... that would have helped to follow). Anyway, I got them always in sight knowing my good run performance the last months... So when I got into T2 I saw the guy placed on two running out of the transition area. After 1km I overtook him and could repeat that after another 1,5km with the leader. Again in front I increased the speed for about 2,5k to get a few space between me and my chasers. I am not sure but I think I lost time between km 5,5 and 7 as the guy on the bike told me: you`re 500m in front... Too bad, cause I was catched by a former GDR runner 1,5km before the finish line and wasn`t able to follow. Overall I placed second with a 40 Seconds defizit to the first and won my category.

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14.06.2009 Bavarian OD Triathlon Championships
what a stupid race...

a few facts:

start: in waves with 1 minute time between each wave. I was in the third wave... so I wasn`t able to swim until the second loop, and too bad that I am one of the best swimmers in Bavaria this year... anyway, very relaxed 22nd swim time...

bike: non drafting race and 30 people packs... I am so sick of that! it doesnt help that you are a strong biker when you are in front of a big pack which is drafting on you.

run: after T2 I was so pissed off that damn race that I decided to relax myself and become a normal finisher... Too bad that I did not realize that I was already near or in the Top 20 (damn wave start), so I jogged the 10k to the finish line and gave a better placing away. In summary I finished 42nd overall. All the guys I had beaten @ Baur-Triathlon were placed in the Top 15...

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03.06.2009 new pics online >>> fotos

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02.06.2009 12th overall @ Baur-Triathlon Altenkunstadt
had a great last sunday... After four days sightseeing and running around in London I raced in one of my favorite ODs in my area. Official 14.2 Celicius water temperature, so the course was shorted down to 1000m. For a swim specialist like me not the best thing, anyway, cause of my awesome  blueseventy HELIX wetsuit I got out of water on 8th position and catched three more athletes in T1. On the following 4 x 10 k bike loop I had a great performance and I get into the Top 5. I am sure my new CRATONI C-Flow Time Trial helmet helped a lot! Together with eight more guys I came into T2 and tried to push really from the beginning. With a time around 37 min for the 10 k, I placed myself on a 12th overall rank 30 sec away from the Top 10. Too bad, but I am on the right way and really motivated for Bavarian and Euro Champs in two resp. four weeks.

       

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19.05.2009 Start @ European agegroup OD Championships confirmed
I just recieved my nomination for the European agegroup Champs in Holten/Holland on july 4th. >>> races

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18.05.2009 8th cat @ German longdistance Duathlon Champs

Yesterday I went back to the roots and raced @ the German longdistance Duathlon Championships in Falkenstein.

Overall I had an awesome first run, a bad bike split (cause of cramps and stuff like that) and a very slow second run to the finish line...

Result: 8th category German Champs, 11th cat. Int. German Champs and 46th overall.

more pictures and the full race report soon...

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14.05.2009 OD races confirmed
Baur Triathlon/Altenkunstadt, Bavarian Champs OD/Kulmbach und Triathlon Hofheim were confirmed today.
 
23.04.2009 more pictures online
klick fotos, than a picture and you will enter my external gallery.

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23.04.2009 German Championships Duathlon Longdistance CONFIRMED
just a few days ago I recieved the Confirmation for my start at the German Longdisntace Duathlon Championships in Falkenstein. The first test race for the INFERNO Triathlon.

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19.04.2009 halfmarathon Staffelstein
the plan was to repeat the awesome result from end of march and get a time around 1:20 hrs.

Too bad that I got sick with a strong flu on eastern and I didnt get 100% healthy until this morning. So it is hard to believe, that I ran a 1:23,57 (not a bad time for me on a healthy day anyway) and placed 34th overall from nearly 1000 starters.

It is a moot point to think about what could happen if I am having day like this when I am healthy. Anyway, I am definately on the right way...

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30.03.2009 3rd overall at halfmarathon Kronach
together with Joerg Herzig from Hof, I placed 3rd overall at yesterdays halfmarathon at the Koedeltalsperre near Kronach. Looks like that the hard training the last weeks pays off... hopefully it continues!

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17.03.2009 updated schedule online

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17.03.2009 SKINS new Sponsor
Thanks to SKINS - Compression Clothes for your 2009 support... www.skins.net

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17.03.2009 3rd Bavarian Champion
Last weekend I placed 3rd with my swim teams 4x100m breaststroke relay at this year Bavarian Championchips...

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12.03.2009 INFERNO TRIATHLON, Switzerland - AUGUST 22nd 2009 - CONFIRMED!
just a few hours ago I got these confirmation:

You are part of the exclusive starting field of the 2009 INFERNO TRIATHLON!

The INFERNO Triathlon is with 5'500 meter altitude difference one of the hardest triathlon in the world and before its 12th anniversary it really can be called classic. The incomparable wonder of nature  of the "Berner Oberland" and the familiar atmosphere are making the INFERNO to one of the most impressive races worldwide. Sport in front of the worlds most beautiful scenery: Mount Eiger, Mönch und Jungfrau!

The worlds only where you can see the Finishline at the Start...

Inferno – The Ultimate Experience!

The facts:

Swim: 3,1 km in the Thuner See

Roadbike: 97 km - altitude difference 2.145 meter

MTB: 30 km MTB - altitude difference 1.180 meter

Run: 25 km - altitude difference 2.175 meter

Finish: on top of the Mount Schilthorn at 2.970 m

for more details click www.inferno.ch

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09.03.2009 Veste Run and CC Series
long time ago since my last update... sorry for that, but there was`'t any news the last weeks.

Last weekend I finally did my first races this year. saturday I did a 9 k CC Run and placed 8th overall.

On sunday I did the traditional Veste Run: 25 km Cross Country from Heldburg Castle to Coburg Castle. I get in second, 1:47 hrs, 7 minutes faster than last year and felt great the complete course...

Thanks for reading

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12.12.2008 Happy Holidays and a Hapy new Year...
I know, it took again four weeks to read something new... but hey its Winter and I am doing a Summer Sport :-)! Training runs very well so I should be back in shape very soon!Can`t wait to get back in racing!

For the moment its time to send you my kind thoughts for this Holiday Season and the New Year ahead. 

May these holidays bring you joy and happiness with the ones you hold dear to your heart… May the New Year festivities mark the beginning of new dreams, goals, and personal achievements.

From my family to yours, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!

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14.11.2008 back to real life...
after my two week break I am back into training since last monday... if klick races you will find my updated schedule for 2009!

Maybe some dates will change during the next weeks, but my season highlights are fix: INFERNO Triathlon, Switzerland and Ironman Arizona.

And here something very new, fresh decided yesterday evening: I am supporting the ASC Kronach-Frankwald on their mission "German 2nd League". Lets see if I am fast enough...

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28.10.2008 Marathon - the second
as promised, I did Frankfurt Marathon last Sunday in 3:13 h... So two Marathon within two weeks, and both sub 3:30 h. I think it is not so bad for a non Runner like me and without a real Marathon training.

Now it is really time for a few days off training and racing. Think I will do my first 10k this Winter ín a bout two or three weeks... :-) Thanks for reading!

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21.10.2008 new christiankoehler.net
thank you for visiting! It was time to create a new design so enjoy your stay here at christiankoehler.net. Would be great to get any feedback...

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16.10.2008 Munich Marathon
last weekend I did Munich Marathon, just for fun... I ran a 3:25... normally I would say, good season finish, but... there is Frankfurt on the 26th... :-) Lets see how it works... After that its time to take a few days off before I focus everything on 2009..

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07.09.2008 ITU Longdistance wolrds, Almere Holland
13th category and not really happy with my run performance...

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30.05.2008 Ironman 70.3 Austria
Cause of my minimum cycling training the last weeks I didnt expect anything... so I am happy with my 195th place from 1500. and a very good swim and bike performance... only at the run I died several times... But thats what I ever do... :-)

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