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02.03.2010
new
partners the 2nd... |
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Finally I signed the contract for the POWERBAR
Team Elite 2010. I am really glad to be part of
the family!
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02.03.2010
Team connectedsports - new
partners |
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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 |
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placed 2nd overall at Coburgs New Year
halfmarathon... |
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X-Mas 2009
What a year... |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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or the World's hardest triathlon! |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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21st Amateur overall |
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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" |
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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 |
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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
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15.06.2009
2nd overall @ Triathlon Bernburg |
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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 |
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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 @
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03.06.2009
new pics online
>>> fotos |
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02.06.2009
12th overall @ Baur-Triathlon Altenkunstadt |
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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 |
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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 |
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Baur Triathlon/Altenkunstadt, Bavarian
Champs OD/Kulmbach und Triathlon Hofheim
were confirmed today. |
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23.04.2009
more pictures online |
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klick
fotos, than
a picture and you will enter my external
gallery. |
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23.04.2009
German Championships Duathlon
Longdistance CONFIRMED |
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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 |
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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
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30.03.2009
3rd overall at halfmarathon Kronach |
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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 |
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Thanks to SKINS - Compression Clothes for
your 2009 support...
www.skins.net |
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17.03.2009
3rd Bavarian Champion |
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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! |
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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 |
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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...
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12.12.2008
Happy Holidays and a Hapy new Year... |
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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... |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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13th category and not really happy with my
run performance... |
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30.05.2008
Ironman 70.3 Austria |
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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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