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• 05-09-10 End of Season Goals Now that yesterday's frustration has somewhat dissappeared, it is time to make a first assessment of the Gerardmer weekend. On a positive note, I can say that my half-wit race has nevertheless enabled me to determine my goals and expectations for Challenge Barcelona. No beating around the bush, here they are. For the swim: 1:18, for the ride: 4:30 and for the run: 3:10. The run prediction might be slightly off, but the other two are spot-on, I'm sure of that. So I'm expecting a result between 8:58 and 9:15 in Calella. You can bet on it, I know I will.
• 05-09-10 New Record Too bad the people from the Guinness Book weren't here: twoo flats in les than half an hour. Game over. That hàs to be a new record. First flat was within the first 500 meters of the race, just after the swim. My feet weren't even in my bike shoes yet. Than, after not even 20 kilometers, while riding the steep part of a left turn on a clmb I had a second flat. Some bike tourist were very eager to help but broke off the valve extender of my last spare. Game over. Books closed. Back to the drawing board. But I'm very determined to put an end to this downward spiral of bad luck. I assure, I will have none of it in Barcelona. Even if I have to kill someone, but there will be NO flats, NO mechanical disorders, NO flu or pneumonia and NO distractions at Challenge Barcelona.
• 03-09-10 My First Pair of Compression Socks I never did feel like wearing them, because, well ... I just thought they didn't look very cool, those long calves-covering tight socks. But after hearing Peter Maximus glorify them like he did, last week, I discovered some really cool looking ones: Compress Sport. They're tubulars - without a 'footie' - and I will wear them both on the bike and on the run. They look great, Alberto Juantoreno-style. What they promise me is less lactate acid build-up, less fatigue and thus better performance and faster recovery. By tomorrow this time, we'll know if they perform as well as they look ...
• 03-09-10 Meeting old friends at Gerardmer Isn't it ironic ..? No I'm not going to start quoting Alanis Morisette (besides rain on your wedding day ISN'T ironic, it's just bad luck) but isn't it ironic that the only moments i seem to have time to write something for my own web pages is in the two days before and after a race, tapering or recovering? But hey, I'm not complaining. Just got back from the pasta party where the Gerardmer race confirmed its reputation of 'Best Pre-Race Dinner Provider'. Scott Sports are here with their impressive Big Black Bus, VOMaxine has a booth at the expo right next to Scott. I'm meeting with old friends here, even though I only first met them at the beginning of this season. Tomorrow will be my big dress rehearsal for my All or Nothing big race in Barcelona, next October. I've got the Fast Forward Wheels on my Plasma, got my official Project Superman race gear, I got new, wofter laces for my lightning-fast Scott T2 shoes. And for the first time in my life, I will be wearing compression tights for racing. Let's see where it'll get me.  At the very least, I should post my best swim split ever and my best overall performance, tomorrow.
• 18-08-10 And did you hear about Gerhard??? Gerhard De Bruijn, the young pro-athlete that stayed with me for a week in July, finished 8th in Estonia, only a few places after legends like Thomas Hellriegel and Chris McCormack. I'm working on a special feature for Triathlete Europe about some really talented youngsters that are surfacing: Gerhard, Stefan Schmid, a young amateur who came in 6th in Zürich after an amazing race and also a young Spanish (well, Bask, actually) athlete named Mikel Kalahora. Gerhard, by the way is also an otganizer of world class triathlon camps and he just may have some special surprises and goodies for Project Superman Fans. Stay tuned. All of this will be on Triathlete Europe  by August 27th.
• 18-08-10 Tuning up for the finals We're getting tuned up for the final 8 weeks leading up to my great and most importent race, this year: Challenge Barcelona. I'm leaving tonight to interview the organisation and to check out the race course. Training hard and well, in the mean time and it looks as though we're going to solve the back-pain pproblems. Or at least improve them. Coming up for the beginning of next week: an interview with Luc Van Lierde. We also talk to Mario Vervaeke, Luc's travel sidekick for many, many years.  Also we'll be doing some serious speed testing with the Scott Plasma on Fast Forward Wheels, while being filmed by a professional filmcrew. And of course, I have heeps of mails to answer from you guys, about training, nutricion, places to race and so on. I assure you, I promise, that you will ALL have your personal answers before this Sunday. Until then: train safe and smart

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