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Gigathlon 2012, June 30th to July 1st |
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Course Overview (distances, change of altitude) |
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Course Overivew
Saturday, also see
Video |
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Course
Overview Sunday, also see
Video
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Results |
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Check in of the road bikes (and my mountainbike) in Oensingen on "Olympic
Friday" |
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Setting up camp in Olten |
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Check in of the other road and mountainbikes in Olten (in total 2,000 bikes) |
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Getting of the remainder of the gear |
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Opening ceremony and latest information |
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Ready for the 5.30am Inline start (52k) on Urban Saturday |
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Also the poor supporter Urs had to get up to head with the special shuttle
train to the chaning zone Solothurn (swim to mountain bike) |
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En route towards the changing zone Altreu on a beautiful morning |
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The supporters waiting in the chaning zone Solothurn for the swimmers |
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My couple partner Agenese to which I had handed over for the 9k swim in the
changing zone Altreu channging from swim to mountainbike (54k, 1,550m) |
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Agnese hydrating in Oensingen on her change from the mountainbike to the
roadbike (105k, 1,720m) |
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En route towards the first day's finish in Olten |
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Coming home to Olten after my run (I had taken over in Sissach from Agnese)
(24k, 750m) |
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Agnese getting ready for the 7.15am cycling start (93k, 1,600m) on
Celebrating Sunday (at 7.15am there was a terrible thunderstorm in Olten) |
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The thunderstorm had been an even worse hailstorm near Sursee, devastating
parts of the inline course where the local population helped out to get back
clean just before the be first competitors rolled through |
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Inlining 38k from Nottwil to Rothrist in constant rain (after having taken
over from Agnese after her 3k swim) |
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Taking off for the 28k run after the linline leg |
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Climing the "1,000er staircase" on the run (in fact 1,150 steps) |
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Running into the changing zone Oensingen |
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Ready for the 52k 1,400m bike ride through constant rain and ankle-deep
mudded trails |
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A short down hill over muddy pastures before a long final uphill |
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Finishing! |
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Completely muddied in the finish line |
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The complete team tired but happy at 11pm on Sunday |