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The Madman’s Return

So, this is it… I am back in Austria for good (or for the time being, at least). After driving to Vienna on Sunday with pretty much all of my belongings in the car, I returned to Konstanz on the same day (taking the night train) to arrange the admistriative odds and ends (such as [...]

Tosca at the Bregenz Summer Festival

Friday night I went to the Bregenz Summer Festival to see Puccini’s Tosca. Great production, no doubt. Unfortunately the acoustics weren’t all that great, though. At least where I was sitting it wasn’t very clear and actually made it hard to judge the performance of the actors. A shame, but of course it is unfair [...]

SRM File Format Changes

Some may have noticed that with the latest update of the SRM software, a new version of the file format was introduced. I have taken a look at the changes yesterday, and will post a (long awaited) update of the file format description in the near future.

Race Report: Double Insanity Weekend (4)

Part 4: Ironman Austria As I lined up for the swim start, my strategy was very easy. Take it really, really easy on the swim (basically see it as a recovery swim from yesterday’s Salzkammergut Trophy), stay out of the usual fray and see how everything goes. With a little luck, I hoped to score a [...]

Race Report: Double Insanity Weekend (3)

Part 3: Back to Klagenfurt I knew that everybody else would be partying and getting together for a great time after the race, but unfortunately I didn’t really have much time for that…