After many failed attempts, it finally worked: Thanks to an exceptionally strong performance Luca Della Giacomo has to Lanzarote the long-awaited launch site for the Hawaii Ironman fetched. michael forster
Nine days after his 27th Birthday Luca Giacomo Della thus realizes the greatest success of his career. In Lanzarote, which is solid in the winter and spring months in the hands of cyclists and triathletes, the Kappeler ticket to Hawaii has achieved - and in an impressive manner. The first three athletes in his age group, known as the Age Group 25 were awarded after the race a starting place for the long distance World Cup, and Giacomo Della solved the task with rank 1 and more than 25 minutes reserve brilliantly. There was no getting past the fast Swiss are also available for second-placed Spaniard José María Salom Arranz, a marathon pro, despite the fourth-best running time of all participants nearly a half minutes Luca Della Giacoma lost.
The victory in his age group is one thing, Overall Rank 16 in just under 9:24 hours on that Ironman, which is regarded as one of the toughest ever, the other one. "I have quite achieved the optimum", even five days after the big swings in triumph satisfaction with the words Della Giacomas, "exactly why I do triathlons. Hawaii is what matters - nothing else "worked almost perfectly over the whole distance, the Board: The Ironman menu plan had three servings of gel every hour, every 20 minutes, a tube, and lots and lots of water.. All together with a sip of Coke and the end of the bike course Bidon an iced tea. He also held over the entire distance in full to its guidelines, which he had worked with his coach Pirmin Christians: Never go over the limits, located on the wheel always to SRM values (watts / pulse) and the duration of the km-passage time keep to it, the GPS Clock sent. That he this time, the umpteenth start for a Hawaii ticket, wanted to risk anything, had a reason: After two aborted Iron Mans in 2009 (Zurich and Malaysia) this time he wanted to necessarily finish the race.
Two or three days off he had before the race took time off to train additional units. He also seized, as in addition to its 100%-employed real estate managers, up to twelve Units or to 20 hours in his weekly schedule - a lot, but apparently not too much. Already after the swim, he was well on track to on the bike, the discipline is to achieve a preliminary decision. For the offset of 2500 meters of altitude 180 km, he needed less than five hours and was fourth fastest of all participants. It had become to him did not realize how many athletes it on the bike overtook (about the 320), signs that he was doing well, there was however: "When I first professionals obsolete, I knew that it works for you. "was even better than he in the group with the later overall Fourth Gerrit Schellens and Dulliken Rafael Wyss unlocked - and their Speed up the transition area was able to keep more or less smoothly.
The final marathon was also Wyss, of Giacomo Della cheered at the turning points again and again. He himself, said the Kappes had, not much can each say: ". To set I focused on, yes, and not to stumble at the last moment to catch a cramp" Wyss himself the Ironman Lanzarote ended finally in prize money legitimate 10th Rank, a Hawaii-launch site was in the field of competitors but out of reach.
© Oltner Tagblatt / Midland Newspapers / Friday 28 May 2010
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