“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.”
We all are growing with our challenges. Year by year. Here’s a list with all the great races for my bucket list and one with the races done and the places where I met great people and breathtaking nature. As the word “extreme” is being used inflationary for all type of non-ironman triathlons here is my definition: taking place north with cold outside temperatures, very cold water (normally below 13-15°C) with race start in the dark, tons of meters to climb with bike or by feet, trails and rocky ground and less than 250 athletes on the course, needs about 3 hours longer than standard races.
Bucketlist:
See you 2017 on Lofoten, hopefully with the same weather as 2016 😉
March, April
- The Race, Ireland – (run, bike, kayak a total of 260km) – yearly
June
- Oppland Xtreme Triathlon, Norway, MOVIE
tri, 3.8km-200km/2’700hm-42km/1’500hm - TriathlonX, North Umbria/UK, MOVIE
tri, 3.8km-181km/3’700hm-42km/1’450hm
July
- Altriman, France – MOVIE
tri, 3.8km-194km-4’675hm-42km/606hm - Oravaman, Zuberec in Slovakia – MOVIE
tri, 1.9k-90km/2’300hm-21km/1’000hm
August
- Lofoten Extreme Triathlon, Norway – MOVIE
tri, 4km-196km/2’100hm-45km/1’300hm - Norseman Xtreme Triathlon, Norway – MOVIE
tri, 3.8-180km/3’400hm-42km/1’600hm - ThorXtri, Norway – MOVIE
tri, 3.8km-180km/3’494hm-42km/229hm - AxTri, Norway – MOVIE
tri, 1.9km-98km/3’100hm-21km/1’200hm - Thor Beach Triathlon, Denmark – MOVIE
tri, 3.8km-186km-42km/sand - Inferno Triathlon, Switzerland, MOVIE
tri, 3.1km-127km/3’325hm-25km/2’175hm
September
- Icon Livigno Xtreme Triathlon, Italy, MOVIE
tri, 3.8km-195km/5000hm-42km/1’300hm - Janosik Xtreme Triathlon, Slovakia – MOVIE
tri, 3.8km-180km/2’000hm-42km/3’000hm - Brutal Extreme Triathlon, North Wales – MOVIE
tri, 4km-187km/3’028hm-40km/1’349hm
October
- Winterman Xtreme Triathlon, Czech Republic, MOVIE
tri, 7km-180km/4’000hm-43km/1’200hm
Marathons and Ultras:
- Volcano Marathon, Atacama Desert, Chile – MOVIE
(42km on 4’475m altitude, almost 1’000m negative split) - Antarctic Ice Marathon + 100, Antarctica – MOVIE
run, 42km + 100km Ultra - Big Five Marathon, South Africa (run, 42k across a game reserve)
- Great Wall Marathon, China (run, 42k along the chinese wall)
- Polar Circle Marathon, Greenland (run, 42km, called the coldest)
- Badwater 135, Ultra (run 135 Miles across the hottest place on earth) – MOVIE
Past Races:
2017
- March, The Race, Ireland – (run, bike, kayak a total of 260km) – fixed
- June, Celtman Xtreme Triathlon, Schottland – (tri, 3.8-202-42km) – fixed
- August, Lofoten Triathlon Extreme, Norway – (tri, 4.0-196-45km) – fixed
2016
- March, The Race, Ireland – (run, bike, kayak a total of 260km) – DNS
- June, Celtman Xtreme Triathlon, Schottland – (tri, 3.8-202-42km) – DNF
- July, Höga Kusten Swimrun, Sweden – (SwimRun Team with Jacob: 30 in and outs, 15 swim sections between 100m and 1.8km, 36.7km total distance, 6.8km swim, 29.9km run) – DNS
- August, Lofoten Triathlon Extreme, Norway – (tri, 4.0-196-45km) – DNS
- September, Hell’s Hop Swimrun, Schottland – (SwimRun Team with Jacob: 26 in and outs, 13 swim sections between 20m and 2.35km, 41.43km total distance, 8.69km swim, 32.74km run) – DNS
2015
- July, Rockman SwimRun, Norway – (SwimRun Team with Jacob: 5K swim, 50k run) – done
2014
- February 28, The Race, Ireland – (run, bike, kayak a total of 260km) – done
- June 5, Ironman 70.3, Switzerland – (tri, 1.9-90-21km) – done
- June 21, Swissman Xtreme Triathlon, Switzerland – (tri, 3.8-180-42km) – done
- July 12, Engadin SwimRun, Switzerland – (Swedish Duathlon, 6.5k swim, 45k run) – done, dnf
- August 15, Tortour, Switzerland – (1000k ride, team of four) – done
2013
- April 5: North Pole Marathon, North Pole – (run, full marathon 2/8 for Arctica)* – done
- June 21: The longest day 333km, Switzerland (ride, 333km-training) – done
- August 4: 4Deserts Iceland 2013, Iceland – (run, 250km, marathon 3/8 for Europe) – dnf after 4 days
2012
- April 22: Zurich Marathon, Switzerland (21km team relay – just training!) – done
- April 29: Powerman Duathlon EC, Horst aan de Maas, Netherlands (15-60-7.5km) – done
- June 3: Ironman Switzerland 70.3, Rapperswil, Switzerland (1.9-90-21km) – done
- July 29: The San Francisco Marathon, USA (42km-Training) – (marathon 1/8 for North America)* – done
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