[edited 8 March]
We have a new Ironman: Carl-Ludwig Dörwald (Past President). He just completed the grueling circuit in Langkawi (Malaysia):
– 3.8 Km swimming; time was 1h 41m
– 180 Km cycling in mostly mountainous area; time was 7h 30m
– the full marathon (42.195 Km) in hot and humid weather (30-35C in the non-existing shadow)
His total time: 15 hours and 30 minutes. Congratulations Carl! I thought I was mad doing the marathon at my age but it pales in comparison with your exploit.
I just can’t understand how one can do this. Carl’s own comments:
“In summary, this was a wonderful experience and I only can encourage others to do the same. It is a challenge according the slogan of this Ironman: Nothing is Impossible, even if this is one of the toughest Ironman Races on the Earth. I feel great, even much better than after the Beijing Marathon. I don’t have any muscle pains, my heart, my lounge everything is ok. However, I have quite a number of blisters. I found about a dozen or so, each of it quite big and I feel that there are some more to be discovered.”

For interested parties, we are looking at some serious running here in Beijing this year:
– the Beijing Ekiden race on 25 March – 10 Km (I will join)
– the Great Wall Marathon on 19 May. I am wondering – join or not, maybe the 10K? Just for the experience. It seems some Rotarians from the USA would like to join. More on that later
– The Beijing International Marathon on Sunday 21 October (to be confirmed) – probably I will join again. A Belgian team from Ernst & Young has expressed interest to participate…