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"What's the great excitement about it?" That's a question I get asked a lot. You see, I didn't know anything about this sport when I went to my first competition about 10 years ago without any training or certain preparation. And boy did I screw up! I thought maybe that was going to be a lot of fun: swimming, cycling and running; although I wasn't really good in any of these disciplines except for cycling at this time.

The starting shot.

Massive amounts of water. Incredibly more water then I ever saw before. Stupid idea of course but your mind hypes every slightly, tiny little detail in those situations. I felt like I was drowning because there were people swimming before, behind, next to and partly even under and over me!

Did you ever swim in a fish bowl?

I don't remember anymore how I got out of the water and onto my bike (a simple mountain bike in the beginning) but that was when the real pain begun. It also was the time when I noticed that I wasn't really that fast as I thought before. My legs were hurting and my lungs were making strange noises when breathing in - sounded a little bit like bag pipes or so.

The first approx. 2000 meters of the road were in a very bad condition and I had minor advantages to the "professional" triathletes because of my old mountain bike. But then the road became more plane and I felt like I was standing still and...

...absolutely everybody was passing me!

Even moms with bicycles that I wouldn't have considered to go for shopping with.

Then it became very quiet around me and I didn't see any person for a while (it seemed to me like hours but it was maybe only a few minutes). I had a strange feeling that I took the wrong way and immediately turned around to go back.

I'll never forget the strange look on the face of my friend who was leading the competition on the bike and later passed me again running on the track.

"How did you do that?"

"I don't know" I said joking to him, "just felt really strong this morning and set some goals..." I ended up on the fourth place. Not too bad for the first Triathlon (of course only because of my little accidental "cheating"). On the way back from the competition it took me at the most two minutes to fall asleep while another friend of me was driving back.

Since that day Triathlon has a strange - almost mystical - attractive power to me. Maybe it is the fascinating combination of 3 full-grown endurance sports that are already difficult to do each separately. But I cannot give you my answer in one paragraph or even one sentence.

You'll explore YOUR answer to this question as you browse through these pages of information and entertainment. You'll find valuable tips for your own Triathlon adventure, for Triathlon training and competitions, whether it might be your first (or last) Triathlon, whether you're a beginner or an expert. It's all on this site.

Go for it!