The final race of the year for me took place on Maui and at the XTERRA World Championships. This edition of XTERRA Maui was also very special as being the 20th anniversary of the sport as is started 1996 as the Aquaterra on the shores of Makena beach. 

Last year I had...

Orosei, Sardegna, Italy - The 2015 ITU World Champs for the Elite took place last Saturday. For me it was race

number 26 this season. I felt healthy and strong going into the race day. The sea was calm and with this not ideal for me, if ocean, I like it with big waves a...

A long tour across Europe comes to an end in England with the final race and it counts also as the XTERRA European Championships. The tour this year has again brought me to places I would have never seen without the opportunity to race there, met many new people and m...

Picture: Philip Becker - In the rock garden of Zittau

In the week after Xterra Czech and my success there, Bradley and I traveled north and visited Prag on the way. Prag is nice, but we were both eager to get back in the forest and on the trails around Zittau In For th...

Prachatice, XTERRA Worldcup CZ - back again on one of the very nice race courses on the global tour and this one is history with an ongoing race since 2002. The swim is in a remote location up the hill about 10km away from Prachatice. In the days leading up to the rac...

Scanno, Italy - always special to go back to the village nestled in the Abruzzo mountains about 2hrs away from Rome Airport. The people and landscape are very nice and this race is one of the highlights in my race calendar. This year was the 3rd edition of XTERRA Italy...

Schluchsee, Germany - back in red and white, racing in the national colors for Switzerland and Swisstriathlon. The journey to Schluchsee was unusually short and easy for a race this year for me. Being just 1:30hrs north and 30min behind the boarder, it was a quick dri...

Stockholm, The second annual XTERRA Sweden Championships took again place in Hellasgården and become a race for only 20sec between first and third! The racecourse was exactly the same as in the year before and with 1.5km swim, 30km bike and 10km run a nice change to t...

Vallée de Joux, 27.5.15, the XTERRA Tour made stop again in the very scenic valley of Vallée de Joux. The location is set on 1000m above sea level and well known as the coldest area of Switzerland during winter and is famous for its watch manufacturing. The third editi...

The Biennathlon has as my home town race a very special place in my race calendar. Racing at home also ads an extra layer of expectation and pressure and this year as the defending champion I was unusually nervous the days leading up to the race. 

Race day started wit...