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I thought about it so many times. Time to take action. "I[...t's...] good, I[...t's...] gone". Tumblr

My focus is currently on my "Inselrunde" project. The idea is to swim around the island on which I grew up. This is Reichenau in Lake Constance. Check out inselrunde.de

When I started blogging some time ago, it was mainly because I did not like the idea that only a certain group of people has access to what I am writing about. It is not that I am spreading world changing thoughts here. But I wanted to participate on what I understood as "the internet" - or "web 2.0" to be more precise. Something that everybody who wants to participate in, can do so - also knowing that everybody else on the internet can access it. With all pros and cons, this is what it is - or was - all about. Forget about my blog at this point, but think about Wikipedia. I am mentioning Wikipedia even though there are many limitations and hurdles. In its idea, it is a platform in which everybody can participate and everybody can access it. Still one of the most remarkable things the internet has brought up. The social networks turned out to become a sort of private internet for groups of people. But this wasn't an issue initially. There is information that...

The idea to participate in the Berlin Marathon came up together with the idea to move to the capital. So that must have been around April or May. I had not been running all winter long. Seriously, after the "3 Länder Marathon" in October last year, I did not want to run at all. Looking back, that was a traumatic experience. Not that the result would have been bad, not at all. The problem was, that I just wanted to run this 42k to "put a check on this". I was in quite good shape at that time, as I had trained for the 70.3 IronMan in Austria for quite a while. I just wanted to take advantage of this and then stop all of this endurance sports bull*. That's what I thought at that time. I made it, but it was a horrible race. Pouring rain, cold, wind - real pain was already starting at k25. That is too early! So I was fed up with running after that. For sure, I did not stop with sports. I swam a lot all winter through, went skiing, practice yoga. But no running.

Greetings from Florida   #IndianRocksBeach #ExtendingMyWaterSportsPortfolio

Die einen Bands singen davon, dass sie eben nicht nach Berlin wollen. Andere Künstler beschreiben, dass der Wunsch nach in Hauptstadt zu ziehen doch nur ein Fieber sei. Wenn dem so ist, hat es mich voll erwischt. Wie lange der Fiebertraum anhält, wird sich zeigen. Zunächst ist nur ein halbes Jahr geplant. Der erste Eindruck ist jedoch, dass diese Zeit nicht annähernd ausreichen wird die Stadt kennenzulernen. Wahnsinns Stadt! Aber da spricht wahrscheinlich auch der Dörfler in mir. Und der werde ich am Ende dann bleiben. Wie sagt man so schön: "Du kriegst die Leute aus dem Dorf, das Dorf nicht aus den Leuten." Den Horizont kann man aber in jedem Fall erweitern. #Hauptstadtfieber #SchwabeinBerlin #ichwolltenachBerlin

Some impressions of my trip to Rio in June. Nice and beautiful people. Healthy lifestyles. Wonderful  climate.   More projects in such places please. I will come back in any case. #tudobem