When I awoke this morning at 09:10 it was pouring rain, only 18 ° Celsius with strong slashing winds, the men had already swum 2.4.miles / 3.86 kilometers and most had also already completed 67 kilometers of the 112 mile / 180.25 kilometers, and the women an avaerage of 60 kilometers. I look out ...

“Oh the weather outside is frightful” goes the good old favorite. For most of you these days it then ends in “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!“ because there just is nothing you can do to stop it. For us here in Germany for most of our winter months we can only ...