Well, then hopefully next year

I was planning to participate in the Austrian double ironman triathlon in Neulengbach this summer. Unfortunately, this race won’t take place this year.  😦

There’s a triple ironman triathlon in Lensahn, Germany, but this would be too much for me without having done a double ironman first.

There’s also a double ironman triathlon in Birmingham, UK, but this race has been fully booked for more than two months.

Finally, there’s also a race over the double distance in Lévis, Canada, but I don’t want to fly to Canada just for this race. [It would also make it impossible for me to find any “support crew” of helping friends.]

So, I guess, I’ll just do another ironman or two this summer and I will have to postpone my more ambitious plans until next year.  😦

[If you don’t know the distances: a double ironman requires the participants to swim 7.6km, then cycle 360km and finally run 84km. The winners do this in about 20-21 hours. The time limit is usually between 32 and 36 hours and “normal” participants sleep for 2-4 hours. My personal goal would have been to finish “slowly but surely” after 35h 59m, including 4 hours of sleep.]

Wishful thinking

When I read the term ImproLego, I immediately had this clear picture in my mind, of two teams improvising on given topics by building MOCs. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with Lego, but it’s just a particular kind of improvisational theater.

At least I learned that Lego is short for leg godt, which means “play well” in Danish.

I also learned that there is apparently still a niche market for me to fill with the proper, far more nerdy version of ImproLego.

Books you can wear

Does anybody know if there’s an online store which prints short books onto long-sleeved t-shirts (including the sleeves, but also the chest and the rear … well, the whole shirt)?

I would love to wear “Le petit prince” (and certain classical German ballads as well).

I’ll probably try to contact some local print/copy shops to find out, if this is possible.

In fact, it’s really funny: I know that there are cloths with built-in mp3 players and various sensors, but “the step before” seems to have been skipped (… to my current knowledge).

In the meantime: Thanks for any pointers/comments!