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Get ready for Abu Dhabi International

March 10th, 2010 by steffencaroline

First, a big THANK YOU on all TBB member in Singapore. You guys did a awesom job the last few weeks!!!

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Yesterday morning, I had my last ride in Krabie and now I`m in Singapore (ok it was already yesterday becauce I`m now in Abu Dhabi) and get my bike ready for Abu Dhabi. I just love my new Cervelo P4.

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I flew over from Singapore to Colombo to Abu Dhabi. A bite a different flight - on board, it was a atmosphere like on an Indian bazaar, missing was only the flying chickens… I guess some of them flown for the first time. So it was not surprising if some sitting up from the seat and wanted to leave the plane although we`re still with 100km/h on the landing ground…

Now Abu Dhabi. I`m so lucky. I god a realy nice homestay… and I dont have to wear a tarboosh :-).

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After a few prayers at 5a.m this morning :-o, I had a ride. The traffic is perilous, the racecours at the moment a highway and the driver dont know how to handle it, if there is a bike on the road. So, I made my choise and swap over to the footpath…

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Some more pictures and news tomorrow, cheers from the desert, Xena

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How to meet a famous person, Part 2

March 6th, 2010 by steffencaroline

…or “Who is the hero of the world?”
…I is amazing, just check this link:

http://en.tackfilm.se/?id=1267845034828RA96

Swissmiss ;-)

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How to meet a famous person, Part 1

March 6th, 2010 by steffencaroline

This is a very simple question. Just follow me ;-) Ig bi so viel am umereise im Moment, da lauft eim de eint oder ander Promi scho mal über de Weg…

Meeting place 1, Thailand

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Brett Sutton, a awesome coach how is working so hard to bring out the best of each individual athlete. For me a privilege, to working together with him … and a challenge as well… Isch nid immer guet “Kuechäässä” mit Ihm aber, wer het scho gärn Kuechä ;-)

Meeting place 2, Australia

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Craig Alexander, yes thats me ;-) next to “Mr. Triathlon”, Australien Sport Award winner 2009, hero of Kona, it was definitely a very very special moment for me. And for a photo just behind the finishline, we`re looking tardet up!?

Meeting place 3, Singapore

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Ronald Mc Donald, …just a little kiss befor I left Singapore …De fette Hamburger u Pommfrites gits de nach mim nächste Renne, aber den die XXL Portion ;-)

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First 70.3 victory in record time

February 7th, 2010 by steffencaroline


I dit it … wow! Today I can celebrate my first 70.3 Ironman victory (ok, it is not a big party on, but I`ve bought me a large family pizza just for myself and I`ll enjoy it tonight).
In the Geelong newspaper yesterday, they always spoken of a “re-match between Switzerland and Warriner’s Caroline Steffen (re-match after my 2nd place in NZ, 18 sec. behind Sam). This made me a little nervous, and the numbers of hours sleep the night before the race, you can count them on 4 fingers. At 7a.m the race start. I said to myself: “do never look back, simply make your own race, give everything and a little more and if you have a good day, it will be enough and you can get the victory and lifting up the trophy at the end. And it was enough :-) Perhaps also because of the adrenalin shock how I got when I swam in to a swarm of jellyfish. In this sek. I was not sure how dangerous these little creatures are and if I’m going to die in the next 10sec. now … but nothing happened, and so I left the water just behind Sam and Lisa in 3th place. On the bike, I was disposed to leave the girls and made a gap of 5min. This 5min lead, I was able to keep up until the end of the 21km run and so… with a new record and a big lead, I celebrating and enjoy the finish line.
Now I`ll get my pizza and make good a few hours sleep :-) Cheers from Geelong, Caroline

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2010 aspirations: Experience of emotions!

January 25th, 2010 by steffencaroline

A G`day from the Sunny Coast. I`m a newbie in Team TBB and like to introduce myself just quick. My name is Caroline Steffen. I grew up in a small village in Switzerland called Spiez. A small town surrounded by mountains and beautiful landscape. Some say: “Yes, I know Spiez. I`m passed by train when I’m gone skiing”…

When i was 12years old, I started with sport. Once a week I went to the swim and this just because, I was allowed to leave the religions lessons 15min earlyer to catch the bus. Which is now 18 years ago and it has changed a lot. In the time between, I was 10 years a member of the Swiss Swimming- and 2 years a member of the Swiss Cycling Nationalteam. Won 17 Swiss Champion gold medals in the pool and 1 on the Road. A two days adventure race in 2005 brought me closer to the triathlon, specifically to the long distance.

2008, I wanted to registrate for a race as an age group, but i was after the deadline and the only option to get a start was to start as an PRO. I finished this Ironman race, to my surprise, on the 3th rank and got therefore a place in my third Nationalteam, Swiss Triathlon. Sometimes everything changes quickly!

Since last February, I`m currently reside in Australia on the Sunshine Coast together with my partner David Dellow.

Team TBB: My first triathlon team and I`m looking forward to sharing the common experience and challenge. I’m still young in this sport. So, I think I can benefit a lot and at the same time I hope to give something back to team.
C ya soon in Krabie

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