STEFAN IN DUBAI

I have done it: I have completed my first Ironman 70.3! The location for this should have been something very special. No idyllic mountain lakes and mountains in Austria. No, off to Dubai and explore the desert. Sweating at 45 degrees - no problem having the right goal in mind.

I have well-deserved the after-party: the Carbo-Loading-Party in front of the only 7 star hotel in the world, the Burj al Arab - exactly, the hotel that looks like a sail - was also top class. In front of the hotel on the well-cared lawn looking like a golf course, awaited a banquet difficult to surpass: cooks with Cook caps, tables with white slip covers, noble dishes and wine glasses as far as the eye can see. A real culinary delight par excellence. And this in a country in which I otherwise was contenting myself rather with overcooked noodles.