Thomas - Anyone want to ride 400km with me today? - Stering has decided to retire from the Ironman training and racing scene.
Soon after arriving in Sydney about two years ago, the German cycling machine showed the locals that there was no distance he wasn't prepared to ride with just a single bidon of water, regardless of what his coach put on his program.
It should come as no surprise then that Ironman didn't offer him enough of a challenge and so he's looking for something new to spend 15-30 hours a week doing. He apparently considered competitive water running, but there simply isn't enough sponsorship money in the sport. It's not even an Olympic demonstration sport, yet.
``Things changed and I know that those times are over for me,'' he said in an email earlier today of his life as an Ironman. ``I won’t stop doing sports completely, I actually enjoy my running a lot right now.''
And this Universität Hohenheim graduate is no running slouch either. He's already run the Sydney marathon. And he tramped through half of New Zealand's South Island in December, just for something to do.
Perhaps then he's got a future as an adventure racer!
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