Teesche Podcast

Episode 149: Challenge Roth 2026: Chasing Sub-10 and Setting a Massive Personal Best

1st of September · 174 Minutes

Nine full years after my first go at this wonderful long distance triathlon event in southern Germany, I now came here with a mission in mind: Finishing it in less than ten hours. Find out how I prepared for that and what the outcome was in the end.

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Notes & Information

Here’s the blog post containing all the pictures and videos

My second IRONMAN Hamburg race on my 35th birthday in 2019

My experience at the massive CCC in Chamonix, France

My optimized sub-3-hour marathon training routine

Jonas Deichmann’s Challenge 120: 120 long-distance triathlons in 120 consecutive days

My journey to running a sub-3-hour marathon

My pursuit of a ticket for the Western States 100 Endurance Run

My experience at the massive CCC in Chamonix, France

My journey towards qualifying for an IRONMAN World Championship slot in Hawaii

Ruben Best on Instagram

Nils Goerke on Instagram

Nils Goerke on Wikipedia

Pushing Limits Triathlon Podcast

COROS official website

Triathlon Magazin’s analysis of wetsuit and non-wetsuit swim times (German)

Fusion TEMPO! ONE Tri Suit

Orca Apex Float v2 wetsuit

My Challenge Roth swim activity on Strava

COROS DURA bike computer

COROS PACE Pro GPS watch

Zwift official website

Lasse Ibert’s bike shop

Rockerplates indoor cycling platforms

My bike fitting question in the Reddit r/bikefit community

BikeRadar: how shaving your legs can save precious seconds

Wahoo KICKR CORE 2 indoor bike trainer

Zwift indoor cycling platform

The moment Sam Laidlow passes me in the official Challenge Roth video on YouTube

My Challenge Roth bike activity on Strava

My Tokyo Marathon 2026 race report

How ChatGPT helped me achieve a new personal best in the marathon

How my run streak has been going

My big Challenge Roth training day on Strava

My Challenge Roth run activity on Strava

Munich Breweries Ultra official website

My official Challenge Roth 2026 results and split times

World Triathlon Championship Series Hamburg official website

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