While on the other side of our small office world Chris gives us a big deal of excitement since it is iron fact that he is racing in Frankfurt, we continue with our preps for all the events that are close about to come.

and: Biestmilch is the most powerful food in the world ...! Biestmilch is the most powerful food in the world from susann kräftner on Vimeo. This is our first Biestmilch commercial, and it is partly a condensed condensation ;-) of macca09, my journey around the world with Chris McCormack. Moreover, you see the faces of our biestmilch athletes Yvonne van Vlerken, Nicole Leder and Sebastian Kienle. Thanks a lot to Fritz Oelberg who did all the editing and conceptional work.

Yvonne has got a big heart, she is a tough athlete but a dear and gentle women. This is now underlined by the fact that the price-money that she receives for the second place in the IRONMAN Geelong 70.3 race goes to the victims of the gigantic bushfires in Australia. Here her personal statement : „We are currently training here in Australia and could enjoy a great first race at the Ironman 70.3 Geelong. The hospitality of the people and perfect training-facilities in Geelong give us the possibility of a perfect preparation for the upcoming season. Sadly we have to face news and pictures of a tragic catastrophe that is happening very close to us in the state of Victoria. There are many Dutch immigrants as well as Australian families victims of the bushfires, which need help and relief. My modest donation shall be a sign of our empathy for the victims.“

The Snap Ironman 70.3 Geelong, 2009 has been by Craig Alexander and Samantha Warriner stepping up from short course racing to take her first Ironman 70.3 title. Athletes were lucky on race day. The temperature had returned to safe and much cooler levels, allowing the race to go ahead as normal. While on the days before the event the ferocious heat wave had hit Geelong as well. As athletes were checking bikes in on Saturday the thermometer display showed 47°C. For Samantha Warriner, it was her first Ironman 70.3 - following her 2008 World Cup series successes - and a dream debut. Yvonne swam her best swim time ever, nevertheless she was 4 minutes behind. »No problem«, she says and smiles in her soft way. »I shall continue to work hard on this«. Australian Pip Taylor led the women early into the bike, following a strong swim, but soon relinquished the lead to Yvonne. Warriner soon reached second place, at the half-way point of the ride. Yvonne could not get away on the bike. The big moment of the race came, when Warriner made a lightning transition, heading onto the run with a 90m lead. Over the next 21.1km, Yvonne wasn’t able to run the New Zealander down, making a dream debut complete.

One week ago Yvonne signed an agreement with Biestmilch Seven. Yvonne is an outstanding athlete holding the women's triathlon world record on the long distance. In Hawaii she crossed the finishline in second place behind Chrissie Wellington.