PavelWohl magazine

Winterman Extreme Triathlon: When hunter's instinct meets hurricane

Imagine it's 5:30 in the morning. You're standing on the banks of the Elbe, it's October, the darkness is so thick you could cut it, and you know that in a few minutes you have to jump into the water, which is only 12 degrees. Around you are a hundred other crazy people who have one thing in common - respect for the race, which can break you physically and mentally in the first hour.

You don't have to go 100% all year: my confession in the Second Phase podcast

I recently accepted an invitation to Brno to be a guest on the Second Phase podcast. With Karolina and Samuel we discussed not only the past season, which was literally like a seesaw, but mainly what probably everyone is interested in this time of year - how to train in winter, what the real life of a pro outside of Instagram is like and what I'm planning for next year.

Frozen fingers or Andalusian sun? Why I train in Spain over the winter

You know it, too. It's five degrees outside (at best), it's drizzling, there's an icy wind blowing and you're dressed like an onion for half an hour, only to stop feeling your toes after ten kilometres on the bike.