Once more it is time for Ironman Switzerland. My home race. I have raced it 5 times in the past. I finished 2nd, 2nd, 3rd and I had two DNF ‘s (2008: hypothermia 2010: injury). So I can say I had my ups and downs in that race. Maybe a bit of a hate –

I just came back home from a one week camp up in Leysin with the Team. I enjoyed it a lot. It is good to have the team around to do all the hard training I normally do by myself. Also, to have coach Brett around is very important. Everybody who trained with him before

This week I went to the EMPA in St.Gallen. EMPA is the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology. I did a test on the turbo at race pace for 2hours. All this in Hawaii like conditions. I think this test is not so much about how much you sweat, but more what exactly

The 3 week Gran Canaria camp soon comes to an end. It has been a very successful camp and I am very happy with the work we have done here. It was good not to come here earlier. It was smart to do my first 3 weeks of training this year by myself in Andalucia

my newest blog in english: go to Team TBB website link: http://blogs.teamtbb.com/mathiashecht

by www.slowtwitch.com Mathias Hecht will be starting in new colors in 2012. The very friendly and fast Swiss Pro had been on Team Commerzbank until it ended in 2011, and will now be racing for Team TBB moving forward. Slowtwitch had a few words with the man known as Pikey. ST: Gruezi Mathias, we are

“It’s not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference. ” — Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant The new year has arrived. After 4 years racing for the Commerzbank Triathlon Team, the main sponsor withdraw from the sport of triathlon and the team came to an end. Being a professional

Mit der Ironman Hawaii World Championship vor gut einer Woche wollte ich einer sehr erfolgreichen Saison noch die Krone aufsetzen. Bereits 4.5 Wochen vor dem Rennen bin ich nach Hawaii gereist und habe mich vor Ort auf den grossen Tag vorbereitet. Die Trainingsresultate waren hervorragend und alles lief nach Fahrplan. Bis ca. 7-8 Tage vor

Winning is not everything – but making the effort to win is Der Ironman Switzerland 2011 war eine grosse Herausforderung für mich und ich wusste selber nicht so genau, was mein Körper noch hergeben würde. Acht Wochen nach meinem Sieg am Ironman St.George, Utah, einem 3.Rang am Ironman Neuseeland und zwei weiteren dritten Rängen über