MENTAL SIDE
The CrossFit has also helped me mentally. When I feel really low at an event I think about all my training over the whole winter just for this moment! It helped me a lot last year, in Sylt for sure the extra endurance helped me to take the victory!
There are many workouts that are really tough and I always think that I won’t be able to finish them in time. If I make them in a decent time then I feel really satisfied. I also did a triathlon last year but took it easy as I don’t want to get injured for my windsurfing. I need to save some energy, I am not a machine. I am not sure if it would have made a difference for Köster in Tenerife last year when he got the cramp in the double elimination. His main strength is his power and he lost that. That was in the heat after he beat me! I am not sure exactly why he got that cramp; I don’t know what he eats or how hard he trains. He is young and I don’t think he goes to the gym, like I used to be!