All for the finishline🙏🏻 A bit of mixed feelings about @ironmanswitzerland Thun yesterday 🫶🏼 Not what I wanted to show but I guess there can happen a lot in 10 hours 👀 so let's share my story of my first ironman full distance ✨️ Swipe 😘 Pics by @nikolas.schaber 📸 The day started pretty good ☀️. My body felt good, mind was all focused, I was a bit nervous as always... I was so happy to stand on the start line of my hometown ironman in the pro field. Never have I ever thought this will happen one day✨️☺️ We jumpt into lake thun and really fast we realised that it won't be the easiest one. Waves challenged us the whole 3.8km. I didn't catch a perfect group. But just wanted to get it done 🤓 T1 - this crowd... wow... thank you Thun!!❣️ My switch to the bike went pretty okay. Fist time pacing 180km in a race? Challenging. But it started well... First 90km all as planed. I started my second loop focused and with still something in my tank 👏🏻 After 135km the hammer hit 😵 Some km before my back started cramping up and pressed on my nerves. I slowly lost feeling of my legs and the pain got unbearable. I decided to stop😖 I found myself laying next to the course screaming in pain and trying everything to loosen up my back. I couldn't move or get back on my bike. Should I DNF? 20min passed. Then it started to get better. I couldn't call it a day... this day was about so much more 🫂 So I completed the bike course, with, I guess, the easiest pace I rode in a race before. But it was all I could push. But I made it to T2 - and started running 🪽 My back loosend up and it felt like a dream. 13 km in my dreampace, then it hit again 🫠 The electric pain through my legs was horrible. Thinking about giving up? Worse. So there was only one goal left: the finishline 🤷🏼‍♀️ Friends and family carring me through it all 🥹❣️ Some up and downs more (vomited a few times 🤭)... But never gave up ❤️‍🩹 And I made it 🤍 what a day. Little one needed a big hug ❤️ @r.delhees_3

Bike is racked and all ready 🤍 @ironmanswitzerland Checklist: 🚴🏼‍♀️ bike activation 🏃🏼‍♀️ run activation 🤝🏻 check in ☕️ coffee break with my crew ❤️ Time to sleep! See ya tomorrow! Bib 18 🪽 let's go #ironman #raceday #happyme #crew #coldbrew

Time for real talk 🙏🏻 🫶🏼 Für mich ist Spitzensport ein Privileg. Ich liebe es, meine Grenzen zu testen und täglich an meine körperlichen und mentalen Limiten zu gehen. Spitzensport ist nicht einfach. Genau darum liebe ich den Sport: Du kannst zeigen, was du dir erarbeitet hast. ❤️‍🩹 Für mich ist der Profisport ein Privileg. Als Mädchen habe ich davon geträumt, doch damals war dieser Traum nicht realitätsnah. Nun darf ich diesen Weg im Triathlon gehen, und das motiviert mich jeden Tag, Vollgas zu geben. 👀 Die Kehrseite: Das Rookie-Profi-Jahr ist eine finanzielle Herausforderung. Ohne Unterstützung von Verband oder Verein ist man auf sich allein gestellt. Das glamouröse Profileben ist manchmal eher ein finanziell unsicherer Überlebenskampf. 💌 Darum hier meine Frage nach DEINEM Support! Schon kleine Beträge helfen mir, vorwärtszukommen. Ein Paar Schuhe, eine Tankfüllung, eine Nacht im Hotel oder auch nur die Gummibärchen für den Long Ride, alles ist ein Teil des Ganzen. Sei auch du Teil meines Weges an die Weltspitze! Oben findest du den TWINT-QR-Code. Wenn du mehr über mich oder Sponsoring erfahren möchtest, findest du alle Informationen unter desireeknecht.ch (Link in Bio). 🫶🏼 Nun ist es Zeit, meinem Zuhause zu zeigen, was ich kann. Thun, ich bin ready. 🦋❤️ @ironmanswitzerland #ironman #prolife #professional #athlete #fight Merssi viu viu mau 🫶🏼🫶🏼 English: Time for some real talk. 🙏🏻 🫶🏼 To me, elite sport is a privilege. I love testing my limits and pushing myself physically and mentally every single day. Elite sport isn't easy—and that's exactly why I love it. It's where you get to show what you've worked so hard for. ❤️‍🩹 Being a professional athlete is a privilege, too. As a little girl, I dreamed about it, but back then it didn't feel realistic. Today, I get to live that dream through triathlon, and that motivates me to give everything I have, every single day. 👀 But there's another side to it: My rookie year as a professional has been financially challenging. Without support from a federation or a club, you're largely on your own. The glamorous life of a pro athlete is often much more of a financial balancing act than peopl

Race week @ironmanswitzerland 🦋 Feeling absolutly ready 🙏🏻 last tree weeks with with a lot of hard work and all prep for this weekend. (Swipe) Let's f****** go 🔥🔥🔥 #ironmanthun #roadto #longdistance #heatprep #thun