{"id":19841,"date":"2023-12-13T07:33:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T07:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/uncategorized\/the-world-according-to-sebastian-kienle\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T15:31:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:31:56","slug":"the-world-according-to-sebastian-kienle","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/news\/the-world-according-to-sebastian-kienle\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The world according to Sebastian Kienle&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI know a lot of people that didn\u2019t handle retirement well,\u201d Kienle says, explaining why he took a tapered approach to retirement. \u201cIt\u2019s not always easy, and right now it still feels like a normal off-season. Putting the immense amount of stuff I\u2019ve piled up over the years into the basement helps me realize this is actually real, but the biggest thing will be when I don\u2019t have to start training again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kienle turns 40 next year. With the milestone looming, he announced a \u201cDiscontinued\u201d tour last November as a way to gradually call time on a stellar career that witnessed a victory at The Championship, four podiums in Hawaii (including a victory), a victory at Challenge Roth and two IM 70.3 world titles. The triathlon world moves fast, and it\u2019s easy to overlook that such was his consistency at the top level that in eight consecutive years from 2013, he was never outside the top five in the world (according to the PTO rankings). Triathlete.com&#8217;s Tim Heming had a deep dive with Kienle and they&#8217;ve talked about almost everything that marks the career of this living legend. \u201cIf there were no Challenge and PTO it would be a catastrophe for non-drafting athletes. Ironman would not pay any prize money any more because they wouldn\u2019t have to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can read the full interview with Kienle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.triathlete.com\/culture\/news\/the-world-according-to-sebastian-kienle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3386 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/05\/sebastian-kienle_1500x1000-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI know a lot of people that didn\u2019t handle retirement well,\u201d Kienle says, explaining why he took a tapered approach to retirement. \u201cIt\u2019s not always easy, and right now it still feels like a normal off-season. 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