{"id":5151,"date":"2025-08-08T13:27:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/the-teaching-triathlete\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T11:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:58:12","slug":"the-teaching-triathlete","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/the-teaching-triathlete\/","title":{"rendered":"The Teaching Triathlete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-54d22900 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How a Teacher Imparts much more than Knowledge &#8211; or Lucian Hofstetter&#8217;s Highly Successful Running Challenge <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sports enthusiast, teacher, and triathlete Lucian Hofstetter made a strong statement in December 2024: On December 1st, he ran 1 kilometer \u2013 and added another one each day. 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