(not) ready

The eye infection is almost over, thanks to a week of antibiotics and rest. The perfect taper. Picked up the kit, had a rather chaotic race briefing and packed the car. Samuel & Samuel will be my support crew. One more night (in a lousy noisy hotel) and I am ready to go.

Swiss Alpine Davos 2011

Event Stats:
Name Swiss Alpine K78
Date 07/30/2011 
Location Davos,Switzerland
Event Ultramarathon
Finish Time 12:38:00
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04:30 Aufwachen, auf die Uhr (Handy) schauen. Handy hat sich aufgehängt. Reboot. Sehr gut, noch 15 Minuten, bis der Wecker nicht geklingelt hätte.

Laufen mit Freunden

Event Stats:
Name 6 Stundenlauf Fürth - Welt-Down-Syndrom-Tags-Marathon
Date 03/0202011
Location Fürth, Germany
Event Ultra
Finish Time 06:00:00; 43.41 km

Der Laufclub 21 hatte geladen und viele sind gekommen, mahrheitlich die altbekannten Gesichter, die, die immer da sind. Gelaufen wurde auf einer knapp 1.3 km langen Runde mit scharfen Kurven und mittelmässigem Belag. Aber egal, die Organisation super, 1A Verpflegung und das Laufen mit Läufern mit Down-Syndrom hat viel Spass gemacht. Nur läuferisch gings nicht rund, daher nach 43 km aufgehört. Nächstes Jahr bestimmt wieder.

No WEF!

Event Stats:
Name Swiss Alpine K78
Date 07/31/2010
Location Davos,Switzerland
Event Ultramarathon
Finish Time 14:11:41

Tough, tough race. Maybe training would have helped :-(

Running in circles

Event Stats:
Name24 Stundenlauf Stadtoldendorf
Date 06/20/2009
Location Stadtoldendorf,Germany
Event 24h run
Finishing Distance 150.4 km
Actually I just wanted to try a 100k run,but there wasn’t anything suitable,so I signed up for this one,thinking I’ll just run my 100k and call it a day. The field is pretty small,since the German 24h runnning Championship is on at the same time &location (but on a 3k loop course). For me it’s running on the track,counterclockwise,over and over. The best description of my race experience is probably from my twitter posts:
17:00 61x 400m in 3h so far…
18:55 100 in 4.53
20:00 25%,6 hrs.:118 laps = 47.2 km,light rain
00:00 Midnight:11 hrs in the race,187 laps,getting tough
00:10 aehm,10 hrs. In the race
02:16 Halftime:121 laps,88km. Feel like shit. Wish for sunrise
04:12 Primary Mission accomplished:100km in the bag. 3:50
06:05 Starting the last third. 280 laps complete. The sun is up but I have some severe blisters
07:27 Raining for the last 2 hrs. Doesn’t help with the blisters. 300 laps done
10:09 4 hrs. to go. 339 laps. Blisters real bad. Livemusic about to start,maybe this give a boost
14:00 It is over,376 laps,150.4 km,1st place. Home &resting
All in all a great community race,a ton of fun,would reccomend this one anytime!!

There are Trail Runs and then there are Trail Runs

Event Stats:
Name Capitol Peak 50
Date 04/28/2007
Location Capitol Forest, WA, USA
Event Ultra Marathon (50 mi)
Finish Time 11:55:18

Peterson Ridge Rumble

Event Stats:
Name Peterson Ridge Rumble
Date 04/15/2007
Location Sisters, OR, USA
Event Ultramarathon (60 km)
Finish Time 08:41:26

Petersons Ridge Rumble is a very low-key ultra marathon, officially 60km, although I think I ran a good 5k on top of that, simply because I got lost twice. Running on a trail and looking out for markings to show you the way is quite different from running on the road.

Weather was great, sunny, but not too warm, the scenery around Sisters, a small town near Bend, Oregon, fantastic and I thoroughly enjoyed a long and slow run. I didn’t even attempt to get a good finished time, I was way too happy just to be out there. Wide forest roads gave way to some steep trails, and breathtaking sights.

Aid-stations were not only very friendly, but offered something I haven’t seen on road-races. Real treats – Oreos, M&Ms, pretzels and the like – and not just the power-bars and -gels that seem to be the new monoculture in athlete nutrition. Yummy!

Great food at the finish, which I reached after almost nine hours.