Bon, c’est pas encore (non, jamais) du Kilian Jornet et je n’ai pas pu m’empêcher de faire des pauses photo mais ce matin, c’était sortie courte pour s’énerver un peu. Et claquer un chrono sur ce single si agréable en plein milieu des arbres. #TrailRunning
At the train station starting the trip back home after #rennsteiglauf and a nice morning walk in the sun through the higher parts of Eisenach towards Wartburg. The ICE train is arriving here in a couple of minutes according to the announcement. The app and the email still say my journey was cancelled and I should find alternative solutions. #db#bahn fun continues. 😅 #trailrunning#running
Managed 40km/1100m elevation in the pouring rain and unexpectedly cold temperatures before DNFing. Absolutely nailed nutrition, hydration, plan, pace, & HR but I couldn't stay warm. Sucks but I'm not built for the cold, I was expecting warmth/heat today. I am rolling into a training block for a 50k in August and wondering if I could fit in a solo attempt at the 80km in the fall. It would be a shame to waste all this readiness.
The DNF is rotting my socks! I am going to call that 40km a last long run before tapering and I will have another kick at the 80km in three weeks!
A very EXCLUSIVE race. One runner! One aid station at the halfway point (Yay fam jam crew!). An out and back along a local trail. The inaugural @ThunderHoneySnow Ultra!
Free registration. Start time before sunrise. GPS watch timing. Race photography by selfies.
12 miles exploring in some parts of the New Forest (in Hampshire, England) that I have not been to before. Warm afternoon but there was a helpful breeze to stop me overheating 👌🏻 Nice trails, some singletrack and some very unhelpful boggy sections. #trailrunning#running
#rennsteiglauf in the books. 🤩
My goal was to enjoy it and experience the atmosphere of these classic and traditional trail race. If everything went good I wanted to finish it below 9 hours. That’s what I hoped for. Didn’t plan for 8 hours. 😳🙈
What a race. After only having it done once I can really recommend it. What a beautiful route. While it is not technical, the constant change in elevation of the undulating course makes it “hard”. As well as it is almost too runable. 🫣😜 Only had 45 minutes of uphill speed hiking or leaving aid stations speed hiking while drinking/eating.
Managed to have even splits for the first and second half. Happy about that.
I am really happy that I focused my training a lot on “rolling hills” and lots of EG, which in Göteborg means lots of change (up and down) in elevation. Undulating like here. 👊
Heute bei strahlendem Sonnenschein im Regen gestartet! 🏃♂️ Teilweise relativ steil heruntergelaufen - Zack, Blase am (Zeige?)Zeh!👣 Erst nach dem Duschen bemerkt 😅 Entweder war der Schuh zu locker geschürt, oder 👟ist doch eine halbe Größe zu klein! Egal!
🫧 !Aufstechen oder nicht aufstechen, das ist hier die Frage?! 🪡🤔
La sortie de ce matin, pour faire découvrir un bout de mon jardin. Félicitations à Mathilde et Damien car je ne les ai pas ménagés … et parce que j’avais malencontreusement oublié* de leur parler de cette seconde montée. Dans laquelle on les voit pourtant sourire, ravis d’être là 🤓 #TrailRunning
*je suis si distrait.
A thing I like about trail running is the camaraderie with bikers. I just met a biker going downhill, so I jumped out of the track. Even though he was in a challenging spot, he managed to say "thank you" (which in Norwegian is four words, so it takes longer).
Just browsed some weight loss photos… and “stumbled upon” some running facts…
September 21st 2021 … that’s when I had completed my couch to 5k running program.
After that I didn’t run super structured until almost a year after - August 20th 2022 - when I participated in my first trail run: SkyTrail. ~7.5K with ~400m EG. I bought those orange Scott’s for this (still have them).
Then it took off 😂 … so now here 1.5 years after it’s “normal” to run ultras 🤪. Time flies.
Rennsteiglauf checked in an md settled: arrived in Eisenach, got my bib number, did a shakeout run on the first few kilometers of the race course (uphill 9% right away 500m after the start in the town center), went to the dumpling party. #trailrunning#running#rennsteiglauf
Early trail run with a friend. Efts were out, but now they're wondering where all of the water went. Hoping next week's forecasted rain and cooler temps plays out.
En repérage cool suite aux pluies pour voir si c’est jouable de faire découvrir le coin demain matin. On ira se tremper les pieds six fois mais c’est aussi ca le #TrailRunning, non ? 🤓
This Spring has been a bit confusing on the poison plant front. Someone on strava posted photo that my phone said was wild sarsaparilla and he swore was poison ivy. They say the sarsaparilla is commonly mistaken for ivy in the Spring. I've never been that good at ID’ing poison ivy.
Monday's trail run through the woods was punctuated by me leaping over/around clumps of the stuff, whatever it was I didn't want to take a chance.
Along the rail trail today we found lots of poison ivy and when compared to the sarsaparilla it’s obviously different and distinct.
Morgens mit den alten steifen Knochen aus dem Bett quälen, mit dem guten Vorsatz: heute aber einen Pausentag!
Nachmittags: Och, geht ja halbwegs, also los 🏃♂️#Laufen ... und das mit einem Lächeln im Gesicht! 😁 Sorry, wird mir ja selber langsam unheimlich 😅
8 miles of new (to me) slippery trails in the bag. Part urban, part rural with two crossings of the motorway and a trip through IKEAs car park. I would have popped in to buy some “senap och dill sås” but I didn’t have time for another 8 miles round the store😂 #trailrunning
My morning run today, before it started pouring down 🌦️
Not the fastest pace for 16km and +600m EG, but it's only Tuesday and I didn't want to push me too hard today. Apart from the #running it's just amazing how nature almost seems to explode with life. Spring time at it's best in the mountains around where I live.
Taper 1. T-5d. Rennsteiglauf in Germany. 74km with 1874m of EG and 1386m of EL. A “classic” in Germany. 51st edition. With up to 2500 participants (and 15000 in total over all events). Taking place in the “Thüringer Wald” Mittelgebirge (most known is Oberhof for its Biathlon events during the winter). Will be cool. Though it is kind of my A-goal race I am planning to do the race to be able to enjoy it as much as possible while also racing. It is a huge festival in the area. And I don’t want to miss out the party feeling at the aid stations. Zoom in at the screenshot. Amazing number and supply. Looking forward to the beer towards the end. https://www.rennsteiglauf.de/wettkampf/strecken/supermarathon/#trailrunning#running
T-4d. Rennsteiglauf (74km/1884m of EG) trivia. Aid stations serve porridge. It is actually quite famous for this. With regards to the aid stations, I guess I will run with only one flask. And only use it at the beginning to avoid the crowds at the first station after 6.9km and then don't refill it. There are 14 aid stations. The longest distance between them being 6.7km, the shortest 2.6. They are served by local sports clubs from the villages nearby. A buffet of aid stations. https://www.thueringen-entdecken.de/en/w/rennsteiglauf-ready-steady-dumpling-#trailrunning#running
Got another DNF this weekend, I wasn’t mentally (my mind wandering everywhere) nor physically (sluggish and sleepy) in the race, got to the half and when I thought about doing the same thing for another 7:00 hours I dropped, wasn’t enjoying it at all. I think my taper was too long, I didn't like the course/organization and then other stuff/life got into my head and that was it, felt done with #Running in general. #TrailRunning#UltraRunning
Monday morning trail run had an unexpected "private land" sign half mile down one of the trails. Never fear, I've been practicing bushwhacking for years! #TrailRunning#mushrooms#salamander#bear