How to prepare for an ultra marathon which is hold at an altitude where there is just 50% of the oxygen as on sea level? No idea if there is a standard preparation for this. I went out the last days for some runs. Every morning 6AM I went out for some stairs climbing up to Shanti Stupa where I …
First steps on Khardungla Road
Leh / Ladakh – Day 2 Well, I pissed no blood this morning and my inner organs seem fine, so my acclimatization run yesterday was not so bad. I woke up last night with huge headache, but this is normal in this height and within a few days also this should be gone. Had a morning climb again at the …
Khardungla Challenge – Day 1 (Acclimatization)
Leh / Ladakh – Day 1 My top event in 2015 has started. I arrived this morning at 7AM in Leh. Leh is the biggest city in Ladakh with around 30000 people and the place to be if you want to travel in the Karakorum Range. It’s a huge tourist hub during the 3 month season. It is also called …
LADAKH’S RUNNING TEAM
A great article about running experience in Ladakh. I’m really looking forward to meet the people there and run the Khardungla challenge in 2 weeks. Will be in Leh for acclimatization in a few days.
Grassland Extreme Marathon – Xiwuqi / Inner Mongolia (Part1)
After one year I am back in Xiwuqi / Inner Mongolia. It was last year such a great weekend that I directly signed in for the race in 2015. And when I’m back at home next week I will sign in for the 2016 race. Why? Because it is one of my favorites race here in China. I already ran now …
Dali100 – successful registration
Yesterday the registration for the Dali100 ultra-trail 2015 started and today I successful registered. The race will be start at Oct. 31st. I’m very happy. This will be another hard race in an absolutely amazing landscape. Seit gestern ist die Registrierung für den Dali100 Ultratrail freigeschaltet und eben habe mich erfolgreich registriert. Das Rennen durch eine unglaublich schöne Berglandschaft über …
Rheinsteig Ultrarunning – Ligawechsel / League Changes (Bilingual)
So weit die Füße tragen Long-distance run on a different level. Das Thema was ich heute anreiße und was mich die nächsten 365 Tage begleiten wird, werde ich zweisprachig in Deutsch und Englisch schreiben. Vielleicht gewöhne ich mich ja auch dran und mache das bei jedem Artikel. The topic which I start today and which will be a big deal …
Tianmu-7 Ultra Skymarathon – Recap
Today more pictures than words. I’m back from the toughest race I have joined so far. The „Tianmu-7 Ultra Skymarathon“ at the Tianmu Mountain range in China’s Zhejiang province. A real gem in my race calendar. The race started at small village inside the mountain range. 286 runners, full of hope and dreams waited for the sign and at 6AM we …
Tianmu-7 pre-race
After a 3.5 hour drive I finally made it to the Tianmu Mountains. A beautiful mountain range in Zhejiang province. What a different scenery compare to Suzhou, my 10 mio. inhabitant hometown. There is no hotel with „foreigner-service“ here in this rural area, so it is also not possible to book any room at C-trip’s English website. C-Trip is the biggest …