Dali100 – Pre-race day

 We are finally on the way to Dali. I’m sitting now in a shuttle bus which will bring the runners from Kunming airport to Dali, one of the main tourist cities here in Yunnan. We should be arrive after a 5 hour bus ride. About the race I have not so many information as I like to have. There is …

Ninghai Trail – Review (Be your own Hero)

It’s been a while ago since I updated my blog. I’m very sorry for this. After the demoralized DNF in Ladakh at the Khardungla Challenge (I took myself out of the race after 2.5 hours with huge health problems) I wasn’t in the mood to write anything in the blog. Back in China I also was busy to earn some money that …

Khardungla Challenge – Pre race acclimatization

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 …

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 …