K85 – The Heart of the Alpes

Das erste große Highlight dieses Jahres ist vorbei. Der 85km Lauf beim Innsbruck Alpine Trailrun Festival ist eingefahren. und das auch noch in einer, für mich absolut zufriedenstellenden, guten Zeit. Der Veranstalter versprach: „Mehr Wurzeln, mehr Steine, mehr Spaß“, und genau das sollte auch so kommen. Donnerstag Ich kam schon Donnerstags direkt aus Manchester eingeflogen und konnte so schon am Abend …

Back to the Vibram® Hong Kong 100

Time is running so fast. After a nice Christmas holiday in good old Germany with some marathon runs, I’m back again in Asia and looking forward to the first highlight in the running year. The Vibram® Hong Kong 100 race will be hold this weekend. This was my first 100k race last year and I’m so happy that I was …

Dali100 – Another unsuccessful story

Now I’m sitting again in the bus back to Kunming airport. 5 hours bus ride on a lousy rainy day will not help to increase my mood. So the Dali100 Ultratrail was not successful for me. The race started well with 18km flat track from the start line to the foot of the mountain. The run to the top of this …

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 …

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 …

Dalian 100k – recap

Last weekend I was running successful my second 100K race. After the Vibram-HK100 in January in Hong Kong, I went this time to Dalian, a beautiful small city in North-east China. Located directly on the yellow sea, the city is famous in China for its seafood, shipyards and the 100k Ultra-trail at the City Mountains. There are many mountains in …