How loosing a key makes sense!

That last Friday it should have been a short/quick afternoon session (as I could already get in a wonderful morning session), but ended up to be a bit longer than planned ;-)
More kilometers (or more time on the trails) means more fun, right!?

Equipped with 3/4l of juice and some new shoes to try I took off...

me and my key still with me...

...about 1:15 into the run, I took some pictures; realizing my apartment key is gone!
Sh..
Ok, must be somewhere on the trail. Back track and you'll see...

steeper than it looks like: some 400m climb on a distance of ~700m ;-)

Some climbing up and down that trail and another 1hr + later I really found it. Lucky at least!
Happy, tired, dirty and satisfied, and 3 1/2 hrs later I opened the door of my apartment again.

Great unplanned workout (but planning my training is anyway not a speciality of mine ;-)
 
Sidenote: the SENSE are really interesting shoes ;-)
(in which I did a 100 km this weekend with no real signs of wear)

after 50k on Saturday ;-)

 
Looking forward to some more kilometers...

Ice Saints

where to go to!? All seems just a view steps away ;-)

...according to plan last Wednesday to Thursday, temperature dropped and snowfall produced some wonderfull scenery. Perfect for a run, or two ;-)
...actually 3, cause of a Holiday that last Thursday ;-D

a view from the Lehrbergalm just North of St. Jakob im Haus (Tirol) to the lake Pillersee (838 m a.s.l.). To the right of the lake (East) the summit of Rothorn (2403 m a.s.l.) and the Ulrichshorn as the smaller summit just in front (2155 m a.s.l.).

picture taken on Thursday on the way back to my second home at about km 25.

due to pretty hot temperatures after the visit of the Ice Saints, snow melt was that effective that I could give it a try to summit the Ulrichshorn on Saturday...

on the summit of Ulrichshorn (2155 m a.s.l.) after occasional snow sections and some loose boulders.

 it took me 1:10 hr to reach the summit starting at the Pillersee (~1300 m of climb) after having done a 1:40 hr trip to get there through some deep snow on the North side of the Wallerberg with Silke. Luckily  we passed a section of the trail shortly before a snow and rock avalanche was triggered by the temperature rise.

minutes before the small avalanche passed...

...happy for that summit #1 that yeaer and hope that some more ascents will follow.

Had to fly down to the Pillersee not to let Silke get roasted in the sun. Did the downhill in 40min, which is a decent time for the slippery upper sections. We'll see what is possible if all the snow is gone ;-)

...then we enjoyed the trot back home and a cool watermelon on the balcony as well-earned refreshment.

...my salty hydration pack

 Another nice and already snowless run on Sunday to round up the weekend.
...another long weekend to come. curious for some more trails, climbs and summits.

Lago di Garda trail session

a wonderfull long (and too short) weekend on great and steep trails around Riva (Lago di Garda, Italy) with a bunch of nice people from Germany, Italy and Austria!
great weather, great trails, great people, great guides, great cappuccino. Just perfetto ;-)

Gege and me on the way up. Courtesy of Gripmaster.

some of us traversing a nice section. Courtesy of GM.

me with the lago below. Thanks GM!

whenever you go up, you usually will be rewarded with a nice downhill. GM.

...just some impressions. And as usual, they do not come anywhere close to what it really was like.
Thanks to Julia (aka Trailschnittchen), Denis (Mr. Trailmagazin) and Stephan (aka Gripmaster) for a couple of great days around the Lago di Garda. Thanks to all participants that I could meet and run with you!

151 miles since 9th of March...

since yesterday night the 150 mile or actually the 8 pack of Roctane Ultra Endurance Energy Gel mark is reached ;-)

and some nice "trails" were done!
especially the one on Sunday which had a lot of elevation gain and some great conditions for ski touring!
...as I was the only one without skitouring equipment besides Raven, a friends dog (well, my Avalung, shovel, probe and beacon was with me) I was kind of standing out from the crowd ;-)
...really enjoyed the uphill although it was quite frozen (did it in 1:51 hrs); then some distance back down and up again with friends; and down and up again the last section; on the way down I had to fight due to the sunny weather and firn conditions. good workout definitely!

view from the Marterlkopf (2445 m) down to the starting point of Hinterthal (1030 m)

me at the summit; first human being that day. Raven was a bit faster ;-)

 

view back up to the Marterlkopf (summit in the middle); did the section from the Torscharte 3 times

and now: departure to Italy, Garda Lake for some nice and sunny trails and some more climbs but without snow ;-)

100+ miles since 9th of March ;-)

...a week of running every day
...a total of 107 miles 
...thanks to the GU 100 Thousand Mile Challenge ;-)

the trail when I hit the 100-mile mark

 

 

 

me at the same moment (after some Roctane Pineapple)

keep on running!

GU 100 Thousand Mile Challenge Progress Report

...5 days into the challenge.
A total of 3245 runners and already 22,883 Miles!!
I guess the 100,000 might be done end of this month ;-)

Do my best to contribute to the total milage.
Currently I'm in 3rd place with 75 miles ( including quite some trail sections and some consumed GUs ;-)

Keep on running
And enjoy the sun-ups and -downs!!!

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GU 100,000 mile challenge!

tomorrow will start the GU 100,000 mile challenge (9th of March till 9th of April)!

whoever wants to contribute to a total milage of at least 100,000 miles is very welcome!
and if one achieves 100, 150 or even 200 miles will get some GU Gels...
...YES, I'll contribute!

for details check that link:

http://www.strava.com/challenges/gu-100-thousand-mile-challenge


aiming for the 200 miles ;-)
and because of that, a rest day today...

some impressions of last weeks (again!) changing conditions here in Austria:

a bit of (half) frozen trails near Fieberbrunn

some perfect dry conditions in Graz

 ...looking forward to some good trail conditions the coming month
AND the trail running camp at the Lago di Garda in Italy end of this month!!!