Races, reviews and other stuff

Introduction Well, it’s been a few days now since I got back from my recent trip to Austria to partake in a rather tough mountain jog in the stunning Alps and it’s time to jot down my thoughts. I can just about walk again and I’m catching up on my sleep. The KAT 100 by UTMB is a 100 mile foot race in the Austrian Alps, a total ascent of just under 10000 meters with a time limit of 48 hours. Sounds easy, finish in under 48 hours? I can do that… Check the website for more details  https://kat.utmb.world/ I managed to take a picture of the course profile, looks pointy! Training for the big adventure  Since the UTS 100k in May, (checkout my previous blog) I had a quick break and then knuckled down into my mountain training for the trip. The things I had learned in the UTS were imprinted in my mind and even then, I knew that they would help me out during the next race. I didn’t have a long time left but as long as I could build up steadily and stay injury free, I’d be ok. Following...

  I thought it would be a good idea to put race reports together of all the major races that I do so one day I can read through them and they’ll remind my of the good experiences and all the moments when the toys were threw out of the pram! Hopefully you will enjoy them too and if they help or inspire at least one person, that would be splendid! The reports won’t be too long..hopefully. So, here goes. Report number one which is about the UTS 100k by UTMB in the stunning mountains of Snowdonia National Park.  https://snowdonia.utmb.world/   https://utmb.world/  check out these links for context of the event series.  Building up The previous year, I raced the 50k version of this event. The weather was very warm, bit too warm and it was a tough day out. I remember saying to myself while I was dragging myself up the last set of mountains before the finish that I was glad I didn’t enter the 100k race as that would be horrendous. Balls to doing that race I thought and...