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Der letzte große Anstieg beginnt erst nach vierzig Kilometern.","The 60K INDIVIDUAL is the ultra distance of the adidas INFINITE TRAILS in Gastein: three summits in a day – Gamskarkogel, Graukogel and Stubnerkogel – with more than 5,000 metres of climbing and a fourteen-hour limit. The last big climb only starts after forty kilometres.",{"de":226,"en":227},"Der Tag beginnt um sechs Uhr in der Alpen Arena und praktisch ohne Vorwarnung: Ab Kilometer 0,1 zieht der Weg fast neun Kilometer am Stück nach oben, über den Höhenweg zum Annencafé, an den Rastötzenalmen vorbei und auf den Grat zwischen Gastein- und Großarltal. Bei Kilometer 11,5 steht man an der Gamskarkogelhütte und hat 1.900 Höhenmeter in den Beinen – auf Europas höchstem Grasberg.\n\nDanach fällt die Strecke zur Poserhöhe ab und steigt über die Graukogel-Mittelstation zur Bergstation. Der Umweg über die Palfnerscharte auf 2.321 Metern und den felsigen Graukogel-Grat führt zum höchsten Punkt des Rennens auf 2.492 Metern. Zurück an der Mittelstation geht es nach Bad Gastein hinunter, am Wasserfall vorbei zum Merangarten und über die steile Rampe The Hell nach Böckstein.\n\nAb dort ist die Strecke identisch mit der 45K: sechs Kilometer und 1.300 Höhenmeter auf den Tischkogel, der Grat zum Stubnerkogel und vierzehn überwiegend abfallende Kilometer über das Angertal zurück. Acht Labestationen versorgen die Runde; wer nach 16:30 Uhr noch unterwegs ist, braucht eine Stirnlampe.","The day starts at six in the Alpen Arena and gives almost no warm-up: from kilometre 0.1 the trail climbs for nearly nine kilometres in one piece, up the Höhenweg to the Annencafé, past the Rastötzenalmen and onto the ridge between the Gastein and Großarl valleys. At kilometre 11.5 you reach the Gamskarkogel hut with 1,900 metres already in your legs – on Europe's highest grass mountain.\n\nThe course then drops to the Poserhöhe and climbs via the Graukogel mid-station to the summit station. The detour over the Palfnerscharte at 2,321 metres and the rocky Graukogel ridge reaches the high point of the race at 2,492 metres. Back at the mid-station it descends into Bad Gastein, past the waterfall to the Merangarten and up the steep ramp known as The Hell to Böckstein.\n\nFrom there the route is identical to the 45K: six kilometres and 1,300 metres up to the Tischkogel, the ridge to the Stubnerkogel and fourteen mostly descending kilometres back through the Angertal. Eight aid stations serve the loop, and anyone still out after 16:30 must carry a headlamp.",{"de":229,"en":230},"Das Rennen beginnt mit dem längsten Anstieg der Strecke, und genau darin liegt die Falle: Neun Kilometer bergab-freies Steigen direkt aus dem Startgelände laden dazu ein, die ersten 1.900 Höhenmeter zu schnell zu nehmen. Der Anstieg ist bei Kilometer 11 vorbei – das Rennen dauert dann noch mindestens acht Stunden.\n\nEntschieden wird die 60K auf dem Tischkogel ab Kilometer 40,4: fast sechs Kilometer mit zweiundzwanzig Prozent Durchschnitt, nach über viertausend bereits geleisteten Höhenmetern. Das ist der Punkt, an dem der Kalorienplan der ersten sechs Stunden sichtbar wird. Zwischen Graukogel und Böckstein liegt der einzige längere laufbare Abschnitt der Runde – dort wird gegessen, nicht attackiert.\n\nDie Zwischenzeitlimits stehen bei Böckstein, an der Oberen Zittrauer Alm und am Stubnerkogel, also alle drei im Tischkogel-Block. Wer die ersten drei Viertel diszipliniert läuft, hat dort Puffer; wer am Gamskarkogel Zeit gutmachen wollte, hat ihn nicht.","The race opens with the longest climb on the course, and that is the trap: nine kilometres of uninterrupted ascent straight out of the start area invite you to take the first 1,900 metres too fast. The climb is over at kilometre 11 – the race then still has at least eight hours to run.\n\nThe 60K is decided on the Tischkogel from kilometre 40.4: almost six kilometres at twenty-two percent average, on top of more than four thousand metres already climbed. That is where the fuelling plan of the first six hours becomes visible. Between the Graukogel and Böckstein lies the only extended runnable stretch of the loop – a section for eating, not for attacking.\n\nThe intermediate cut-offs sit at Böckstein, the Obere Zittrauer Alm and the Stubnerkogel, all three inside the Tischkogel block. Run the first three quarters with discipline and you arrive with a buffer; try to gain time on the Gamskarkogel and you will not have one.",{"de":232,"en":233},"Für Altersklassenathletinnen und -athleten sind neuneinhalb bis vierzehn Stunden anzusetzen – das Zeitlimit von vierzehn Stunden ist für einen relevanten Teil des Feldes der eigentliche Gegner. Der Charakter ist eine durchgehend niedrig-intensive, sehr lange Belastung mit acht Anstiegen, von denen zwei je über 1.300 Höhenmeter haben.\n\nRennentscheidend sind der Startanstieg und der Tischkogel: der erste, weil er falsch dosiert den ganzen Tag verdirbt, der zweite, weil er nach vierzig Kilometern kommt. Das Training braucht deshalb Rückwärts-strukturierte Langeinheiten – lange Blöcke, in denen die größten Höhenmeter in der zweiten Hälfte liegen – und mehrfach wöchentliches Bergaufgehen an steilem Gelände.\n\nDer dritte Schwerpunkt ist die Verpflegung. Ein Renntag dieser Länge steht und fällt mit der Fähigkeit, über zehn Stunden verlässlich Kohlenhydrate aufzunehmen; das gehört in jede lange Einheit hinein trainiert, mit der Verpflegung, die es an den acht Stationen gibt.\n\nDie Bedingungen sind hochalpin. Zwei Gratabschnitte liegen über 2.300 Metern, der Graukogel-Grat ist felsig und ausgesetzt, und Anfang September kann der Tag im Tal warm beginnen und oben nasskalt werden. Stirnlampe, Pflichtausrüstung und ein durchgespieltes Schlechtwetter-Szenario – der Veranstalter kann auf Runden unter 1.800 Metern umstellen – gehören in die Vorbereitung.","Plan on nine and a half to fourteen hours for an age-group athlete – for a meaningful part of the field the fourteen-hour limit is the real opponent. The character is a very long, largely low-intensity effort across eight climbs, two of which carry more than 1,300 metres each.\n\nThe decisive sections are the opening climb and the Tischkogel: the first because misjudging it ruins the whole day, the second because it arrives after forty kilometres. Preparation therefore needs back-loaded long sessions – long blocks with the biggest vertical in the second half – and steep uphill hiking several times a week.\n\nThe third emphasis is fuelling. A race day this long stands or falls on taking in carbohydrate reliably for ten hours or more, and that has to be trained inside every long session, ideally with the products the eight aid stations actually carry.\n\nConditions are high alpine. Two ridge sections sit above 2,300 metres, the Graukogel ridge is rocky and exposed, and in early September the day can start warm in the valley and turn cold and wet up top. 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45K INDIVIDUAL bei den adidas INFINITE TRAILS in Gastein ist zugleich die Loop L des Teamrennens – und sie ist eine Strecke mit einer klaren Mitte: Nach Böckstein warten rund 1.300 Höhenmeter am Stück auf den Tischkogel, gefolgt vom Gratlauf hinüber zum Stubnerkogel.","The 45K INDIVIDUAL at the adidas INFINITE TRAILS in Gastein doubles as Loop L of the team race, and it is a course with an unmistakable middle: after Böckstein some 1,300 metres of climbing come in one piece up to the Tischkogel, followed by the ridge run across to the Stubnerkogel.",{"de":424,"en":425},"Die Runde startet in Bad Hofgastein und läuft über den Planitzenweg zur Poserhöhe, ehe der steile Zwergalweg zum Hoteldorf Grüner Baum abfällt. Von dort steigt sie auf Forststraße zur Mittelstation des Graukogels, quert nach Bad Gastein hinunter, nimmt die Stufen durch den historischen Ortskern, passiert den Wasserfall und erreicht den Merangarten. Danach folgt der kurze, brutale Anstieg, den die Einheimischen als Strava-Segment The Hell kennen.\n\nÜber den Böcksteiner Höhenweg geht es nach Böckstein, wo bei Kilometer 22,9 die letzte Labe vor dem Hauptanstieg steht. Ab hier zieht der Weg fast sechs Kilometer mit rund zweiundzwanzig Prozent Durchschnittsneigung nach oben, vorbei an der Böckfeldalm und der Zittrauer Alm, zuletzt felsig und steil zum Tischkogel auf 2.433 Metern. Der Grat zum Stubnerkogel ist das Herzstück der Runde; danach führen vierzehn überwiegend abfallende Kilometer ins Angertal und zurück zur Alpen Arena.\n\nDas Gasteinertal ist auf dieser Runde in seiner ganzen Bandbreite zu sehen: Kurstadt-Asphalt, alte Saumpfade aus der Goldgräberzeit, Almgelände und ein hochalpiner, exponierter Grat – alles an einem Vormittag.","The loop starts in Bad Hofgastein and runs the Planitzenweg to the Poserhöhe before the steep Zwergalweg drops to the hotel hamlet of Grüner Baum. From there it climbs a forest road to the Graukogel mid-station, crosses down into Bad Gastein, takes the steps through the historic centre, passes the famous waterfall and reaches the Merangarten. Then comes the short brutal ramp locals know as the Strava segment The Hell.\n\nThe Böckstein Höhenweg leads to Böckstein, where the last aid station before the main climb sits at kilometre 22.9. From there the trail pulls upwards for almost six kilometres at around twenty-two percent average, past the Böckfeldalm and the Zittrauer Alm, rocky and steep at the end, to the Tischkogel at 2,433 metres. The ridge across to the Stubnerkogel is the heart of the loop; fourteen mostly descending kilometres then run down into the Angertal and back to the Alpen Arena.\n\nThe Gastein valley shows its full range on this loop: spa-town asphalt, old gold-digger mule tracks, alpine pasture and an exposed high-alpine ridge – all in one morning.",{"de":427,"en":428},"Die ersten zweiundzwanzig Kilometer sind gegliedert und verführerisch: mehrere Anstiege um zehn bis dreizehn Prozent, dazwischen laufbare Abschnitte und der Ortsdurchlauf von Bad Gastein mit Zuschauern. Genau hier liegt die Falle. Alles vor Böckstein ist Anfahrt zum eigentlichen Rennen.\n\nEntschieden wird die Runde am Tischkogel-Anstieg ab Kilometer 22,6. Sechs Kilometer mit zweiundzwanzig Prozent im Schnitt sind Gehgelände, keine Laufstrecke; die Aufgabe ist ein gleichmäßiger, atmungsgesteuerter Rhythmus statt Tempowechseln. Wer oben ankommt und noch essen kann, hat die Runde gerettet.\n\nDanach folgt der exponierte Grat – schmal, felsig, wind- und wetterabhängig – und erst dann die lange Abfahrt. Vierzehn Kilometer bergab auf müde gefahrenen Oberschenkeln sind die zweite Bewährungsprobe; kurz vor dem Ziel stehen noch einmal hundert Höhenmeter, mit denen niemand rechnet, der nur auf das Profil bis zum Stubnerkogel geschaut hat.","The first twenty-two kilometres are varied and seductive: several climbs around ten to thirteen percent, runnable sections between them and a run through Bad Gastein with spectators. That is exactly the trap. Everything before Böckstein is the approach to the actual race.\n\nThe loop is decided on the Tischkogel climb from kilometre 22.6. Six kilometres averaging twenty-two percent is hiking terrain, not running terrain, and the job is an even breathing-led rhythm rather than surges. Arriving at the top still able to eat is what saves the day.\n\nThen comes the exposed ridge – narrow, rocky, at the mercy of wind and weather – and only then the long descent. Fourteen kilometres downhill on quadriceps that have already worked is the second test, and a final hundred metres of climbing waits just before the finish for anyone who only read the profile as far as the Stubnerkogel.",{"de":430,"en":431},"Für das Altersklassenfeld sind sechseinhalb bis neuneinhalb Stunden realistisch. Der Charakter ist eine sehr lange, überwiegend aerobe Belastung, in der ein einzelner Anstieg von rund 1.300 Höhenmetern die Struktur des ganzen Tages vorgibt – alles davor ist Vorbereitung darauf, alles danach findet mit dessen Nachwirkungen statt.\n\nRennentscheidend ist genau dieser Block: Tischkogel-Anstieg, Grat, lange Abfahrt. Trainiert wird er mit langen Einheiten, in denen der große Anstieg bewusst spät liegt, und mit langen Gehpassagen am Steilhang – Bergaufgehen mit hoher Kadenz ist auf dieser Strecke eine eigene Disziplin und keine Notlösung.\n\nDer zweite Schwerpunkt ist die Abfahrt unter Ermüdung. Vierzehn Kilometer bergab nach acht Stunden auf den Beinen verlangen exzentrische Belastbarkeit; Bergabläufe am Ende langer Einheiten bilden das ab. Dazu kommt technisches Laufen im Blockgelände für den Gratabschnitt.\n\nDie Bedingungen gehören in den Plan. Der Grat zwischen Tischkogel und Stubnerkogel liegt über 2.200 Metern und ist voll exponiert; Anfang September sind dort Wind, Nebel und Temperaturen um den Gefrierpunkt möglich, während im Tal Sommerwetter herrscht. Die Pflichtausrüstung wird kontrolliert, und bei schlechtem Wetter kann der Veranstalter auf Ausweichrunden unter 1.800 Metern umstellen – beide Varianten sollte man im Kopf haben.","Six and a half to nine and a half hours is realistic for an age-group athlete. The character is a very long, largely aerobic effort in which one climb of roughly 1,300 metres dictates the shape of the whole day – everything before it is preparation for it, everything after happens in its aftermath.\n\nThat block is the decisive one: Tischkogel climb, ridge, long descent. Train it with long sessions where the big climb deliberately sits late, and with extended steep hiking – high-cadence uphill walking is its own discipline on this course, not a fallback.\n\nThe second emphasis is descending under fatigue. Fourteen kilometres downhill after eight hours on your feet demand eccentric durability, and downhill running at the end of long sessions builds it. 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Mehrfach quert sie Forststraßen, nimmt aber jedes Mal die kurze Variante durch den Wald, und erreicht bei Kilometer 5,3 die Rastötzenalmen mit der ersten Labe. Danach schraubt sich ein flowiger Trail bis Kilometer 7,3 auf den Grat zwischen Gastein- und Großarltal, dem man vier Kilometer mit weitem Blick folgt.\n\nAn der Gamskarkogelhütte bei Kilometer 10,6 sind die rund 1.900 Höhenmeter erledigt. Der Rückweg folgt der permanenten T1-Trailrunning-Route: ab Kilometer 11 hinunter zur Rastötzenalm mit der zweiten Labe, bei Kilometer 16,2 an einem Brunnen scharf links von der T1 weg, über Forststraße und einen kurzen Gegenanstieg Richtung Planitzenbauer, bei Kilometer 17,4 scharf rechts an einem Bauernhof vorbei und zuletzt über den Höhenweg beim Café Sonnberg ins Tal.\n\nDer Gamskarkogel ist mit 2.467 Metern Europas höchster Grasberg – der Grat ist entsprechend offen, grasig und ohne Deckung, was die Runde bei Wind und Nebel deutlich härter macht, als das Profil vermuten lässt.","The loop leaves Bad Hofgastein after less than a kilometre of asphalt and enters the woods on the waterfall path to the Annencafé. It crosses forest roads repeatedly but always takes the short line through the trees, reaching the Rastötzenalmen and the first aid station at kilometre 5.3. 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Die erste Labe steht bei Kilometer 5,8 knapp unter dem höchsten Punkt dieses Abschnitts; danach geht es am Aeroplanstadl vorbei über die Rodelbahn zurück ins Tal.\n\nBei Kilometer 13,5 läuft man durch den Kurpark und die zweite Labe – und beginnt von vorne. Weniger als ein Kilometer Asphalt, dann der Wasserfallweg zum Annencafé, die Rastötzenalmen bei Kilometer 18,6, der Grat zwischen Gastein- und Großarltal ab Kilometer 20,5 und die Gamskarkogelhütte bei Kilometer 24, wo die kompletten 2.700 Höhenmeter erledigt sind. Zurück geht es auf der T1-Route, ab Kilometer 29,5 vom Brunnen weg über Forststraße und Höhenweg ins Ziel.\n\nDass die Runde durch das Start- und Zielgelände hindurchführt, prägt sie: Man läuft an der Alpen Arena vorbei, während dort Teamkolleginnen und -kollegen warten, und muss danach 1.900 Höhenmeter neu anfangen.","The first part runs the Schlossalm circuit: up from the spa gardens past the Hotel Goldberg, onto the Vogellehrpfad to kilometre 3.2, then right and further uphill across meadows past the Mitteregg and Baldauf farms to the Schlossalm circular trail. The first aid station sits at kilometre 5.8 just below that section's high point, and the route then descends past the Aeroplanstadl and down the toboggan run back into the valley.\n\nAt kilometre 13.5 it runs through the spa gardens and the second aid station – and begins again. 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30K INDIVIDUAL bei den adidas INFINITE TRAILS in Gastein führen als einzige Distanz auf das Almplateau über der Baumgrenze und zum Mauskarkopf. Rund 1.900 Höhenmeter verteilen sich auf acht Anstiege statt auf einen großen – eine Strecke, die nicht an einem Punkt entschieden wird, sondern an der Fähigkeit, immer wieder anzusteigen.","The 30K INDIVIDUAL at the adidas INFINITE TRAILS in Gastein is the only distance that reaches the high pasture plateau above the tree line and the Mauskarkopf. Its roughly 1,900 metres of climbing come in eight separate ascents rather than one big one – a course decided not at a single point but by the ability to keep starting climbs again.",{"de":1010,"en":1011},"Die Runde verlässt Bad Hofgastein wie der 15K Richtung Schlossalm, biegt aber nach dem Vogellehrpfad ab und läuft über Wiesen und am Mitteregg Gut vorbei ins Angertal. Dort quert man die Angertalstraße, fällt durch den Angerbachgraben ab und erreicht bei Kilometer 7,8 im Skizentrum die erste Labe. Danach beginnt der längste zusammenhängende Aufstieg des Tages: 650 Höhenmeter auf vier Kilometern zu den Gadaunerer Hochalmen.\n\nVon dort staffelt sich die Strecke in kurzen, steilen Stufen weiter nach oben – über den Kreilingersteig zum Ochsenriedl bei Kilometer 16,9 und am Schlossalm-Speicher vorbei zum höchsten Punkt knapp unter dem Mauskarkopf bei Kilometer 19,3 auf 2.330 Metern. Der Rest ist Abfahrt: erst der Grat mit dem Tal im Blick, dann ein flowiger Trail zur Brandner-Hochalm, über die Piste zum Aeroplanstandl und die Rodelbahn hinunter zum Hotel Goldberg.\n\nDer Charakter dieser Runde ist die offene Almlandschaft: Nach dem Angertal läuft man fast durchgehend über der Baumgrenze, zwischen Weiden und Almhütten, ohne Schatten und mit dem Gasteinertal ständig unter sich.","The loop leaves Bad Hofgastein towards the Schlossalm as the 15K does, but turns off after the Vogellehrpfad and runs across meadows past the Mitteregg farm into the Angertal. It crosses the Angertal road, drops through the Angerbachgraben and reaches the first aid station at the ski centre at kilometre 7.8. Then comes the longest continuous ascent of the day: 650 metres over four kilometres up to the Gadaunerer Hochalmen.\n\nFrom there the course staircases upwards in short steep steps – over the Kreilingersteig to the Ochsenriedl at kilometre 16.9, past the Schlossalm reservoir to the high point just below the Mauskarkopf at kilometre 19.3 and 2,330 metres. The rest is descent: first the ridge with the valley in view, then a flowing trail to the Brandner-Hochalm, across the piste to the Aeroplanstandl and down the toboggan run to the Hotel Goldberg.\n\nThe character of this loop is open pasture. After the Angertal it runs almost entirely above the tree line, between grazing land and alpine huts, with no shade and the Gastein valley permanently below.",{"de":1013,"en":1014},"Anders als die großen Runden hat die 30K keinen einzelnen Schlüsselanstieg, sondern acht – der längste 2,3 Kilometer, der steilste mit über einundzwanzig Prozent Durchschnitt. Rund sieben Prozent der Strecke sind flach. Das Tempo wird deshalb nicht über Splits gesteuert, sondern über eine Intensität, die man auf jedem der acht Anstiege erneut abrufen kann.\n\nDie Passage zwischen Kilometer 10 und 19 entscheidet den Lauf: die 650 Höhenmeter zu den Gadaunerer Hochalmen und danach die Stufen zum Mauskarkopf, ohne echte Erholung dazwischen. Der klassische Fehler ist der schnelle Abschnitt ins Angertal – er fällt leicht und liegt vor dem Hauptanstieg.\n\nDie letzten elf Kilometer sind fast reine Abfahrt und laden zum Nachlassen bei der Verpflegung ein. Wer bei Kilometer 22 noch Flüssigkeit und Kohlenhydrate im Rucksack hat, läuft die Rodelbahn deutlich sauberer hinunter.","Unlike the big loops the 30K has no single key climb but eight – the longest 2.3 kilometres, the steepest averaging over twenty-one percent. Around seven percent of the course is flat. Pace is therefore managed not by splits but by an intensity you can produce again on every one of those eight ascents.\n\nThe stretch between kilometre 10 and 19 decides the race: the 650 metres up to the Gadaunerer Hochalmen and then the steps to the Mauskarkopf, with no real recovery in between. The classic error is the fast section down into the Angertal – it comes easily and it sits right before the main climb.\n\nThe last eleven kilometres are almost pure descent and invite you to stop eating and drinking. Runners who still carry fluid and carbohydrate at kilometre 22 come down the toboggan run in far better shape.",{"de":1016,"en":1017},"Für Altersklassenathletinnen und -athleten liegt die Belastungsdauer bei etwa vier bis sechs Stunden. Der Charakter ist eine lange aerobe Dauerbelastung mit wiederkehrenden, harten Bergauf-Abschnitten – keine Spitzenbelastungen, aber acht Anstiege, von denen keiner richtig lang und keiner richtig flach ist.\n\nRennentscheidend sind der Vierkilometer-Anstieg zu den Gadaunerer Hochalmen und die anschließende Treppe zum Mauskarkopf. Vorbereitet wird das mit langen Einheiten, deren Höhenmeter nach hinten geschichtet sind: die letzten Anstiege eines langen Laufs bewusst zügiger angehen, statt vorne stark zu starten.\n\nDer zweite Schwerpunkt ist die Abfahrt. Über tausend Höhenmeter bergab am Stück, teils über Grat und Piste, brauchen exzentrische Belastbarkeit und Trittsicherheit im ermüdeten Zustand. Lange Bergabläufe im Trainingsblock sind der einzige verlässliche Weg dorthin.\n\nDie Bedingungen sind der dritte Faktor: Der Großteil der Strecke liegt über der Baumgrenze, ohne Schatten, und der höchste Punkt liegt bei 2.330 Metern. Anfang September kann das oben nasskalt und windig sein, während es im Tal warm ist. Wer die Pflichtausrüstung im Training nie getragen hat, trägt sie im Rennen falsch gepackt.","For an age-group athlete the effort lasts roughly four to six hours. Its character is a long aerobic effort punctuated by recurring hard climbing – no anaerobic spikes, but eight ascents of which none is really long and none is really gentle.\n\nThe decisive sections are the four-kilometre climb to the Gadaunerer Hochalmen and the staircase to the Mauskarkopf that follows. Prepare for them with long sessions whose vertical is loaded towards the end: deliberately push the final climbs of a long run rather than starting strong.\n\nThe second emphasis is descending. More than a thousand metres of continuous descent, partly on ridge and ski piste, demand eccentric durability and sure footing when tired. Long downhill runs inside the training block are the only reliable way to build it.\n\nConditions are the third factor. Most of the course is above the tree line with no shade, and the high point is at 2,330 metres. In early September that can mean cold, wet wind up top while the valley is warm. 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Wer hier ankommen will, bereitet einen Berglauf vor, keine 13 Kilometer.","The 15K RUN is the way into the adidas INFINITE TRAILS in Gastein, but it is not a fun run: from the start in the Bad Hofgastein spa gardens the climb towards the Schlossalm begins almost at once, and three and a half kilometres of it carry most of the day's vertical. Prepare for a mountain race, not for 13 kilometres.",{"de":1152,"en":1153},"Der Kurs ist eine Schleife, die im Alpen-Arena-Gelände beginnt und endet. Nach einem schnellen Auftakt durch den Kurpark geht es hinter dem Hotel Goldberg auf den Vogellehrpfad, der bis Kilometer 4,8 stetig steigt. Der eigentliche Bruch kommt bei Kilometer 3: ein 3,4 Kilometer langer Abschnitt mit rund zwanzig Prozent Durchschnittsneigung und Rampen bis über vierzig Prozent, auf dem der Pfad schmal wird und Laufen in Gehen übergeht. Oben, kurz vor dem höchsten Punkt bei Kilometer 7,4, steht die einzige vollständige Verpflegungsstation der Strecke.","The course is a loop starting and finishing in the Alpen Arena grounds. After a fast opening through the spa gardens it picks up the Vogellehrpfad behind the Hotel Goldberg and climbs steadily to kilometre 4.8. The break comes at kilometre 3: a 3.4 kilometre section averaging around twenty percent with ramps beyond forty, where the path narrows and running turns into hiking. Just below the high point at kilometre 7.4 sits the course's single full-service aid station.",{"de":1155,"en":1156},"Die Strecke hat nur zwei Zustände: rund zwei Drittel liegen im steilen Auf- oder Abwärtsbereich, flach sind knapp zehn Prozent. Entsprechend wenig bringt ein schneller Start. Die ersten anderthalb Kilometer durch den Kurpark sind der einzige Abschnitt, auf dem Tempo billig ist – und genau dort verpuffen die meisten Körner, weil das Feld auf dem folgenden Engpass ohnehin zum Stehen kommt.\n\nEntschieden wird der Lauf auf der Rampe ab Kilometer 3. Wer sie mit sauberem Wechsel zwischen Laufen und effizientem Gehen angeht, kommt oben mit Beinen an, die den Rest noch tragen. Die zweite Hälfte ist fast durchgehend Abfahrt, zuletzt über die Rodelbahn – technisch nicht schwer, aber lang genug, um unvorbereitete Oberschenkel in den letzten Kilometern zuzumachen.","The course has only two states: about two thirds of it is steep up or steep down, and barely a tenth is flat. A fast start therefore buys very little. The first kilometre and a half through the spa gardens is the only stretch where speed is cheap, and it is exactly where most runners spend matches they need later, because the field bunches at the narrow section that follows anyway.\n\nThe race is decided on the ramp from kilometre 3. Runners who settle into a clean alternation of running and efficient hiking arrive at the top with legs that still carry them. The second half is almost all descent, finishing down the toboggan run – not technically hard, but long enough to shut down unprepared quadriceps in the closing kilometres.",{"de":1158,"en":1159},"Für eine Athletin oder einen Athleten aus dem Altersklassenfeld dauert der 15K RUN je nach Bergerfahrung etwa 1:45 bis 2:45 Stunden. Der Charakter ist der eines einzigen langen Anstiegs mit anschließender langer Abfahrt: eine zusammenhängende, hohe Dauerbelastung bergauf, danach eine exzentrische Belastung bergab, die länger dauert als der Anstieg.\n\nRennentscheidend ist der Abschnitt zwischen Kilometer 3 und 6,5. Zwanzig Prozent Durchschnittsneigung laufen die wenigsten durchgehend, deshalb gehört schnelles Bergaufgehen ins Training – mit und ohne Stöcke, je nachdem, womit gestartet wird. Wer Stöcke am Start dabei hat, muss sie laut Reglement die ganze Runde tragen, das will geübt sein.\n\nDer zweite Schwerpunkt ist die Abfahrt. Rund 900 Höhenmeter bergab auf Trail, Wiese und zuletzt Rodelbahn verlangen Trittsicherheit unter Ermüdung; lange Bergabläufe im Ermüdungszustand sind die wirksamste Vorbereitung darauf.\n\nAnfang September ist im Gasteinertal beides möglich: warme Talsonne beim Start um 7:45 Uhr und kühler Wind auf der Höhe. Die Strecke bleibt zwar unter 1.700 Metern, doch die Pflichtausrüstung wird kontrolliert, und ein Testlauf mit vollem Rucksack gehört in die letzten Vorbereitungswochen.","For a typical age-group runner the 15K RUN takes roughly 1:45 to 2:45 hours depending on mountain experience. Its character is one long climb followed by one long descent: a sustained continuous aerobic effort going up, then an eccentric load coming down that lasts longer than the climb did.\n\nThe decisive section is between kilometre 3 and 6.5. Few runners run twenty percent average gradient continuously, so fast uphill hiking belongs in the preparation – with and without poles, depending on which you start with. Under the rules, poles carried at the start must be carried for the whole loop, which is worth rehearsing.\n\nThe second emphasis is the descent. Some 900 metres of descending on trail, meadow and finally a toboggan run demand sure footing under fatigue, and long downhill runs done tired are the most effective preparation for it.\n\nEarly September in the Gastein valley can deliver both warm valley sun at the 7:45 start and cold wind higher up. 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