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Es gibt keine Etappen, keine Betreuung und keine vorgegebenen Ruhezeiten, nur eine Strecke und eine Uhr, die durchläuft.","The Silk Road Mountain Race is one of the hardest self-supported bikepacking races in the world: around 2,052 kilometres and over 35,000 metres of climbing across the high mountains of Kyrgyzstan, from Talas in the west to the eastern end of Issyk-Kul. There are no stages, no support and no mandated rest, only a route and a clock that never stops.",{"de":222,"en":223},"Die Strecke startet in Talas auf rund 1.242 Metern und verläuft als Punkt-zu-Punkt-Route quer durch das Land nach Osten. Der höchste vermessene Punkt liegt bei rund 3.926 Metern, der tiefste bei 929 Metern, und dazwischen liegen die Pässe, die dieses Rennen ausmachen.\n\nDer Untergrund ist überwiegend unbefestigt: Schotterpisten, alte Sowjetstraßen, Hochweiden und Abschnitte, auf denen geschoben wird. Versorgungspunkte sind selten und liegen oft mehrere hundert Kilometer auseinander, in weiten Teilen der Strecke gibt es keinen Mobilfunkempfang.\n\nDas Wetter ist der zweite Gegner. Auf über 3.500 Metern kann im August innerhalb von Stunden Schnee fallen, während in den Tälern Hitze herrscht. Die 35.362 Höhenmeter verteilen sich nicht gleichmäßig, sondern konzentrieren sich in wenigen sehr langen Passanstiegen.","The route starts in Talas at around 1,242 metres and runs point to point eastward across the country. The highest measured point is around 3,926 metres and the lowest is 929 metres, and between them lie the passes that define this race.\n\nThe surface is mostly unpaved: gravel tracks, old Soviet roads, high pastures and sections where you push. Resupply points are rare and often hundreds of kilometres apart, and across large parts of the route there is no mobile coverage.\n\nWeather is the second opponent. Above 3,500 metres it can snow within hours in August while the valleys are hot. The 35,362 metres of climbing are not spread evenly, they are concentrated in a small number of very long pass climbs.",{"de":225,"en":226},"Bei einem Rennen dieser Länge entscheidet nicht die Fahrleistung, sondern das Schlafmanagement und die Fähigkeit, unter Erschöpfung vernünftige Entscheidungen zu treffen. Lege dir vor dem Start eine Schlafstrategie zurecht und halte dich in der ersten Woche daran, auch wenn du dich stark fühlst.\n\nDie Passanstiege sind so lang, dass jede Intensität oberhalb eines ruhigen Grundlagenbereichs sich über Tage rächt. Fahre die ersten 500 Kilometer bewusst konservativ. Wer in Kirgisistan früh zu hart fährt, verliert nicht Minuten, sondern Tage.\n\nPlane die Verpflegung zwischen den Versorgungspunkten und nicht nach Tagesabschnitten. Kalkuliere immer eine Reserve über die nächste erreichbare Nachschubmöglichkeit hinaus ein, und rechne bei Kälte und Höhe mit einem deutlich höheren Energiebedarf als im Flachland.","In a race of this length, riding power is not what decides it. Sleep management and the ability to make sound decisions while exhausted are. Set a sleep strategy before the start and stick to it through the first week, even when you feel strong.\n\nThe pass climbs are long enough that any intensity above an easy endurance range comes back to you over days. Ride the first 500 kilometres deliberately conservatively. Going out hard in Kyrgyzstan does not cost you minutes, it costs you days.\n\nPlan your food around resupply points rather than around days. Always carry a reserve beyond the next reachable resupply, and expect a considerably higher energy requirement in cold and at altitude than you would need at low elevation.",{"de":228,"en":229},"Die Vorbereitung teilt sich in drei Bereiche, von denen nur einer rein sportlich ist. Erstens Grundlagenausdauer über sehr lange Zeiträume: mehrere Einheiten von acht Stunden und mehr, idealerweise als Mehrtagesblöcke mit kurzen Nächten dazwischen.\n\nZweitens Materialbeherrschung. Reparaturen an Reifen, Speichen, Schaltung und Lager musst du in Kälte und Dunkelheit selbst durchführen können, denn eine Werkstatt ist tagelang nicht erreichbar. Das gehört so ernsthaft geübt wie jede Trainingseinheit.\n\nDrittens Höhe und Kälte. Wenn es möglich ist, verbringe vor dem Rennen Zeit über 3.000 Metern. Sprich mit dem Coach früh über die Jahresplanung: ein Rennen dieser Größenordnung braucht einen Aufbau über Monate und eine bewusst gesetzte Regenerationsphase danach, nicht nur eine Formspitze davor.","Preparation splits into three areas and only one of them is purely athletic. First, endurance over very long durations: several sessions of eight hours or more, ideally as multi-day blocks with short nights in between.\n\nSecond, mechanical self-sufficiency. You have to be able to fix tyres, spokes, drivetrain and bearings yourself in cold and darkness, because a workshop may be days away. This deserves to be practised as seriously as any training session.\n\nThird, altitude and cold. If you can, spend time above 3,000 metres before the race. 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