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Engadin Ultra 102

  Demystifying the 100k   Coming home after a syndesmosis rupture, no training for 4 months now. A 100km race - a milestone I didn't need, just something I was curious about. Life changed lately. I lost all my systems. My body, mind and heart brutally bruised. Everything is way slower, maybe in a beautiful way and definitely more real. Gaining ownership over myself I have always just faked. My strategy: 0-25km: underwhelm, 25-50k eat, eat, eat, 50-75km stretch don't sit, 75-100km that's 5x5k, your mom can run 5k. 11pm sharp, I had a good nap, late for bib collection, all the foods I knew I am gonna want when tired, packed handy. The night started in hail, no worries I enjoyed every step, my main objective tending to my injuries – can I do hard things without damaging myself? I am in the lead with 5 other women, all is well. The night is dark, the headlamps give me tunnel vision, my backyard unrecognisable. Powering up my favorite places. The first major descent into 40km,...
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 From Zero to Hero (World Championships) August 18th laying in bed I found out about Xtri Greek Hero Extreme Triathlon(October 12th 2024). Months earlier an Italian friend of mine (Matteo) send me a link to ICON because in July I ran my first marathon as a joke due to my employer hosting an epic glacier marathon(ultraks), here in the Swiss alps. I had 4 weeks to train and the race turned out to be fast and incredibly fun except I wasn't able to walk for days after. At the time I was also still dealing with repercussions from a skiing accident including and not limited to knee surgery. `Back to bed`, I got immensely excited - the Extreme always intrigued me, only was I far away from being one of these crazy people. Never having done a triathlon, only recreationally pursuing different sports, I didn't think it was possible, the ensuing days though I intensively started researching training plans(building base endurance when others go into taper haha), watching videos of first tim...
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