Welcome back!

You might think what happened within the last 4 years? Right, I wasn’t that active anymore on this blog. That doesn’t mean I wasn’t active at all, but I shifted away a bit from mountain biking and mountaineering into road cycling and trail running. Might be the age that is causing this, or the changed family situation, who knows? For sure in the meantime I got married to my beloved Nadine and Nils, our vivid little son, was born into the world. As you can see, time management becomes more important 😀.

However, I still manage to do some sports. After finishing Zurich Marathon in 2014, I continued doing running workouts, but started combining it with my mountain passion. As a result, in 2016 I finished Jungfrau Marathon, one of the real beauties in the Swiss running schedule. In 2017, my co-worker Markus A convinced me to sign up for the Transruinaulta Trail Marathon. A beautiful and not that much crowded run through the stunning Rhine gorge. As it was yet another unforgettable experience, I signed up and finished again in 2018, 20min faster than a year before.

Next to those race activities, I had the pleasure to do some nice Trail- and Skyruns together with Danski. Not running against a clock, just for fun and having a good time. One of the highlights of the last year was the Glärnisch-Trilogie, which took us from Schwändi via Guppengrat to Vrenelisgärtli, from there to Ruchen and last but not least to Bächistock.

For this year, I plan to do some Trail runs again, and a race is as well planned, the “Schluchtenkönig” run what means Transruinaulta (42km 1800hm) and Transviamala (19km 950hm) at the same weekend. Actually, it was a birthday present from Nadine to me… so no excuse 😛. The runs I do will be as well part of the preparation for that season highlight. Follow me here if you want to be informed how it works out… 🏃