Race news: 28.09.2009 Written on September 28, 2009, by matt.
Wins for White and Swinburn tops a weekend of variety
Nick and Natalie win in Sheffield Turbo X race, Jebby fails in bid for straight-eight, podium places for Symonds, Owens and Simpson on Scottish and English fells, whilst Anna Frost is runner-up in Bergen
Clean sweep at Saab Salomon Turbo X
It was a repeat performance for GB [...]
Here be Dragons! Written on September 28, 2009, by johnh.
Five members of the SAAB Salomon outdoor team (and Tim) competed in the Sheffield round of the Turbo X series in Wharncliffe woods at the weekend, and it was another clean sweep for the team. Nick Swinburn crossed the line first, Ricky was second, I was third and Rob Hope was fourth whilst Natalie was [...]
Gherkin running (vs. fell running) Written on September 24, 2009, by andys.
Fell runners are partial to their “pre race recces”, normally for the purpose of checking out the terrain, working out what shoes are suitable, ascertaining where there’s water available on the course and most importantly sussing out the best lines between hilltop checkpoints, possibly even assigning a few bearings to memory. However none of the [...]
The comeback… Written on September 21, 2009, by annaf.
Stage 6 – Austrian and Swiss Alps to the Dolomites
Over the next 3 weeks Gilbert and I travelled through the Swiss and Austrian Alps doing big long walks and bike rides…the longest being 119km with 2500m climbing.
We arrived in the Dolomites for the Vertical Kilometer race – 3.3km straight up, where I tested out my [...]
Tour de Europe 2009…so far Written on September 21, 2009, by annaf.
By 3am I had packed/stuffed all my worldly goods into the loft, a corner or if it was lucky into my 100L duffel bag that was to do me for the rest of the year. Off to sleep. 5am I was up again and off to the South of France in search of Gilbert and [...]
Transalpine Race – Résumé Written on September 16, 2009, by andys.
(race website)
Results (detailed results can be found here)
Men:
1. Andrew Symonds/Tom Owens – „Saab Salomon Outdoor“ – 24:02:47.2
2. Thomas Geisenberger/Michael Veit – Team Dr. Steinbauer – 25:57:59.4
3. Roland Osele/Michael Fischer – „Telmekom Team Südtirol“ – 26:21:10.4
Women:
1. Irene Senfter/Petra Theiner – „Team Latsch“ – 32:10:21.6
2. Martina Pfeifhofer/Elisabeth Egarter – „Team Sexten Salomon“ – 32:50:29.5
3. Regine Schlump/Carmen Schnindler [...]
Transalpine Run – DAY 8 Written on September 12, 2009, by andys.
Transalpine Run – DAY 8
Length: 28.6km
Climb: 1817m up / 1894m down
Andy & Tom: 1st team / 1st overall / 2hours 46mins 51secs / total time = 24hrs 2minutes (1hr55m ahead of 2nd team)
Ben and Angela: 1st mixed team
Heart rate: ave = 148bpm / max = 166bpm
A tough 90minute climb and an 80minute descent to finish [...]
Transalpine Run – DAY 7 Written on September 11, 2009, by andys.
Transalpine Run – DAY 7
Length: 35.5km
Climb: 2145m up / 2411m down
Andy & Tom: 1st team / 1st overall / 3hours 34mins 45secs
Ben and Angela: 1st mixed team (now with an overall lead of about 1hr40!)
Heart rate: ave = 147bpm / max = 168bpm (although I wasn’t sweating enough at the start to get the hr [...]
Transalpine Run – DAY 6 Written on September 11, 2009, by andys.
Transalpine Run â DAY 6
Length: 37km
Climb: 1332m up / 1474m down
Andy & Tom: 1st team / 1st overall / 3hours 9min 10sec
Ben and Angela: 1st mixed team
Heart rate: ave = 149bpm / max = 168bpm
I guess you know youâre in a tough event when a three hour run seems like an easy day. The course [...]
Transalpine Run – DAY 5 Written on September 9, 2009, by andys.
Transalpine Run – DAY 5
Length: 6.2km
Climb: 936m up
Andy & Tom: 2nd team / 1st overall (Tom 3rd + Andy 5th individual)
Ben and Angela: 1st mixed team (Ben 7th + Angela 14th and 1st lady)
Heart rate: ave = 165bpm / max = 174 (for 41min30sec)
Rest day (sort of) today. Stage 5 was a short sharp climb [...]