New incoming interesting tires.

The Mafate 4 is one of my two favorite trail running (and speed hiking) shoes - the other one being the Tomir 2.0.

“If you loved the HOKA Mafate Speed 4 but wanted to take it longer and over rougher terrain, then you’ll love the Mafate 5. All the updates to this shoe lead to unwavering support and protection for the most challenging terrain and any distance.”

https://www.irunfar.com/built-for-the-long-run-meet-the-hoka-mafate-5

#trailrunning #running

2025 supposed to be a great running year for me.
Since last year September I have a professional runner as a coach to be prepared well for 2025.
and it started pretty great for me with the first run.
Second run, I achieved my very first DNF at Transvulcania Ultra. 😞
And now it seems my injury is more serious, which could lead to my first DNS 😭
#trailrunning #running #runnersofmastodon

When we get komooted [or stravad or … (my addition)]

“…Komoot is neither a moral failure nor an outlier but the capitalist system of value extraction working exactly as intended for the platform owners. Whether they’re called Komoot, Strava, AllTrails, or Garmin, for-profit corporations squeeze and sell us out when we give them the opportunity...”

“To boost engagement and capture groups of users, capital co-opts our human instinct to connect with one another and contribute to a “community” and sells it back to us. As corporations—bureaucratic entities—cannot create value themselves, they instead lure us, social beings, with promises of “community.” In contributing to a corporate “community,” we’re providing free digital labor toward proprietary, engagement-driving features that expand the user base for the profit of the owners. In fact, we suckers even pay for the privilege. Betrayed, we see this “community” for what it is: a mirage.”

“platforms turn to pure rent-seeking—direct extraction of money without creating real value to users. The deal between the corporate platform and the users can and will be continuously altered to the owner’s advantage, degrading the user experience”

https://bikepacking.com/plog/when-we-get-komooted/

#trailrunning #running #strava #komoot #enshitification

Busy sports summer on the TV…

Euro 2025 just finished (congratulations England, and thank you Switzerland for the hosting), and today the FINA swim world championships started in Singapore (well, last week we’re the open water events - with an amazing performance from Germany’s Wellbrock who won all 4 events 10K, 5K, 3K and 1500m relay) - guess what will be on the TV this week with a swimmer kid, then UTMB will come and in September we will have the IAAF track and field world championships in Tokyo.

#trailrunning #running #swimming #utmb #iaafworldchampionships

✅22K Trail run

3 bottles of water 💦 needed to keep me going. Used the car as my aid station 😎🕺🏼👏🏻. Definitely ready for a rest day now 😅

https://strava.app.link/ytmM1JuvlVb

#running #trailrunning

Went out for a long run on the trails with “road runner” wife yesterday. After 24km she disappeared and had then to wait twenty minutes for me at the car while sipping a nice cold 0% Corona. I couldn’t maintain her pace yesterday. She told me she started to increase the pace - as usual - she is a master of negative splits.

#trailrunning #running

(Me - the snail on the left, she - the rabbit on the right)

(Almost 500m difference from the GPS on the same course at the same time from our two Garmins.)

I should have listened to my watch, because Suunto said yesterday that it might be a good idea to have a rest day tomorrow.

Had a good run, a bit to hot for me, but felt good. But everytime I slowed down, for hills or letting the Irish mutt do his WeeMail, I got attacked by horseflies.

Lost count of how many of these little bar stewards managed to bite me. I will take an antihistamine and hope the itch, that will for sure happen later, ain't mental.

#TrailRunning #BarefootRunning #RunnersOfMastodon #RunningWithDogs #Running

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Paddy the Irish mutt leading us down the very straight forest road, tall trees on both sides. My running stats imprinted on top

Germany has also 'wunderschönen' trails to run. Directly from campsite (borderland-camping) I got 250 m EG in 12.7k. Some nice trails, some covered with small bushes and nettles some steep and some easy. It bit of all, very enjoyable.

Went for some reward cake afterwards.

#trailrunning #hardlopen #running #runnersofmastodon #mastorunNL #garmin

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Selfie of runner with 'gipfelkreuz' in the background on top of moss covered rocks surrounded by fir trees.

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2 pieces of cake on small blue plates. One caramel-whipcream and the other cheesecake.

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Partly overgrown footpath through the woods. A tree on the left has broken about 3 meters above ground, the top part hanging sideways over the path.

You know that you found that Holy training Grail (proudly sponsored by Garmin) when your Training Status is green for more than 4 weeks

#Trailrunning
#runnersofmastodon
#UltraRunner
#Running
#Garmin

🏃 Komisches Wetter, die Sonne schepperte aggressiv hinter den Wolken! Bin hoch in den Wald geflüchtet 😅
Wald is einfach was Feines!

#laufen #running #trailrunning

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Schotterweg neben einem Kornfeld.

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Sehr steile Rampe im Wald, was auf dem Foto "natürlich" nicht rüberkommt. Lauf am Abend: 10,65 km mit 208 Hm

Another nice run on the beach and through the dunes.
I pushed myself a bit harder today, to test how that would go, and it was fine. I guess I am ready to start training again. 😁

#running #trailrunning

Another lake with a nice 8.5km trail around it. Narrow and elongated lake in the middle of nowhere. But with some rowing activities during the summer.

#trailrunning #running #lake

Good morning fellow runners!
No running today for me: it was raining the whole morning and I didn't feel like going out. (I know)

Instead, I finished writing my race report on **Oslo Bergen Trail**.

https://teufen.be/2025/07/22/oslo_bergen_trail.html

And as a bonus, a photo which isn't in the report.

Enjoy reading!

#running #trailrunning #ultrarunning

🏃 Nur, weil es aufgehört hat zu schütten, bedeutet es nicht, ☝️ dass es im Wald nicht regnet! 😅

#laufen #running #trailrunning

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Laufrunde: 10 km / 155 Hm

Good morning my running friends!

I did an easy run over the beach and through the dunes. It was big fun and beautiful. ☺️

#running
#trailrunning

After some travel-induced irregularities, we're back on schedule: #sundayRunday 😄

#running #trailrunning #slowJogging #sandalRunner

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The upper part of this image shows a blue sky, with some tiny clouds, in the middle, there's a horizontal line of dark threes, and the lower part of the image consists of a gravel path in the center, flanked by some weeds to the left and right.

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A super cool, expedition-ready, sand-colored Toyota (Land Cruiser?).

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The bash-plate of the Toyota consists of a thick (probably) aluminium plate, with the logo of the shop, that build this car, cut out (waterjet?). The logo consists of the letters "Tom's" and the silouette of a camel.

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Blue sky, dark forest, golden field.

I don’t normally subscribe to road running but in the interests of solid training on a predictable surface I stepped over to the dark side this morning. #running not #trailrunning
8 weeks to the New Forest Marathon.
https://strava.app.link/XGy7hVvX7Ub

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Screen shot from Strava app titled “That’s got the weekend started” and shows that I ran 17.52 miles at 9 minutes 32 seconds per mile pace over a route with 1063 feet of elevation gain.

@Johan_Barelds @recollir Anyway from fediverse running Eiger Trail?

#trailrunning #Eiger

#Schneealpe #Rax “Path of the Sun”: 45 km, 2,300 m up/down. Normally a classic hike over 3 days. A 10-hour running project for me. But this time only as a hike'n'run to test pacing and the supply of water and food. Extremely mentally demanding, the last third including a long via ferrata was only possible on autopilot. 1/2

#Austria #Trailrunning #Hiking #Wandern #Laufen #RunnersOfMastodon #Mountains

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View from a flower-covered hilltop to the green plateau below. A path winds along it and disappears into the distance on the left. Many mountains and long ridges can be seen in the background. Blue sky with a few clouds.

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View from a lush green plateau up to the Windberg. A path winds its way through the hills. Next to it are alpine farms, a mountain hut and private cabins. A few cows stand in the pasture. Blue sky and a few clouds.

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On a distant hill stands a mountain hut with a red roof, the beautiful Schneealpenhaus. Lush grass, lots of low bushes, blue sky.

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A steep slope with lots of grassy areas and conifers. A stony path winds its way down there. In total, it descends around 500 m to a ridge that connects the Schneealpe and Rax mountains.

2/2 – #Schneealpe #Rax “Path of the Sun”: 45 km, 2,300 m up/down.

#Austria #Trailrunning #Hiking #Wandern #Laufen #RunnersOfMastodon #Mountains

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View of a ridge that climbs steeply up to an altitude of 2,007 m. Near the summit, a long section through a rock face. In the foreground, a path zigzags downhill.

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Rugged rocks through which a long via ferrata leads. On the left in the foreground is a scree field that has to be crossed. The sun is already low. Blue sky.

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A narrow, stony path leads along a steep rock face. If you fall here, you fall hundreds of meters into the abyss. In the background is the neighboring mountain, the sun just barely shining over it, illuminating the climbing passages.

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Shortly before the summit at 2,007 m, a look back: the sun is just about to set behind one of the many mountains. The evening haze above forms a dark red layer, above which the still quite bright, bluish evening sky can be seen.

Ran 5k on the trail today after work, because people hate trees and they forget the city gets unbearably hot when there isn’t tree cover. So, trail.

It’s about 1k from my house to the trail and 3k of trail.

So those 3k of trail were manageable.

The 1k I had to run from my house to the trail and then from the trail back home were very hard.

Temperature was about 34C not considering humidex.

We really need more trees.

#running #trailrunning
#runnersofmastodon #runner

Threshold test to mt Soubran to see the sun goes down

Poke @Johan_Barelds

#vacations
#trailrunning
#runnersofmastodon
#running

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view from top of Soubran, the grass is orange from the setting sun which is about to go behind the hill range far away. there is a tree at left and a forest on the right.

OK I am back home. Yesterday hike was just the perfect balance between hard, beautiful, challenging. I fear i won't find a match soon.

Think I've done my longest EG gain in 1 shot, from 1000 to 3000m .

Spent the night in a refuge and went backdown in the valley

Brain and myself very grateful to body for supporting us in those epic trips without a single blister ,black nail or painful muscle.

#vacations
#trailrunning
#runnersofmastodon
#running

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a pasture going back down in the valley, with mountains in the background. in right there Is the beginning of a slope lighted by the coming sun, which is hiding behind clouds. at distance we see the tiny specks of people going down

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a rocky path leading to the summit of "Tête de la muraillette", 3000m, identified by a stick in the ground, with clouds all around

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a huge mountain side covered with trees and bushes, with some rocky outcrops here and there. we see a trail going up, with tiny people on it. mountains and blue sky make the backround for this scene. at the bottom right, the turquoise water of lake Lauvitel

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Col du Vallon, 2500m high, we are overlooking a valley with a lake. 2 small white things are on the leftof lake : the refuge where I'll spend the night. 500m down to go, but before let's summit the Muraillete, the mountain flanking the Col at right.

The Veluwezoom trail run went as planned today. The goal was an average pace of 7min/km. To achieve that, I'd decided to run the first 20km at my base heart rate of 129. If I still had some energy left in the last 10km, I could let go. And that's pretty much how it went. Although the heat and high humidity also caused a slight increase in heart rate.
Final verdict: Mission accomplished! 😊✅
#Trailrunning #runnersofmastodon #UltraRunner  #Running #Garmin
Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/15098251825?utm_source=UNKNOWN&utm_medium=referral

Busy morning😃Run to ParkRun on my own. Met up with my wife and son. We all did ParkRun. I jogged round with my son for his PB (out of 2 attempts so far) and my wife came 4th in her age category and 20th woman overall. Then I ran home by which time it was **even hotter**☀️+🏃‍♂️=🫠 #TrailRunning #parkrun #running

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Screenshot from the Garmin Connect app shows a summary of each of the three runs I did this morning. All pretty slow and very warm, totalling just over 13 miles

Here we go (up) again

#vacations
#trailrunning
#runnersofmastodon
#running

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trail going up through low grassland rocks toward a blue sky. there is a black shiny moutain on the right, but I am heading left

https://runalyze.com/shared/2ng004

#laufen #running #shammasandals #runalyze #coros #waldlauf #trailrunning

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Im Wald laufen

Saturday, #MTUT-runday! 🙂

#trailrunning #running #laufen #sandalRunner

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The inflated arch at start/finish, reading Maintal Ultratrail.

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A gravelpath through the vinyard.

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A harvested, golden field with four wind turbines.

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My finisher medal and finisher beer. 😄

🏃 Erster Lauf ohne Zipperlein/Wehwehchen, dass ich das noch erleben darf🕺 🏆

*Ein Schalk, wer denkt, das liegt an der Bestellung des neuen 🚲😅

Da freu’ ich mich doch eine flache Runde um den See, um zu sehen, wo ich wirklich steh, heut war eher ein Versehen mit ca. 85 bis max. 90 %. Nicht das ich noch wirklich ehrgeizig werde, obwohl .... NEEE, dafür bin ich zu faul 😀

#laufen #running #trailrunning #pr

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Lauf: Schnelle 13! 13 km / 132 Hm

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Die Uhr meint nach dem Lauf, die bisher schnellsten 10 km in 53:21

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Hab mich gut gefühlt, aber dass es sofort alle meine PR Zeiten über den Haufen wirft! PR in 1 km / 1 Meile / 5 km / 10 km -- Ja, für mich ist das schnell!

Going up, lazily

#vacations
#trailrunning
#runnersofmatodon #runnersofmastodon
#running

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a mountain slope at 45° covered With trees and firs, taken from a cablecar below a lake, at horizon an inviting moutain ridge. did I mention the sky ? its blue whitish.

Let's break on through to the
other valley. In the redheaded moutain ranges.

Wanted to be very lazy today to save legs, by taking a 2nd cablecar.

Unfortunately it was out of order so I added 5k and 700m EG for a total of 21k and 2000mEG

12m/k average moving pace all in z1 z2. Took a lot of time trying to avoid the big ugly ski tracks in favour of small trails in the middle of the rocks and around lakes.

#vacations
#trailrunning
#runnersofmastodon
#running

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a mountaine turquoise lake with the mountains (with some remaining snow) reflecting. the sky is blue with white clouds

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a rocky surface, quite barren, with a blue lake on the distance, and the moutaon gradually climbing to the right, with some névé. the rock is red/orange, giving it name to the mountains range "massifs des rousses"

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a névé(snow bank) leading up to a stretch of rock, behind the blue sky

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another lake. the water goes from brown to blue. it is bordered by a low rocky ridge which makes the horizon. above which there are some big fluffy clouds.

You want moutain lakes ,
Because I have moutain lakes.

Plus a natural crystal clear pool, in which I fully immerged myself. (I have proof but you won't see proof)

15k, 1000mEG

#vacations
#trailrunning
#runnersofmastodon
#running

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a mountain plateau covered with blueberries and othe bushes, leading th e lac Fourchu, at left we see the first rocky steep slope of the Taillefer. far away the ridge of Vercors. and blue sky of course

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the same plateau, from above with an other lake and mountains in the distance. I'll let you guess the color of the sky

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a torrent running down inside a crack of rocks which form a natural basin. the water was so refreshing. didn't date stay too long as it was very near the trail

The older teenage kid and I had some fun with a climbing harness in the trees this afternoon. We also enjoyed a 170m long zip line.

Not #trailrunning nor #running maybe slightly #climbing related. A #viaferatta is less wobbly and shaky.

I am in Belledonne. It's a bit higher than Soubran.

Eyes full of mountains, legs full of lactate.

15k, 1500 mEG (where's my route
planner said 20k and 1500mEG)

#vacations
#trailrunning
#runnersofmatodon #runnersofmastodon
#running

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a turquoise altitude lake at the foot of a huge rocky mountain, beneath a deep blue sky

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a field of Blueberry bushes covering the mountain side under a deep blue sky again

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mountain torrent running down through a rocky outcrop. there is even a small cascade. and deep blue sky, again

https://runalyze.com/shared/2nb0cr

#laufen #running #shammasandals #runalyze #coros #waldlauf #trailrunning

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Sandalistas

13K Morning run 🇫🇷

Before Disneyland Paris 🤗🤩👏🏻

https://strava.app.link/ww0uLDD5QUb

#trailrunning #running

Someone put out a full video of the entire Niesen Treppenlauf race. Shows nicely how narrow all the stairs are, and how “quiet” the race is with everyone being focused on their own “challenge and suffering”.

I am passed at around 1:01:00 to 1:02:00 into the video (black short and blue/green shirt - not fully visible). 😅 The guy has a strong technique and amazing finishing time.

“Full POV Run - Niesen Treppenlauf 2025 | Overtakes, Traffic Jams & Epic Finish View”

https://youtu.be/8iBh8k-654k?si=Ya1syRLeTQuJxlny

#trailrunning #running #niesen #treppenlauf

🇫🇷 13K Trail run 🏃🏻‍♂️

Another lovely morning run in France 🤗

https://strava.app.link/f5pcpNcsPUb

#running #trailrunning

🏃 Der Plan war laufen, aber glaub’ ich hab nur Wolken & goldene Felder fotografiert 😅
* Beim ersten Foto: 💭 Oh, das kommt aber schnell näher!
* 10 Min. später, 10 Min. WUSCH! 🌧️
* Beim nächsten Foto: 💭 Hey, da ist blauer Himmel. die Vögel zwitschern, also weiter!🏃 Pfützz, pfützz, pfützz ...

#laufen #running #trailrunning #rainrun #regenlauf #cloud #wolken #wolkenSchauen

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Dunkle Regenwolke über einem Feld. Hinten sieht man, wie es bereits regnet!

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Über einer Schotterpiste sieht man etwas blauen Himmel zwischen den Regenwolken.

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Wolkencollage.

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Laufrunde: Einmal waschen & föhnen, bitte! 11 km

12.5K Run | Hello France 🇫🇷

We have arrived in France for our summer vacation 🤗.

We had a stop and sleepover in Brussels - Belgium 🇧🇪 - Saturday to Sunday. That was nice - saw manneken pis, went to a cartoon museum, ate orig waffles 🧇 and generally just relaxed a bit. Also went for a run there down around the European Quarter and dropped by zenneke pis for a selfie🐕

Rainy days now. Looks like it’ll be sunny again from Wednesday👌🏻

https://strava.app.link/SAYw27cNNUb

#running #trailrunning

https://runalyze.com/shared/2mwro8

#laufen #running #shammasandals #runalyze #coros #trailrunning #wettkampf

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Ein glücklicher Finisher

Nearly 11 hilly miles along the Dorset coast today past Durdle Door to Lulworth Cove for a quick swim to wash off the sweat and dust. Off to the pub for a beer and dinner and then find somewhere to bivvy down for the night before 20 miles tomorrow to Swanage. Only managed to fall over twice today🙄. Firstly, off the sea wall in Weymouth onto the beach, and then as we arrived in Lulworth Cove I tripped up the steps. And that was before the beer😂🤦🏻 #trailrunning #fastpacking #pratfall

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Me dressed in a red tee shirt and black shorts and wearing a pale blue running pack stood on the cliff top looking down onto Durdle Door, a rock arch out into the sea on the Dorset coast in southern England. It’s a lovely sunny day!

I noticed that, for a long time already, Garmin has trouble calculating total time in workouts.
In the added screenshot the total time calculation is 10+3x(7+2)+10=47 minutes.
According to Garmin it is only 45 minutes 😆 .

#Trailrunning #runnersofmastodon #UltraRunner #Running #Garmin

🏃 Heute genau einen halben Liter weit gelaufen, lief erstaunlich gut im Schatten! 🥵

#laufen #running #trailrunning #schattenlauf

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Schattiger Waldweg.

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Die Uhr sagt, ich wäre zu 94 % Akklimatisiert!

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Schattenlauf: 12 km bei 32 °C

It's over 35 degrees here and the national heat plan is in effect. I have a 3x7min Threshold training scheduled for this afternoon. That's going to be a nice sweat 😜
#Trailrunning #runnersofmastodon #UltraRunner #running

Dear friends,
On Thursday, 3 July, at 08:00, I leave on a great adventure. I am taking part in the Oslo Bergen Trail in Norway.

Along the way there are 8 check points where I can get supplies and possibly sleep. For the rest, I am self-supported. My pack with all the mandatory kit and the necessary food and drink weighs about 9kg.

You can follow me along and maybe post an encouraging message on my personal Ferrett site: https://ferrett.io/u/teufen/obt500

#running #trailrunning #ultrarunning #OBT500

https://runalyze.com/shared/2mio3c

#laufen #running #shammasandals #runalyze #coros #trailrunning #waldlauf #hotinthecity

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Waldlaufen

@mathias has now run 2 x mountain marathons (84K+) and seems to still go on strong 💪🏼😎🕺🏼. Preserving his position in race.

Has now run for 18 hours !! 18!

Go go goooOooo 🥳🤠👏🏻

#ultrarunning #running #trailrunning

@mathias has done it: finished Lavaredo 120K 👏🏻🥳

After 29 hours and 33 minutes 😎😎. Crossed the finish line this morning at 04:46 AM 🤠

122 Kilometers ➕ 5932 meters elevation gain ⛰️🐐

Well done Mathias👊🏻. This must have been very hard. Good night 💤 to you (I suppose you are sleeping now 😅🤭😴🥱)

#trailrunning #running #ultrarunning

Forgive me father, for I have bought a pair of road shoes😬 #trailrunning

https://runalyze.com/shared/2mdrao

#laufen #running #shammasandals #runalyze #coros #trailrunning #waldlauf #insektensterben

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Trimmstrecke

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Waldläufer

Ready to dot watch our very own trail celebrity @mathias 👏🏻🤠👌🏻

Follow him here: it’s going to be a tough one - 120K and 5800+ meter EG 😎😎😎

https://live.utmb.world/lavaredo/2025/runners/1693

#ultrarunning #trailrunning #running

🏃 Blauer Himmel vom Schreibtisch aus, Regenradar meint, ich hätte noch Zeit für einen Lauf. Schnell noch Sonnencreme drauf 😂 ...
Entweder war ich viel zu langsam oder die 2te Gewitterfront kam 25 Min. zu früh! Dieses Gefühl am Nachmittag die Stirnlampe vergessen zu haben!
Aufgrund der Schäden im Wald von der ersten Gewitterfront vor meinem Lauf bin dann bei strömenden Regen & Sturm auf Asphalt geflüchtet!
... aber es war schön warm & nachdem ich drinnen geduscht hatte draußen auch wieder schön 😅

#laufen #running #trailrunning #regenlauf

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.... und plötzlich war die Gewitterfront über mir.

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EIn letztes Stück heller Himmel.

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Der heftige Wusch kommt näher!

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Jede Menge frischer Astbruch im Wald!

https://runalyze.com/shared/2m8jws

#laufen #running #shammasandals #runalyze #coros #trailrunning #waldlauf

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Endgegner Sandsteig

🏃 Wärmer als Angesagt 🥵🚰

#Laufen #running #schattenlauf #Trailrunning

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6,8 km Laufrunde

https://runalyze.com/shared/2m2xxj

#laufen #running #shammasandals #runalyze #coros #trailrunning #waldlauf

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Windiger Waldlauf

Mukhraqa mit 25 kg. 💪

#running #laufen #trailrunning #israel #Mukhraqa