First race of the year

Last Saturday I had my first race of the year. Who has followed this blog

knows that I wanted to run in the Aletsch Half Marathon, but the weather forecast was so bad

that me and my wife (she also ran with me) decided to go to a different race.

We ran in the Graubunden Half Marathon (part of the Graubunden Marathon): http://www.graubuenden-marathon.ch/.

The course was of course 21.1 Km long and with 755 m height gain  (all in the first 8 Km). The course is very fast (I needed 2:17 to finish it) due to a couple of pieces that are downhill. There is a bit too asphalt for my taste but the few trail pieces were a lot of fun!

In one you are going downhill, pretty fast, and you end up in a wood where you have to jump

from one side to the other in the mud for a few minutes (scaring walkers on the way)... A LOT OF FUN! The fog added a certain atmosphere to the race too!

 

All in all a very successful race. A lot of fun altough the weather was not sunny. But maybe it was better in this way. A lot of sun would have meant a more difficult and slower race I am sure!

 

Now to the next goal: glacier 3000 run (26 Km and 2000 m height gain).

 

I will post some pictures soon.