At long last, my first race in Germany (not counting a 10k in 2010), and on partly familiar trails as well. Located just a 1h train ride from Munich, I had visited the mountainous area South of the Chiemsee many times over the years, and ran parts of the route of the Chiemgau Trail only this summer, so I was starting with something what I considered to be a home turf advantage. Making it to the starting line at 5am in Übersee turned out to be trickier than expected, though, and fortunately bibs were sent by mail, rather than collected in a different town 10k from the start on the previous evening which would have required hours of additional transit. While the race was initially supposed to hit the Kampenwand peak and the Hochgern, snow and bad weather led the organizers to switch to a shorter, lower and less exposed route.
