Showing posts with label 2021 - Mozart 100. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2021 - Mozart 100. Show all posts

24 Dec 2021

Mozart 100, Salzburg, Austria (108km, 4750m D+)

Just 7 days after finishing the CCC in Chamonix, I was back at the starting line of a 100k ultra-race: The Mozart 100 in Salzburg, a 108km/4700m climb course in the scenic Wolfgangsee area. As I hadn’t expected to actually make it into the CCC and only got in through the 3rd additional draw, my 2021 race planning had included the Mozart 100 as season highlight. After the CCC I was a bit skeptical of recovering quickly enough to have anything remotely resembling an enjoyable experience in Salzburg, but I ended up quite able to walk again after a few days, and the bragging rights for finishing two 100k ultras in 7 days are nothing to be scoffed at. I had run a shorter version of the same course in 2019 (Race report here) , so for more than half of the total distance I was on familiar terrain which I already found to help tremendously in terms of planning and motivation at the CCC. My brother also had signed up for this race, his first 100k after about 8 years.