NEWS: Top-50 @ MTB Marathon EUROPAMEISTERSCHAFT

Am Sonntag startete ich zum ersten Mal bei einer Mountainbike Marathon Europameisterschaft, diese wurde heuer auf der 100 Kilometer langen Strecke mit 2700 Höhenmeter beim Malevil-Cup in Tschechien ausgetragen..
Pünktlich um 09:30 Uhr machten sich über 120 Elite-Männer auf den Weg und auf uns wartete ein extrem heißer Tag am Sattel.. Das Streckenprofil war nicht gerade auf mich zugeschnitten, denn es gab keine langen Anstiege sondern es ging die ganze Zeit auf und ab.. Sehr häufig waren wir auf tollen Trails unterwegs und so verging die Renndauer unglaublich schnell.. 🙂
Nach 4 Stunden und 23 Minuten fuhr ich als 46. über die Ziellinie – leicht dehydriert bei 36 Grad.. Speziell die letzten 60 Rennkilometer stimmen mich sehr positiv, da überholte ich über 20 Konkurrenten und deshalb freue ich mich jetzt schon riesig auf die ALPENTOUR die am Donnerstag in Schladming startet – auch wenn mein Garmin-Radcomputer im Ziel „empfohlene Regeneration: 4 Tage“ anzeigte.. 🙂
sportliche Grüße Lukas
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