the climb of Sunnegga, about 26km (Photo W. Stinn)
appeared after my win at the Zermatt Marathon 2008 me luck on the mountain long distance to have left: 2008 I got myself one just before the Jungfrau Marathon febrile infection (and could then run a satisfactory race), last year I broke out in Zermatt (also due to the heat) that the Jungfrau Marathon, it got even worse: I had to, because of a muscle injury, give up early.
developing self-confidence so it was important to finally once again reap a sense of achievement. The conditions seemed good: I had the last three months can work out well and that Berg first eight races of the season at a consistently high level of services provided.
Even before the start of the year's ninth Edition of the race was aware of all the participants that it would be a hot race. Add to my sharpest opponents, I counted the winner of the LGT Marathon Patrick Wieser, the Graubünden-Marathon winner Tim Short and in an excellent mountain running form located Jean-Christophe Dupont. The race developed, in my view, unfavorable: Wieser went to a brisk pace, I left after only one kilometers tear down (too well I remembered in 2009 when I had followed the pace dictated by the Finn Raittila too long and then slumped horribly ). I tried, behind the afloat started to form a group of Swiss-alone, but the Frenchman followed me Dupont. In Wieser we initially lost 5-6 seconds per km on the flat area in the climb, we got to a minimum. After 30 minutes I got from my Dupont tow. I concentrated on my rhythm, out pacing to and especially not to drink as much as possible. After 60 minutes I stopped racing 1:20 behind Wieser, in Zermatt (km 20.5) was 1.40. Dupont, however, was closer to me than I thought. He followed me at a distance of only 30 "
developing self-confidence so it was important to finally once again reap a sense of achievement. The conditions seemed good: I had the last three months can work out well and that Berg first eight races of the season at a consistently high level of services provided.
Even before the start of the year's ninth Edition of the race was aware of all the participants that it would be a hot race. Add to my sharpest opponents, I counted the winner of the LGT Marathon Patrick Wieser, the Graubünden-Marathon winner Tim Short and in an excellent mountain running form located Jean-Christophe Dupont. The race developed, in my view, unfavorable: Wieser went to a brisk pace, I left after only one kilometers tear down (too well I remembered in 2009 when I had followed the pace dictated by the Finn Raittila too long and then slumped horribly ). I tried, behind the afloat started to form a group of Swiss-alone, but the Frenchman followed me Dupont. In Wieser we initially lost 5-6 seconds per km on the flat area in the climb, we got to a minimum. After 30 minutes I got from my Dupont tow. I concentrated on my rhythm, out pacing to and especially not to drink as much as possible. After 60 minutes I stopped racing 1:20 behind Wieser, in Zermatt (km 20.5) was 1.40. Dupont, however, was closer to me than I thought. He followed me at a distance of only 30 "
After Zermatt is a forest trail leads to 6 km with 700 meters to Sunnegga (km 30): At this crucial stretch, I lost more Wieser time, and when I turned around once, seemed dangerously close to Dupont. The art lay in the high-speed, but not to keep high-I decided the race for a final time to 3:10 to put my energy and divide accordingly. The high temperatures to over 2000 m above sea level. M. surprised me-but I drank as much as I could. From Sunnegga I could enlarge on a faster track of the distance to Dupont at Riffelalp (km 39, 2:49), I went with 1.55 lead over the French in the final climb and was able to defend with the last reserves of rank 2. Patrick Wieser had a worthy winner, crossed just four minutes before me the goal line.
results Zermatt Marathon:
first Patrick Wieser 3h09.34
second Gerd Frick 3h13.36
second Gerd Frick 3h13.36
third Jean-Christophe Dupont 3h14.46
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