Schlickeralmlauf

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The Schlickeralmlauf is a mountain run that leads from the center of Telfes in the Stubai to the Kreuzjoch. Up to and including 2012, the goal was at Sennjoch. It takes place each year either in late July or early August. The organizer is the Telfes sports club.

history

The tradition of the mountain run in Telfes begins with the Pfarrachalm run in 1988, which Florian Stern and Heidi Neuner won. In the same year Telfes was awarded the contract for the 1990 World Mountain Running Championships . In 1989, the first dress rehearsal was the Sennjoch on an 18 km long route. The Algerian Mohammed Youkman won in 1:29 h. The following year, the Italian Costantino Bertolla became world champion in Telfes on a route with 14.3 km and an ascent of 1550 meters and the Scot Beverley Redfern on a route of 7.88 km and 530 m ascent.

The current event started in 1991 under the name Schlickeralmlauf on a course that had been shortened compared to the World Cup. In the first few years, Peter Pfitscher (1991), Peter Schatz (1992, 1995) and Helmut Schmuck (1993, 1994) won for men, Heidi Neuner (1991), Sabine Stelzmüller (1992), Elisabeth Rust (1993, 1994) and Gudrun Pflüger (1995).

In 1996 Telfes was again the venue for the mountain running world championships. 700 runners (including framework competitions) from 32 nations took part. Antonio Molinari from Italy and Gudrun Pflüger from Austria became world champions. From that year until 2007, with slight modifications, the original World Championship men's route (11.0 km, 1310 HM) was run. In the following years Telfes was part of the Berglauf Grand Prix, a series of the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA). The winners in this period: Heidi Neuner, Elisabeth Rust, Sabine Stelzmüller, Gudrun Pflüger (Austria), Janina Saxer- Ruschko (Switzerland), Izabella Zatorska (Poland), Angela Mudge (Scotland), Birgit Sonntag (Germany), Ana Pichrtova ( Czech Republic), Renate Rungger (Italy) and Mohammed Youkman (Algeria) Helmut Schmuck, Peter Schatz (Austria), Peter Pfitscher, Antonio Molinari, Marco Gaiardo (Italy), Jonathan Wyatt (New Zealand) and Martin Cox (England).

In 2009 Telfes hosted the 8th European Mountain Running Championships , an official competition of the European Athletic Association . For this, the route was changed a little in 2008. The winners were Martina Strähl (Switzerland) and Ahmet Arslan (Turkey). Andrea Mayr won the bronze medal for Austria. The winners on the route from 2008 to 2012 were Ana Pichrtova (Czech Republic) 2008 and open run 2009, Martina Strähl (Switzerland) EM run 2009 (own women's EM track), Antonella Confortola (Italy) 2010, Sarah Tunstall (Great Britain) 2011 and Lucy Wambui Murigi (Kenya) 2012 and Jonathan Wyatt (New Zealand) 2008 and 2010, Ahmet Arslan (Turkey) European Championship run 2009, Rickey Gates (USA) open run 2009, and Geoffrey Ndungu (Kenya) 2011 and 2012.

In 2011 and 2019 the Tyrolean Mountain Running Championships took place as part of the Schlickeralmlauf.

In 2014 the 14th World Masters Mountain Running Championships, i.e. the official mountain running world championships for seniors (35 to 79 years old), were held in Telfes for the first time. It was an official competition between the WMRA World Mountain Running Association and the WMA World Masters Athletics . Including the supporting competitions, 1085 participants took part, 755 of them at the Masters World Championships. It was the largest sporting event in the Stubai Valley up to that point in terms of participants. 18 new individual world champions were determined in the various age groups. Due to a height limitation prescribed for this Veterans World Cup, the route was changed for the 2013 dress rehearsal. For the first time in history, the goal of the run was no longer the Sennjoch, but the Kreuzjoch (both in the Schlick area (Austria) ). The winners on the now heavily modified route: Andrea Mayr (Austria) 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2019, Laura Robertson (New Zealand) open run 2014, Petra Summer (Austria) Masters World Championship run 2014 (own women's World Championship course), Susanne Mair (Austria) 2015 and Michelle Maier (Germany) 2017 and Petro Mamu (Eritrea) 2013, 2016 and 2019, Jonathan Jackson (New Zealand) open run 2014, Eric Blake (USA) Masters World Championship run 2014, Isaac Kosgei ( Kenya) 2015 and Geoffrey Gikuni Ndungu (Kenya) 2017 and 2018.

As a traditional supporting program, the day before the start numbers are assigned, a small festival with a pasta party for the runners, a charity run and children's races in various age groups that run through the town center at different distances.

In 2015, the Telfer Wiesen Run (8 km, 140 m ascent) took place for the first time as a fun run suitable for beginners with road, cross and mountain running elements in the side program and has been a fixed part on Saturday since then.

On July 29, 2018, the Austrian State Championships in mountain running were held here as part of the 30th anniversary . The titles went to Andrea Mayr and Isaac Kosgei.

For 2020, Telfes was the first host to receive the World Masters Mountain Running Championships for the second time. These will take place as part of the 32nd International Schlickeralm Run on Saturday, September 5th, 2020.

route

Start of the Schlickeralmlauf in the center of Telfes

The route leads through forests and along a torrent up to the alpine region. She is considered one of the most demanding on the calendar.

The route has been 11.5 km long since 2013 and has an altitude difference of 1100 m (+ 1180 / -80 m). The goal is the Kreuzjoch. The start is on the village square of Telfes ( 1000  m above sea level ). After three kilometers, it begins to climb steeply to the finish, with only a short, flatter section at kilometer 8.

The record for the route between 1995 and 2007 is held by Jonathan Wyatt ( NZL ) with 55:32 for men and Renate Rungger ( ITA ) with 01:09:03 for women. Ahmet Arslan ( TUR ) ran the record for the route from 2008 to 2012 in his European championship title in 2009 in 58:26 (2011 is not included in the ranking because the goal had to be relocated to the Zirmachalm due to snowfall). The fastest lady was Ana Pichrtova ( CZE ) with 01:08:16. Current paceman for the route with target Kreuzjoch is Petro Mamu ( ERI ) min with 54:55 and Andrea Mayr (Austria) h with 1:01:47 (2015 not in the standings, with because of a debris flow leaving the goal to Schlickeralm (identical with Short distance) had to be relocated).

There is also a short route with its own rating, which has been 7.5 km long since 2018 with an altitude difference of 786 m. The start is on Froneben (middle station Kreuzjochbahn), from the reservoir in the Schlickeralm area the route is identical to the main run.

Winners list

date Men time Women time
28th July 2019 Petro Mamu -3- 0:56:06 Andrea Mayr -4- 1:04:08
29th July 2018 Geoffrey Gikuni Ndungu -4- 0:57:40 Andrea Mayr -3- 1:01:47
July 30, 2017 Geoffrey Gikuni Ndungu -3- 0:58:45 Michelle Maier ( GER ) 1:07:58
July 31, 2016 Petro Mamu -2- 0:56:07 Andrea Mayr -2- 1:04:13
July 26, 2015 Isaac Kosgei ( KEN ) 0:35:25 Susanne Mair ( AUT ) 0:42:44
06 Sep 2014 Eric Blake ( USA ) 0:59:31 Laura Robertson ( NZL ) 1:20:20
July 28, 2013 Petro Mamu ( ERI ) 0:54:55 Andrea Mayr ( AUT ) 1:04:27
July 29, 2012 Geoffrey Gikuni Ndungu -2- 0:59:59 Lucy Wambui Murigi ( KEN ) 1:13:13
July 24, 2011 Geoffrey Gikuni Ndungu ( KEN ) 0:47:16 Sarah Tunstall ( GBR ) 1:00:39
July 24, 2010 Jonathan Wyatt -7- 1:00:33 Antonella Confortola Wyatt ( ITA ) 1:11:43
July 11, 2009 Rickey Gates ( USA ) 1:01:57 Anna Pichrtová -5- 1:11:08
0Aug 3, 2008 Jonathan Wyatt -6- 058:14 Anna Pichrtová -4- 1:08:16
0Aug 5, 2007 Marco Gaiardo ( ITA ) 1:00:47 Renate Rungger ( ITA ) 1:09:03
0Aug 6, 2006 Jonathan Wyatt -5- 058:15 Anna Pichrtová -3- 1:09:27
0Aug 7, 2005 Jonathan Wyatt -4- 058:40 Anna Pichrtová -2- 1:09:57
0Aug 1, 2004 Jonathan Wyatt -3- 055:32 Anna Pichrtová ( CZE ) 1:09:26
0Aug 3, 2003 Jonathan Wyatt -2- 057:00 Izabela Zatorska -3- 1:10:00
0Aug 4, 2002 Martin Cox -2- 059:59 Izabela Zatorska -2- 1:11:30
  2001 Martin Cox ( GBR ) 058:42 Izabela Zatorska ( POL )
0Aug 6, 2000 Jonathan Wyatt ( NZL ) Birgit Sonntag ( GER ) 1:09:05
0Aug 8, 1999 Antonio Molinari ( ITA ) Angela Mudge ( GBR )

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ Schlickeralmlauf: History ( Memento from October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )