Training Camp in South Tyrol

The running group I am in in Brugg does a weekly training camp every year. Apparently the last several years were in Spain, but this year they decided on Latsch, Italy (South Tyrol, Bolzano region). This is actually a pretty curious part of italy as they speak german as a first language, and seem to be a bit reluctant to speak in italian. Also the swiss people I was with, noted the accent was pretty distinct (quite something coming from people who germans cannot even understand)
So the point of the trip was to bond, run, and drink; all goals were clearly met. We started out each morning with a hearty meal and then proceeded to a morning run of sorts.
Here is the view from the patio of the Gallus Pension where we stayed


Saturday, we ended up doing a pretty solid hill-climb, and ended up going up around 2000 feet.


That night we went out to the nearby town, explored, had a nice dinner, and then went to a nearby bavarian-themed beer garden where we enjoyed the rest of the evening.

Sunday we had a nice easy run out.



This is just the pictures and the routes for the two bigger runs we did in Latsch or more importantly the hills around it, thus is our near walking speed average pace justified.

LSG Trainingcamp in South Tyrol

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Morning and evenings are wonderful the heat of the day is pretty brutal and can lead to barbaric thirsts. All in all, a great trip

And a photo of us all at the end

Schluchsee Lauf : The race around Lake Schluch

This weekend I volunteered at the Aargauer Meisterschaft working at the Food stand, and learning just how many ways you can order food in swiss german, and how confusingly similar (or exactly the same) many of them are. Kalbs-bratwurst and Halbe bratwurst sound just about the same when a swiss person says it (one is with beef, the other means half of), and so on. Basically ever person chose to order a different way. I was also put in charge of making hotdogs because 'as an american, I was by birth a hotdog expert', which is, I guess, not the worst thing in the world.

But on to the schluchsee lauf. This was s run in the black forest in germany around the largest lake in that region. It was around 11.5 miles and was absolutely fantastic. A good amount of hills, trees, lakeside, and fans. I would do the run again tomorrow. Also the food was pretty good, and the scenery was of course fantastic.

Schluchsee Lauf : The race around Lake Schluch

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