Category: Trip Reports
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The Austrian Diaries: #6
Good start to the day by reading this one from Marcus Aurelius. Better get out and get my work done for the day by checking out the Kreuzjoch section again. I picked up my official accreditation yesterday arvo which meant I now had free access to public transport and the cable car up to the…
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The Austrian Diaries: #5
Okay now, things are winding down. No more hustle in the morning to get out for a run, got all day for it. Celebratory start to the day with the best sleep stats I’ve had in a while. The European daylight hours still had me up at 5:30am with the sun. It’s good to stay…
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The Austrian Diaries:#4
Easy day today, well, that was the intention at least. Not easy resting sometimes though. Getting out of bed, easy, breakfast, easy, read the paper, easy, run 10km along the course, easy (and felt great knowing where I was going),holding myself back, not easy, strides, fast and easy, immersing myself in Innsbruck via bus’s and…
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The Austrian Diaries: #3
Checking out the course has made this trip eerily similar to a climbing trip. I finished off the last section I needed to scope out and get the beta for by running from Innsbruck back to Gotzens this morning. Before I started I took the time to also scope out the hotel I’m staying in…
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The Austrian Diaries: #2
Getting pretty settled here in little old Gotzens. Also getting to know what it was like to be an old time sailor or explorer writing a full-on journal each day like they did. You know, your Matthew Flinders type operators. I’m just exploring the alps and my capabilities, not countries. Today’s exploring was the back…