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Kenyan running weeks with top athletes

Situated at 1,800 m above sea level, Turracher Höhe provides the perfect location for high-altitude training camps taking place for the first time in July and August 2011.

Kenyan running weeks at Turracher Höhe 2012

In July and August 2011, Isaac Kosgei, the Kärnten Läuft and Großglockner mountain run winner, Geoffrey Gikuni joined the camp at Turracher Höhe together with 8 other Kenyan athletes, taking advantage of the ideal altitude of 1,800 m.The special feature of the Kenyan running weeks is that Kenyan athletes take over the role of personal trainer, supervising the guests training sessions, giving helpful tips thus enhancing motivation. Participants are served authentic Kenyan food and have plenty of time for individual discussions and common leisure time programs. In 2012, the Kenyan running weeks at Turracher Höhe are planned in June, July and August.
The Kenyan running weeks are a joint offer initiated by the Austrian-Kenyan “run2gether“ project and the Tourism Association Turracher Höhe.

Dates: from Sunday evening through Saturday morning
Costs: all inclusive (Kenyan full board, training support and accommodation in double room) € 440.
Detailed informationen & reservation at www.run2gether.com, info@run2gether.com and 0650-5331100

NEW: run2gether taster days – the right choice for all those who can’t find the time for a high-altitude running week.
Dates 2012: June 24 - 27; June 28 – July 1; July 1 - 4; July 5 – 8
Costs: All inclusive (full board with rich breakfast buffet, pasta dish for lunch and 2 dinner menus to choose from, training support, accommodation in double room) € 340 (single room surcharge: € 30)
Detailed information & reservation at www.run2gether.com, info@run2gether.com and 0650-5331100

Die Turracher Höhe - Höhentraining am kärntnerisch-steirischen Hochplateau

Located on a high plateau at 1,763 m/5,784 ft altitude offering training routes up to the Kornock mountain summit at 2,205 m/7,234 ft, Turracher Höhe is perfectly suited for runners seeking performance enhancing high altitude training. The 2.4 km/1.5 miles long flat circular trail around Lake Turracher See (partly asphalt and gravel) is ideal for those who want to exercise easy runs and at the same time take advantage of the altitude and the inherent low oxygen content of the air. Athletes intending to include hilly terrain in their training program will find perfect, medium-difficult conditions on the 7.2 km/4.5 miles long 3-lakes tour on gravel and forest soil and can test their limits along an alpine long jog on the 11.2 km/6.9 miles Sigi Grabner training course (gravel and forest soil as well as forest paths).

Uphill on foot, downhill by cable car

Runners seeking training in the highest
pulse range and developing stamina will find perfect terrain at Turracher Höhe offering the additional beneficial bonus of having the option of returning down to the valley by cable car, a great way to ease the locomotor system: the choice is between 220 steep altitude meters (721 ft) to the Panoramabahn mountain station, 420 (1,378 ft), first steep and in the third part flatter altitude meters to the Kornockbahn mountain station as well as 420 constantly medium steep altitude meters also to the Kornockbahn mountain station. Then the runners take the cable car downhill, either the Panoramabahn or the Kornockbahn.

Perfect for basic endurance

Runners who seek to improve their basic endurance with the help of long, quick altitude hikes with relatively little difference in altitude find perfect conditions at Turracher Höhe. The use of Nordic walking poles brings the added benefit of giving the upper body a soothing workout alternative. Recommendable routes include the “Weitental & Kaserseen“ tour featuring wide and gentle ascents and descents and a training time of approx. 4 to 4 ½ hours, the tour via Winkleralm and Schafalm to the Königsstuhl and back, taking approx. 7 hours and the similarly long tour leading over seven summits to the Eisenhut, the 2,441 m/8,008 ft high “roof“ of the Nockberge mountains and via Engeleriegel and Weitental back to Turracher Höhe.

High altitude training in cooperation with “Kärnten Läuft“

The Kenyan running weeks and other high-altitude training camps at Turracher Höhe are organized in close cooperation with Carinthia’s biggest running event “Kärnten Läuft“ and the Kleinen Zeitung daily.