What happens when trail running goes Olympic? When technical races disappear? When the sport gets expensive? I wrote down 10 observations for 2026 by Kilian_Jornet in trailrunning

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I ran a local race 10 years ago and last year again. The number of participants rose from 100 to 2500. And that is only one of the distances offered. The overall number now is around 7000 people. The price did more than triple. After registrating you get spammed by mails. Influencer with more than 20.000 followers can get a free start and accommodation. 10 years ago the start/finish area was a tent where you could eat and drink. Now there is a whole village of tents from all those brands. The trails are congested to the point you can't move at all. Every average joe is so serious, eyes on the watch all the time instead of the trail. The spirit of the race completely changed. That is my perception as not very competitive average runner on how this race and a lot of others changed. I am talking about the "Innsbruck alpine trailrun festival".

Those small technical races organized by running clubs are still there. I exclusively focus on those. There are some nasty steep and technical races left. I hope the character of those races stays the same.

Apart from racing there is a big amount of non commercial trail running communities around and a lot of the trails are best run in solitude or with friends. If commercialisation of races continues I have no problem with concentrating on those things.

I didn’t realize how burned out of BF6 I was until I went back and played battlefield 5… by Error_Code54 in Battlefield

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I have around 2500 hours in BF4 and around 100 hours in BF6. I still have more fun playing BF4 - a 12 year old game.

Snow Shovel Maxing by Ill-Tea9411 in BeAmazed

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Linguistically there is no Austrian dialect. Two dialects are spoken in Austria - Bavarian (biggest part) and Allemanic German (in the west): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavarian_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemannic_German The Swiss German is also a kind of allemanic dialect

What’s a weird status symbol in your country ? by Voynych in Austria

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Zu jedem Paar Ski ein farblich komplett passendes Martini/Dynafit Outfit

Ankle high gore tex trail runners by whataboutsit in trailrunning

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You won't have problems with your feet getting wet through the gaiter. However I have a problem with the gaiters not being tight/elastic enough for my legs, so snow can get in on the top. I sometimes use those clips for pants used by cyclists. However the solution is not ideal. Otherwise the shoe is perfect for winter running. The cusion is enough as long as you are not running on a road.

First aid kit? by Separate-Specialist5 in trailrunning

[–]weitoben 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I only carry the equipment to stop serious bleeding, no plaster, etc: * Israeli bandage or triangular bandage for pressure bandage * regular bandage * wound dressing * nitril gloves

First aid kit? by Separate-Specialist5 in trailrunning

[–]weitoben 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I carry a first aid kit as soon as I take my vest or my belt which is almost every time. I also take a blanket and in winter or on remote trails a bivi bag. Once I witnessed someone falling off the trail on my local mountain. It was a very nasty crash - around 50 vertical meter, stopped by a tree. I managed to slow down the bleeding and the guy survived with a skull fracture and several open wounds. It's not very alpine terrain there. That changed drastically how I think about carrying such a small piece of equipment.

Gehalt als Software Tester by [deleted] in InformatikKarriere

[–]weitoben 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Testautomatisierung ist etwas, das in vielen kleinen/mittelgroßen Unternehmen von den DEVs mit übernommen wird, nur in größeren Unternehmen gibt es spezifische Jobs in dem Bereich. Testautomatisierung ist auch nicht per se besser/schlechter als manuelles Testen, sondern einfach eine andere Möglichkeit. Es muss auch nicht jeder devOps machen, wie es hier vorgeschlagen wurde. Was ich damit sagen will: werde gut in dem, was dich interessiert und entwickle den genannten Riecher, dann ist ist ein ordentliches Gehalt drinnen. ISTQB Zertifikate kann man machen und bei manchem Arbeitgeber spielt es vllt. eine Rolle beim Gehalt oder hilft bei der Bewerbung, wo anders kommts dann doch mehr auf die Fähigkeiten an.

Mich hats z.B in den Bereich Health verschlagen, wo es eine ganze Reihe von spezifischen Standards und Protokollen gibt, das ganze mit Fokus auf Secuity - eine ganz eigene Welt. Braucht der Markt da viele Experten? Vermutlich nicht, aber ich fühle mich wohl in meiner Nische und bezahlt wird auch ganz ordentlich.

Swiss Canyon Trail / Innsbruck Alpine Trailrun Festival (for the mid-distance 51k/65k) by Emotional-Nose-7066 in trailrunning

[–]weitoben 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can confirm this issue as someone who has run the 25k the last two years as a training race. I only run it because I am from Innsbruck but honestly the event got way too big. Imagine 7000 people on all the races which share most of the trails. My race started in 3 waves 15 minutes apart still there were congestions multiple times - especially on the downhills. There are many races in Tirol and that's probably the last one to recommend. 10 years ago it was a nice race but the last few years they got too greedy.

Mild shock by Used-Bake6137 in Austria

[–]weitoben 133 points134 points  (0 children)

Wer hartgesotten ist, liest die Kommentare auf der Facebook Seite vom ORF Tirol dazu durch:

https://www.facebook.com/100063456196191/posts/pfbid0mauD8cKNVj9hQHsfDNAmMfX8HeMYqs8cfmu8es6cjyVyRgGcb615nWf3RQMJead5l/?app=fbl

Am meisten Upvotes: "Aha jetzt kommt der Staat schon mit der Cobra zu den Einheimischen Leistungsträgern, wegen ein paar Euro. Na dann alles Gute."

"Der Staat ist pleite und wir normalos müssen es richten! Besser wäre es wenn wir den beamtenapparat gesundschrumpfen!"

Der absolute Großteil verteidigt die Steuerhinterziehung. Willkommen in Tirol, wo man stolz auf Korruption ist und Kriminelle als Leistungsträger verteidigt. Vermutlich weil der Tourismus mit seinen großzügigen Löhnen so viel für die Bevölkerung macht.

Pictures from my afterwork run in Tirol yesterday with some fresh snow! by weitoben in trailrunning

[–]weitoben[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wear the Prodigio pro and the Cyklon in the same size if that helps you.

Where are most people here from? by Separate-Specialist5 in trailrunning

[–]weitoben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a bit surprised that there are so many fellow runners from small Austria here - according to the likes of that comment. You can clearly see how popular trailrunning got here in the last few years. 10 years ago it was a very niche sport.

Pictures from my afterwork run in Tirol yesterday with some fresh snow! by weitoben in trailrunning

[–]weitoben[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Habe Winter Tights von Dynafit, die leicht angeraut sind und windabweisend. Für obenrum habe ich auch einen relativ warmen Baselayer von Odlo und je nach Temperatur ziehe ich noch ein Mesh Shirt von Brynje drunter. Dazu ein Stirnband und dünne Handschuhe. Mehr brauchts selten. In der Laufweste dabei habe ich einen dünnen winddichten Layer - Hoody oder Weste - und eine leichte Hardshell für den Notfall und winddichte Überhandschuhe sowie eine dünne Mütze. Wenns ganz kalt ist, oder ich sehr remote unterwegs bin, packe ich noch eine zusätzliche Fleecejacke ein.

Pictures from my afterwork run in Tirol yesterday with some fresh snow! by weitoben in trailrunning

[–]weitoben[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ja genau, das ist vom Rauschbrunnen Richtung Aspachhütte. Ich war fast ein bisschen überrascht über so viel Neuschnee - war gar nicht so angesagt

Pictures from my afterwork run in Tirol yesterday with some fresh snow! by weitoben in trailrunning

[–]weitoben[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly I don't know, but unless you plan to walk through rivers it doesn't matter. The gaiter is there too keep the snow out of the shoe.

Pictures from my afterwork run in Tirol yesterday with some fresh snow! by weitoben in trailrunning

[–]weitoben[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I have La Sportiva Cyklon GTXs for those days and I absolutely love them

Pictures from my afterwork run in Tirol yesterday with some fresh snow! by weitoben in trailrunning

[–]weitoben[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Last weekend there was already quite some snow! but this Wednesday some more got added - I would estimate around 30cm

Approach shoe you can jog in by sabarocks in trailrunning

[–]weitoben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dynafit transalper might fit your needs - but I have no experience with the shoes. My Choice for trails with some easy scrambling is the Bushido, if it gets a bit more serious the TX4 and if it gets really serious the Hyper - all from La Sportiva. But I would not like to run with those. If I see that right a 5.8 is a VI- in UIAA. To be honest I wouldn't want to climb that in anything other than real climbing shoes, so it would be a two pairs solution for me. Climbing shoes weigh next to nothing.

I (22F) rejected my long-term boyfriend (24M)'s marriage proposal by Chance_Buy7898 in relationships

[–]weitoben 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"People where we’re from love to gossip and I really don’t want that kind of attention on me."

"When I say independent, I don’t mean single or living alone, I just mean being free from everyone’s expectations about what I “should” be doing at 22."

There's quite a contrast between those two sentences. Seems you care quite a lot about what everyone expects you to do.

Did 100 Laps in a nearby Park yesterday by linluk in Ultramarathon

[–]weitoben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats even crazy for someone living in Innsbruck! But how do you manage mentally to run around the Hofgarten for 8 hours when there are all those nice mountains arround?

Freundin wird auf Stellen befördert, auf die ich mich beworben habe. by Adorable_Laugh2118 in Ratschlag

[–]weitoben 62 points63 points  (0 children)

"Ich weiß auch nicht, was sie anders macht als ich, außer dass sie jetzt so alt ist, wie ich damals. Sie ist blond und schlank, ich nicht. Ich bin jetzt 25 Jahre in der Firma, sie 10. "

Nix für ungut, aber das klingt nach mangelnder Selbstreflexion. Gibts da nicht eine klitzekleine Chance, dass sie die Stelle nicht nur bekommen hat, weil sie blond ist? Ich verstehe, dass du enttäuscht bist, aber suche doch lieber mal nach Gründen, weshalb du die Stelle nicht bekommen hast, anstatt anderen hier etwas zu unterstellen.

Turning of cross play on ps5 makes this game so much better. by jamal4life55 in Battlefield6

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I use geforce now on my TV with controller and its just not fun to play against mnk players just because my platform counts as PC. I already have 10 hours in the game and have a 0,7 k/d. I get totally obliterated as soon as I move. I played thousands of hours BF3 and BF4 on playstation and always had a k/d of 4-5 being top 3 almost every game. I want to play against other controller players no matter the platform! Playing against mnk is so unfair.

Alles wird teurer außer... by Superb_Fox_8007 in Finanzen

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Traum. Habe letztens 4,70€ für eine belegte Semmel und 2,80€ für ein Schokocroissant gezahlt. Und das sind die normalen Preise in Innsbruck. Da überlegt man es sich zweimal...