A jubilant mood currently reigns in Fieberbrunn and along the route of Austria's longest ultra trail. On Thursday at 6 p.m. the starting signal was given for the KAT100 Miles, which is held both as the Austrian Championship and as a qualifying race for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB). 100 miles or 173 kilometers with 9,996 vertical meters lay ahead of the 130 starters. While well-trained runners will probably need two days to do this and cross the finish line through the center of Fieberbrunn today, Saturday afternoon, the Austrian Stefan Schaffer completed the distance in just 26:11:15 hours and thus crowned himself the winner. Exhausted but visibly happy, the 43 years old ran to the finish line under the thunderous cheers of the numerous spectators at the marketplace in Fieberbrunn.

"I´m really happy now. I felt really good from the start. At night with the rain it was pretty hard, but as soon as the sun came out I felt better and better", said Schaffer. The first Ekiden (relay) and Endurance (91.5 kilometer distance with finish in Kitzbühel) were also already enthusiastically celebrated on Friday.

Just as enthusiastically as the KAT100 runners, the youngest trail runners were also cheered on. Not only were the kids frenetically cheered by their parents on the trails over 500, 1000 or 1500 meters (depending on their age), but the spectators along the entire course also celebrated the six to sixteen year olds.

Today, Saturday, the Marathon Trail as well as the Speed Trail with 24 kilometers and the newly designed Easy Trail took place. The start was again in Fieberbrunn and around 10 p.m. the last finishers of the KAT100 are expected.

All information and results can also be found at www.kat100.at.

All winners at a glance:

KAT100 male: Stefan Schaffer (AUT)
KAT100 Austrian Champion: Stefan Schaffner (AUT)
Ekiden 2 male: Perterer Roland & Schwentner Anton (AUT)
Ekiden 2 female: Kostka Anita & Multhaupt Tina (GER)
Ekiden 4 male: Helbig Stefan (GER), Gasser Lukas (ITA), Gepp Alexander (AUT) & Reichart Bastian (GER)
Endurance male: Westenberger Alexander (GER)
Endurance female: Haider Sibylle (AUT)

 

 

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