Why We Race

You learn a lot about racing if you’re looking at it from the outside

You learn a lot about racing if you’re looking at it from the outside. All the excitement, all the thrill, the struggle, the pain and relief, the doubt and the fulfillment. We humans usually try to avoid such intense physical and emotional experiences in life, especially if there’s a risk of failure and disappointment involved. Yet still, some of us dare to show up at the starting line, tackling yet another running goal that seemed to be impossible a couple of months or years ago.

Racing is pure bravery, if you ask me. It reveals huge parts of our true personality and puts forth a source of mental, emotional and physical strength, that remains mostly hidden in our daily lives. 

Despite not being able to race myself, I was very lucky watching Lisa, Marie, Michi, Emi, Frank, Frankie, Ole, Matze, Ida-Sophie and many other athletes going wild at Innsbruck Alpine Trailrun Festival last weekend. It was truly inspiring and I can’t wait to witness more of this in 2022!