Getting Fit for Steem Fest with Actifit and Blocktrades - 20th Grintovec Run, 1200 meters of climb on 6 kilometers
Today was a special day for Slovenian mountain running community. The famous Grintovec Run was on. It is probably the hardest uphill run in the area. You have to run or walk all the way up from Kamniška Bistrica to the top of the Mount Grintovec. Officially this means 1959 meters of the climb on the distance of 9.8 kilometers.
Today's event was particularly special for two reasons.
It was said that this is the last run. At least under the organization of the KGT Papež sports club.
Due to the bad weather conditions, the run was shortened. The finish was at the Kokra saddle.
You can see from the photo which I took of the finish after everyone came up. The course goes up in the clouds. It would be irresponsible and dangerous to carry the run through in its original form.
The course was slippery enough up to here. No need to carry on to the rocky path above the saddle. Keep in mind that the finish was at an altitude of 1973 meters. Combine this with the constant rain and the wind and you might get the picture.
The shortened race was still very demanding. It was good six kilometers long with a vertical climb of exactly 1119 meters. You can see from my Amazfit watch data that the climb is quite a challenge.
Surprisingly the watch measured the vertical difference exactly the same in both directions.
I took the run as an opportunity to be part of history. I finished it once before. It was probably 13 years ago. When I remember correctly my time at the top of Grintovec was two hours and three minutes. Nothing special.
Today I started at the back of the pack and gradually progressed. First the run and after we reached the steep single path, the walk was very smooth and I liked it a lot. I came to the finish in one hour and twenty-one minutes. Satisfied since I wasn+ton the races.
The real challenge came later when I came down to the start area. But that's another story ...