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Inferno Race 2013 with video
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colinstone, the XC - now that was an experience. 6.5kms or something - around the village 3 times including the hill from the train to the Jungfrau - all after exactly 2hrs exposure to the rediculous toothpicks! Sweaty doesn't begin to cover it! Staying upright was challenge enough! Sad
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David M - watched video a couple of times. Brilliant. Really good "racing sideslip" through Kanonenrohr and good fitness evident on Woodcutters and Winteregg. Must try harder, but age against me!

JD - 2 hrs practice! Well done. Last year I used Classic skis which made the climb very easy, but slower on the rest. This time on skating skis and did Stechelberg to Lauterbrunnen and back a couple of times to train.
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Woohoo - I've got a place in this year's draw. Much as I'm looking forwards, I am also slightly concerned that I'm competitive but I have never raced before, so the chances of me coming home in a wheelchair are pretty high.. Shocked

Any tips...? Presumably I need to do a lot of squats and to get used to longer skis..?
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kingswood wrote:
Woohoo - I've got a place in this year's draw.


Nice one.
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kingswood, No it's all about arm strength and getting used to balancing on two wheels. Cool

Good Luck! My top tip, get there at least the day before for a couple of sighting runs. What you see will temper the competitiveness, unless you're a complete headcase! Confused )
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kingswood,

1. Not ski related. Have you sorted accommodation (if you want to stay in Mürren)? Staying in Lauterbrunnen is a little tedious but Mürren options will be a little limited at this point.
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kingswood, (Are you Kandahar?)

2. Unless you have prior racing experience and old FIS points (and even then they may not count I am always a little fuzzy on the system) you will almost certainly be starting either right at the back or well before anyone else goes - sort of pre-vorlaufer just to make sure the comedy Inferno gods haven't screwed things up completely. Most years, in the unlikely event that you start in the first 58, as long as you can ski in the cold clear pre-dawn darkness, going first is good although unlikely, but you are at the mercy of last minute course changes which can leave one somewhat unprepared.

You will almost certainly be right at the back. Reasonably recent changes in course prep etc mean that you will probably still have daylight to ski by. Unless you are an awesome racer and a handy SG/DH racer it is unlikely that your first race will be anything other than something that you simply want to finish.

By the time your start number is called, you will be facing immense ruts, potholes and big scoured icy patches. Oh, and all the other first timers (or the particularly slow) will be in your way/barging past you.

3. Squats are excellent, there's a three minute telemark training video on YT that I found great last year. Anything that helps with skating also good. Especially uphill. The woodcutter's path is a right vicious climb and can make the difference between self respect and self abuse.

4. Ski on whatever you are most comfortable on. I had my ass handed to me 3 years ago by a chum who was on a pair of 155 FIS slalom skis, who had rightly judged that she could keep them straight on the traverses without too much problem but didn't fancy the hairpins on the Winteregg-Lauterbrunnen section on a pair of 218s. The general fashion amongst those that I know who are not uber good/competitive is heading shorter towards 200-205 SGs anyway.

Definitely, as shep, suggests, get there in time for some good practicing. Note that skiing with any semblance of race pace before the day is liable to prove disappointing and/or very expensive. Also, ignoring "closed" signs for race prep may have the same and unhappy results.

The village take the race very seriously (even if it doesn't look like it as everyone is clearly having an immensely good time).

Enjoy.
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