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Three major sporting events will move the Mühlviertel tomorrow and Sunday. On Saturday and Sunday, several hundred mountain bikers will face the “Granitmarathon” challenge around Kleinzell. Tomorrow, Saturday, the “young wild ones” will set the tone. Pure excitement is guaranteed when the elite of tomorrow do their laps in cross-country races on forest, meadow and gravel paths. The route length and number of laps are of course adapted to the age group. Everything takes place near the mountain bike arena, which in turn guarantees a great racing atmosphere.
The granite marathon follows on Sunday from 9 a.m. With a distance of 90 kilometers, peppered with 3100 meters of altitude difference, the Raiffeisen Xtreme route is one of the greatest challenges that mountain bikers can face in Austria. The classic distance is very popular among ambitious hobby drivers. This is peppered with numerous key positions over a length of 60 kilometers, but also rewards the bikers with many scenic highlights. The same applies here: the Mühlviertler Hochschaubahn shows its teeth from start to finish, and the drivers get to feel what it means to have bitten on Mühlviertler granite.
The Seufzerallee in Lembach and the ascent to the Apfelsbach-Leitn in Kleinzell/Neufelden are particularly recommended as fan zones.
First Keltenman Triathlon
While the granite marathon can already look back on a long tradition, tomorrow afternoon there will be a premiere around the bathing lake in Mitterkirchen when the Keltenman triathlon will start for the first time. More than 400 triathletes of all age categories have already answered the call of the Tria-Team Wallsee and submitted their entry for this triathlon in the popular sprint distance. In order to take away the shyness of newcomers to triathlon, a trial training accompanied by experienced triathletes took place last Thursday. “The atmosphere was great. Now we hope that we can get many people excited about the sport of triathlon on Saturday,” says Christian Bruckner from the organization team. The competitions start at 3 p.m., staggered according to age groups. The main competitions are scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
Those who just want to limit themselves to running are in good hands with the 7 Bridges Run organized by Sportunion Zwettl. The attractive route around the town center will be open to runners of all ages from 3 p.m.
Source: Nachrichten
