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Imagine; you started running only two and a half years ago. Then you surprisingly turn out to be an extremely good mountain runner and you are invited to compete with the international elite of trail and mountain running. On top of that, you finish second in the Golden Trail World Series, the world division of international trail and mountain running. This unbelievable story happened to the Dutch Nienke Brinkman. She takes us to her home mountain the Uetliberg in Zurich and tells us her story.

https://hometrails.run/zurich-with-the-amazing-nienke-brinkman/

Sardona & the origin of the Alps

A lot of us, trail and mountain runners, frequently visit the Alps to compete in famous races like the Matterhorn Ultraks, Sierre Zinal or the Zugspitz Ultratrail. When we have the opportunity we also like to train there and combine it with an active, outdoor holiday. But what do we actually know about the origin of these mountains?

To learn more about the formation of the Alps, we ran the Sardona World Heritage road 73. Read all about this fascinating three-day tour on
https://hometrails.run/switzerland-tectonic-arena-sardona/

Running on the boundaries between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates. Where the earth’s crust cracks open, steams, hisses and where volcanoes regularly spit out their lava. There are few places on earth where you can experience this, but within Europe Iceland is the place to be.

Read all about this on https://hometrails.run/northern-iceland/

Running through Iceland sometimes feels like running on another planet. We went to Akureyri in the north of the country to see breath-taking landscapes, meet some prominent members of the northern running community and run the Súlur Vertical mountain race. Read all about it on https://hometrails.run/iceland-sulur-vertical-akureyri/

Súlur Vertical

Meet the Negative Split Running Tribe! We joined this Antwerp based tribe on their weekend drop in the Belgian Ardennes for a 30k trail run. And it sure was a lot of fun! Read our story on https://hometrails.run/the-ardennes-with-the-negative-split-running-tribe/

Barbara Kerkhof and her family went to the French Vosges for a camping holiday. This range of lower mountains near the Swiss border has beautiful forests with mountaintops up to 1.400 meters. For Barbara these days away from home are nog complete without some nice runs, so read her story about her holiday trails on https://hometrails.run/the-vosges/

Martin Andrè Kristoffersen is race director of the Stranda Fjord Trail Race. He took us on an community run last year with a great view on Geiranger Fjord. Watch the story on https://hometrails.run/norway-baseniba-community-run

Tom Arent has a passion for the mountains. He moved to the Italian Alps to be in his favourite landscape and lives and studies in Trento now. He took us to his home mountain the Monte Cistella. Read his story on https://hometrails.run/italy-monte-cistella/

The Dutch Siebrig Scheeres moved to Saas Fee, Switzerland because of her passion for the mountains. She took us on a spectacular run high up her home mountain. Read all about it on https://hometrails.run/saas-fee-with-siebrig-and-max/

Stian Angermund-Vik is the Bergen based top-athlete and sky runner. He really has a passion for the trails and we were very happy to join him on his home mountain, the Ulriken in Bergen, Norway. Read his story on: https://hometrails.run/norway-bergen-with-stian/