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Rennradstrecke des Inferno Triathlon misst 97 Kilometer und führt Punkt zu Punkt von Oberhofen am Thunersee nach Grindelwald, mitten durch das Berner Oberland. Sie ist Teil eines Wettkampfs, den der Veranstalter zu den härtesten Triathlons der Welt zählt, mit insgesamt rund 5.500 Höhenmetern über alle Disziplinen.\n\nSchon nach gut drei Kilometern beginnt die erste Prüfung: der Anstieg über Sigriswil hinauf nach Beatenberg, knapp acht Kilometer mit 7,1 Prozent im Schnitt und 554 Höhenmetern. Danach gewährt der Kurs eine lange Atempause, über Interlaken und das Tal hinauf nach Meiringen rollt die Strecke weitgehend flach. Gut ein Drittel der Gesamtdistanz verläuft eben, hier lässt sich Tempo machen und essen.\n\nDas Finale hat es dafür in sich. Ab Kilometer 65,7 beginnt der Aufstieg zur Grossen Scheidegg, in zwei Stufen: zunächst knapp neun Kilometer mit 7,8 Prozent und 696 Höhenmetern, nach einer kurzen Entspannung weitere 7,5 Kilometer mit 8,3 Prozent und 621 Höhenmetern bis zur Passhöhe. Von dort fällt die Straße nach Grindelwald ab, wo auf das Mountainbike gewechselt wird. Insgesamt sammelst du auf diesem Abschnitt rund 2.200 Höhenmeter.","The road bike leg of the Inferno Triathlon covers 97 km point to point from Oberhofen on Lake Thun to Grindelwald, straight through the Bernese Oberland. It belongs to an event the organizer counts among the hardest triathlons in the world, with roughly 5,500 metres of climbing across all disciplines combined.\n\nThe first test arrives after barely three kilometres: the climb via Sigriswil up to Beatenberg, close to eight kilometres at an average of 7.1 percent for 554 metres of gain. The course then grants a long breathing space, rolling largely flat through Interlaken and along the valley to Meiringen. A good third of the total distance is level ground, the place to make speed and to eat.\n\nThe finale makes up for it. From km 65.7 the ascent to Grosse Scheidegg begins, delivered in two instalments: first nearly nine kilometres at 7.8 percent gaining 696 metres, then, after a brief respite, another 7.5 km at 8.3 percent and 621 metres of gain to the top of the pass. From there the road drops to Grindelwald, where the mountain bike takes over. 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Es ist der mit Abstand längste zusammenhängende Anstieg des gesamten Wettkampfs auf dem Rad, und er kommt zu einem Zeitpunkt, an dem Schwimmen und 97 Rennradkilometer bereits in den Beinen stecken.\n\nOben kippt das Profil komplett. Über Wengen stürzt sich die Strecke hinunter nach Lauterbrunnen, mehr als ein Viertel der Distanz fällt steil ab und verlangt sichere Fahrtechnik auf ermüdeten Armen und Beinen. Den Abschluss bildet der flache Talboden des Lauterbrunnentals bis Stechelberg, wo die Laufschuhe warten. Mit gut 42 Höhenmetern pro Kilometer und nur sieben Prozent flachem Anteil ist dieser kurze Abschnitt ein zentraler Baustein der rund 5.500 Höhenmeter, die sich über den gesamten Tag summieren, eingerahmt von der Kulisse des Berner Oberlands.","Alpine severity rarely comes this compact: the mountain bike leg of the Inferno Triathlon runs 30 km from Grindelwald to Stechelberg and consists, at its core, of one enormous climb and one long descent.\n\nJust 300 metres after the changeover, the ascent to Kleine Scheidegg begins: 10.8 km at an average of 10.2 percent, gaining 1,100 metres with practically no interruption and pitches up to 15 percent. It is by far the longest continuous climb of the entire event on a bike, and it arrives with the swim and 97 km of road riding already in your legs.\n\nAt the top the profile flips completely. The route plunges via Wengen down to Lauterbrunnen, with more than a quarter of the distance falling steeply and demanding secure bike handling on tired arms and legs. The closing stretch follows the flat floor of the Lauterbrunnen valley to Stechelberg, where the running shoes wait. At a good 42 metres of climbing per kilometre and only seven percent flat terrain, this short leg is a central building block of the roughly 5,500 metres of total elevation gain that accumulate over the day, framed by the scenery of the Bernese Oberland.",{"discipline":366,"label":21,"legOrder":367,"distanceInMeters":368,"raceName":369,"elevationGainInMeters":370,"profile":371,"description":517},"RUN",40,25000,"Xtreme — Run (Schilthorn)",2175,{"classification":32,"routeShape":33,"totalAscentM":372,"totalDescentM":373,"netElevationM":374,"vertPerKm":375,"climbs":376,"remainingVertM":22,"gradientDistribution":399,"downsampledProfile":404,"trackPolyline":516},2161,134,2027,89.3,[377,382,388,393],{"startKm":108,"lengthKm":378,"avgGradientPct":234,"maxGradientPct":379,"elevGainM":380,"score":381,"category":81},7.58,22.5,772,77162,{"startKm":383,"lengthKm":384,"avgGradientPct":385,"maxGradientPct":76,"elevGainM":386,"score":387,"category":21},12.73,0.75,6.6,49,4950,{"startKm":389,"lengthKm":390,"avgGradientPct":84,"maxGradientPct":391,"elevGainM":98,"score":392,"category":21},14.1,0.45,6.4,1663,{"startKm":394,"lengthKm":395,"avgGradientPct":43,"maxGradientPct":396,"elevGainM":397,"score":398,"category":238},15.55,8.63,31.3,1294,129448,{"flatPct":400,"upPct":37,"downPct":401,"steepUpPct":402,"steepDownPct":403},10.5,13.2,51,1.9,[405,407,410,413,416,418,420,423,426,428,430,433,436,438,441,444,447,450,453,456,459,462,465,468,471,474,477,480,483,486,488,490,493,496,499,502,505,508,510,513],{"km":22,"elevM":406},858,{"km":408,"elevM":409},0.63,847,{"km":411,"elevM":412},1.25,834,{"km":414,"elevM":415},1.85,823,{"km":105,"elevM":417},812,{"km":56,"elevM":419},810,{"km":421,"elevM":422},3.73,803,{"km":424,"elevM":425},4.35,800,{"km":427,"elevM":345},4.97,{"km":429,"elevM":357},5.58,{"km":431,"elevM":432},6.2,921,{"km":434,"elevM":435},6.83,970,{"km":90,"elevM":437},1057,{"km":439,"elevM":440},8.07,1128,{"km":442,"elevM":443},8.68,1191,{"km":445,"elevM":446},9.3,1254,{"km":448,"elevM":449},9.93,1320,{"km":451,"elevM":452},10.55,1441,{"km":454,"elevM":455},11.18,1525,{"km":457,"elevM":458},11.8,1548,{"km":460,"elevM":461},12.4,1575,{"km":463,"elevM":464},13.03,1597,{"km":466,"elevM":467},13.65,1616,{"km":469,"elevM":470},14.28,1585,{"km":472,"elevM":473},14.9,1599,{"km":475,"elevM":476},15.53,1590,{"km":478,"elevM":479},16.13,1634,{"km":481,"elevM":482},16.75,1658,{"km":484,"elevM":485},17.38,1764,{"km":86,"elevM":487},1867,{"km":61,"elevM":489},1952,{"km":491,"elevM":492},19.23,2114,{"km":494,"elevM":495},19.85,2270,{"km":497,"elevM":498},20.48,2382,{"km":500,"elevM":501},21.1,2434,{"km":503,"elevM":504},21.73,2495,{"km":506,"elevM":507},22.35,2586,{"km":338,"elevM":509},2645,{"km":511,"elevM":512},23.58,2760,{"km":514,"elevM":515},24.2,2885,"k|c{Gucfo@WdA_N_D_GaCoCoE}LaLsUaEaEeCwHOuL|@aMUoGqA_MaHaOgCsM{F}MS_UlG_FrEyFd@cFxB{Ee@oIt@iScAgCZc@|AwBXGjBiCpBaIpAwCzBiFb@_DnJyLxEpHr@bJUdGmG`DA`GhALb@uHx@eAt@cCvFE|@dAgA~AYfCp@|@~@bDNeA`@wBdDkDBcItAgGrFaH|Bq@|@_BReCdBmDf@{AnAdLs@pIl@lCw@`G@tHvCzM}AbBrAaDHwBjBBv@c@RfA^tAe@~Bx@hDtCwALoA~A{D~ApAbFT^xBGfAr@vFsAxC|@dBxC~@}@p@aCvAOtByBz@Lb@uA`AUfBeCjCM|BgA|DNdCbA|Ck@pB`BxEiAx@PdBnDHgBvBwBrB_JbBkCpJ_CvBlA|ELtHqDhARx@sDvFyAq@oEb@{OvIcCpBVdPjKpGnCvNtBlMrFtAi@lH~AlCBt@{An@BtDdB~CpC~CfGlBjLQbBuDyHe@uCwLgKoKPOtAfHtDuIJmChA@jM`AyBk@`Ik@zAp@nHC`HtAlUj@Qx@t@aDbPmFlCtA^C\\oB~@yAoBo@Iz@~CgA?gDlBjB~CmHdACbFlBnE_GnCmAfF?rBaAxB\\xKrAlAo@~APvCx@hCb@vIeD~OExBhA|Bj@`DHpEbBhKpEdMxClFpDxDvGbK~GjElBd@fA_@xAnAzAzE~A~@bBlEh@dDoCjUNbD|AlFpHtGXAPaBl@TK_@b@S~@p@@w@p@q@tAbBpAoBfCq@?`@~@Cz@x@zAzIAtBsBpM_BfEAhF",{"de":518,"en":519},"Das Finale des Inferno Triathlon ist ein Berglauf der kompromisslosen Sorte: 25 Kilometer von Stechelberg hinauf zum Schilthorn, zum Piz Gloria auf 2.970 Metern. 2.175 Höhenmeter stehen an, und bergab geht es dabei kaum, netto kletterst du über 2.000 Meter, mehr als die Hälfte der Strecke ist steiles Bergauf-Gelände.\n\nDie ersten knapp fünf Kilometer durch das Lauterbrunnental Richtung Lauterbrunnen bleiben noch verhalten und laufbar. Dann beginnt die erste große Etappe: Ab Kilometer 4,9 ziehen 7,6 Kilometer mit 10,2 Prozent im Schnitt und 772 Höhenmetern hinauf nach Mürren. Ein kurzer, welligerer Abschnitt auf der Höhe verschafft etwas Erholung, bevor das eigentliche Inferno beginnt.\n\nAb Kilometer 15,6 folgt der Schlussanstieg zum Gipfel: 8,6 Kilometer mit 15 Prozent im Schnitt, Rampen über 30 Prozent und 1.294 Höhenmeter am Stück, hinauf in immer dünnere Luft bis zur Bergstation auf fast 3.000 Metern. Dass dieser Lauf als dritter Akt eines Tages mit insgesamt rund 5.500 Höhenmetern kommt, macht ihn zum Herzstück eines Wettkampfs, der zu den härtesten Triathlons der Welt gezählt wird, mitten in der Kulisse des Berner Oberlands.","The finale of the Inferno Triathlon is a mountain run of the uncompromising kind: 25 km from Stechelberg up to the Schilthorn, finishing at Piz Gloria at 2,970 metres. It packs 2,175 metres of climbing with barely any descent; you gain more than 2,000 metres net, and over half the course is steep uphill terrain.\n\nThe first five kilometres or so along the Lauterbrunnen valley stay restrained and runnable. Then the first major stage begins: from km 4.9, a climb of 7.6 km at an average of 10.2 percent hauls you 772 metres up to Mürren. A short, rolling stretch along the high terrace offers some recovery before the true inferno starts.\n\nFrom km 15.6 the final ascent to the summit takes over: 8.6 km at an average of 15 percent, with ramps beyond 30 percent and 1,294 metres of continuous gain, climbing into ever thinner air to the summit station at nearly 3,000 metres. The fact that this run arrives as the third act of a day totalling roughly 5,500 metres of elevation gain makes it the heart of an event counted among the hardest triathlons in the world, set against the backdrop of the Bernese Oberland.","2026-08-15",155000,5500,"FIXED_DISTANCE",{"de":525,"en":526},"Der INFERNO Triathlon besteht aus vier Teilen statt aus drei: 3 Kilometer Schwimmen im Thunersee, 97 Kilometer Rennrad, 30 Kilometer Mountainbike und ein 25-Kilometer-Berglauf, der auf dem Schilthorn auf 2.970 Metern endet. Der Radwechsel in Grindelwald unterscheidet dieses Rennen von jeder anderen Langdistanz, 5.500 Höhenmeter auf nur 155 Kilometern erledigen den Rest.","The INFERNO Triathlon has four legs rather than three: a 3 kilometre swim in Lake Thun, 97 kilometres on the road bike, 30 kilometres on the mountain bike and a 25 kilometre mountain run finishing on the Schilthorn at 2,970 metres. The bike change in Grindelwald is what sets this race apart from any other long-distance race, and 5,500 metres of climbing across only 155 kilometres does the rest.",{"de":528,"en":529},"Geschwommen wird über 3.000 Meter vom Strandbad Thun aus. Die Rennradetappe beginnt in Oberhofen und steigt sofort: 7,9 Kilometer mit gut 7 Prozent über Sigriswil nach Beatenberg, danach eine Abfahrt nach Interlaken und rund vierzig flache Kilometer durch das Tal bis Meiringen. Ab Kilometer 66 folgt die Grosse Scheidegg, zwei zusammenhängende Anstiege von 8,9 und 7,5 Kilometern, die auf knapp 1.950 Meter führen, bevor die Strecke nach Grindelwald auf gut 950 Meter abfällt.\n\nIn Grindelwald wechselst du aufs Mountainbike, und der Kurs verliert jede Erholungsphase: 10,8 Kilometer mit 10,2 Prozent Schnitt hinauf zur Kleinen Scheidegg auf gut 2.000 Meter, dann eine lange, technische Abfahrt über Wengen nach Lauterbrunnen und weiter nach Stechelberg. Knapp ein Drittel dieser Etappe geht steil bergauf, gut ein Viertel steil bergab. Fahrtechnik zählt hier so viel wie Kraft.\n\nDer Lauf beginnt flach im Talboden, dreht aber schon nach fünf Kilometern: erst 7,6 Kilometer mit 10 Prozent hinauf nach Mürren, dann ab Kilometer 15,5 der Schlussanstieg mit 15 Prozent Schnitt und Rampen über 30 Prozent, 1.294 Höhenmeter bis zum Piz Gloria. Über die Hälfte der Laufstrecke ist steiles Steigungsgelände, gelaufen wird davon wenig.","The swim covers 3,000 metres from the Strandbad in Thun. The road-bike leg starts in Oberhofen and climbs straight away: 7.9 kilometres at a good 7 percent via Sigriswil to Beatenberg, then a descent to Interlaken and around forty flat kilometres up the valley to Meiringen. From kilometre 66 the Grosse Scheidegg follows, two linked climbs of 8.9 and 7.5 kilometres that top out just under 1,950 metres before the road drops to Grindelwald at a good 950 metres.\n\nIn Grindelwald you change onto the mountain bike, and the course removes every recovery phase: 10.8 kilometres averaging 10.2 percent up to the Kleine Scheidegg at just over 2,000 metres, then a long technical descent via Wengen to Lauterbrunnen and on to Stechelberg. Close to a third of this leg is steeply uphill and a good quarter steeply downhill. Handling counts for as much as strength here.\n\nThe run begins flat on the valley floor but turns after five kilometres: first 7.6 kilometres at 10 percent up to Mürren, then from kilometre 15.5 the closing climb at 15 percent average with ramps beyond 30 percent, 1,294 metres of ascent to Piz Gloria. More than half the run course is steep climbing terrain, and very little of it is actually run.",{"de":531,"en":532},"Der INFERNO verlangt eine Einteilung über vier statt drei Abschnitte, und die Reihenfolge ist ungewöhnlich: Der erste Anstieg kommt schon in den ersten Radkilometern, direkt nach dem Schwimmen. Ihn zu forcieren ist der häufigste Fehler, weil danach vierzig flache Kilometer folgen, auf denen sich der Schaden lange verstecken lässt.\n\nRennentscheidend ist der Übergang vom Rennrad aufs Mountainbike. Die Grosse Scheidegg endet in einer schnellen Abfahrt nach Grindelwald, und unmittelbar danach beginnt ein Anstieg von über tausend Höhenmetern am Stück. Wer die Scheidegg zu hart fährt, verliert an der Kleinen Scheidegg mehr, als er zuvor gewonnen hat. Plane den Radwechsel als ruhigen, vollständigen Reset inklusive Verpflegung.\n\nDer Schlussanstieg zum Schilthorn ist keine Laufstrecke, sondern eine Gehstrecke mit einer Uhr im Kopf. Bei 15 Prozent Durchschnitt ist ein gleichmäßiger, kraftsparender Gehschritt schneller als der Wechsel aus Laufen und Stehenbleiben, und die letzten Kilometer liegen über 2.500 Metern, wo jeder zu hohe Puls sofort teuer wird.","The INFERNO needs a plan across four sections rather than three, and the order is unusual: the first climb arrives in the opening kilometres of the bike, straight out of the swim. Forcing it is the most common mistake, because forty flat kilometres follow in which the damage stays hidden for a long time.\n\nThe decisive point is the change from the road bike to the mountain bike. The Grosse Scheidegg ends in a fast descent to Grindelwald, and immediately afterwards a climb of more than a thousand metres begins in one piece. Ride the Scheidegg too hard and you lose more on the Kleine Scheidegg than you gained. Plan the bike change as a calm, complete reset, fuelling included.\n\nThe final climb to the Schilthorn is not a running course but a hiking course with a clock in your head. At 15 percent average, an even, economical hiking rhythm beats alternating between running and standing still, and the last kilometres sit above 2,500 metres, where any excess in heart rate is paid for immediately.",{"de":534,"en":535},"Die Renndauer liegt für Altersklassenathletinnen und -athleten typischerweise zwischen 9 und 13 Stunden. Der Belastungscharakter hat mit einer klassischen Langdistanz wenig gemein: Auf 155 Kilometern verteilen sich 5.500 Höhenmeter, und mit Ausnahme des Talstücks zwischen Interlaken und Meiringen gibt es kaum einen Abschnitt, auf dem eine gleichmäßige aerobe Leistung überhaupt möglich wäre.\n\nRennentscheidend sind drei Anstiege: die Grosse Scheidegg am Rennrad, die Kleine Scheidegg am Mountainbike und der Aufstieg zum Schilthorn zu Fuß. Sie liegen so dicht hintereinander, dass zwischen dem ersten und dem letzten kaum Erholung stattfindet; von Meiringen bis ins Ziel steigt der Kurs mit nur zwei Abfahrten dazwischen.\n\nTrainingsschwerpunkt ist deshalb Bergfahren auf beiden Rädern. Wer nur auf dem Rennrad trainiert, unterschätzt die Kleine Scheidegg; wer nur Mountainbike fährt, verliert auf dem Talstück. Sinnvoll sind kombinierte Einheiten, in denen du mitten in einer langen Ausfahrt tatsächlich das Rad wechselst, samt Schuh- und Helmwechsel, damit die Abläufe am Renntag sitzen.\n\nFür den Lauf ist Steigungsgehen die spezifischste Vorbereitung: lange Aufstiege von 1.000 und mehr Höhenmetern, bewusst nach mehreren Stunden Radbelastung. Dazu gehört die technische Abfahrt über Wengen nach Lauterbrunnen, die Fahrsicherheit im ermüdeten Zustand verlangt, denn sie wird nach Stunden im Rennen gefahren und nicht ausgeruht. Und weil das Ziel auf knapp 3.000 Metern liegt, sollte mindestens eine Höhenerfahrung vor dem Renntag im Programm stehen, damit du weißt, wie dein Körper dort oben arbeitet.","Age-group athletes typically need between 9 and 13 hours. The demand has little in common with a classic long-distance race: 5,500 metres of climbing spread over 155 kilometres, and apart from the valley section between Interlaken and Meiringen there is barely a stretch where an even aerobic output would be possible at all.\n\nThree climbs decide the race: the Grosse Scheidegg on the road bike, the Kleine Scheidegg on the mountain bike and the Schilthorn ascent on foot. They sit so close together that almost no recovery happens between the first and the last; from Meiringen to the finish the course climbs with only two descents in between.\n\nThe main training emphasis is therefore climbing on both bikes. Train only on the road bike and you will underestimate the Kleine Scheidegg; train only on the mountain bike and you will lose the valley section. Combined sessions in which you genuinely swap bikes mid-ride, shoes and helmet included, are worth the logistics so the sequence is automatic on race day.\n\nFor the run, steep hiking is the most specific preparation: long ascents of 1,000 metres or more, deliberately done after several hours on the bike. Add the technical descent from Wengen to Lauterbrunnen, which asks for handling skill in a fatigued state, because you ride it hours into the race rather than fresh. 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