SGRAIL100, October 23rd, 2022 (L)
Race Reporter: Tobias
SGRAIL100 – landscape, sugarless cola and an award not given
I do not remember why I signed up for SGRAIL100, maybe it was the fact the race was thought up by one of my personal heroes, Jan Frodeno. And I had never been to Girona. And I wanted to have a late in the season race to not start slacking in September (started slacking anyway though).
SGRAIL100 (it’s actually 104) is a unique race that consists of a 1.500 m Swim in the Mediterranean, a 92 km GRavel ride with about 1.200 m elevation and a 10.5 km trAIL “run” at the end.
It is supposed to be a fun race and it should be more about fun than winning but some people take it very serious. I just wanted to finish and enjoy it. The starting list had some prominent entries: Kona winners (Frodeno and Kienle), 70.3 World Champions (Frodeno and Kienle), Kona Top 10 (Laura Siddall), Olympic Champions (Frodenos and Frodeno). They have unique awards there, “the slowest”, “the coffee junkie”, “the epic fail” .. I wasn’t going for any of those, I thought.
The afternoon before the race we got to meet the pros, took some photos but given the fact I didn’t feel overly well, I turned in early.