Windstopper Trailrun Worldmasters Dortmund report + results, 6.-8.11.2009

November 10, 2009

Former European Vice-Marathon Champion Luminita Zaituc and US-Runner Michael Smith took the titles in the 3-day trailrunning event in Dortmund.

The race consisted of 3 races with an overall distance of 61km and more than 1.000 vertical meters: a 4,2 Kilometer-Sprint on Friday, the 35 Kilometer-”Ruhrklippentrail” on Saturday and the final “Bittermark-Run” over 19 Kilometers on Sunday.

In the womens field, Luminita Zaituc secured a clear victory in 4:10:59 Stunden, 19 minutes of the US-Girl Caitlin Smith. Smith was one of the favorites for the podium, as she also won the TrainsRockies-Run already. Third place was taken by triathlete Silvia Balbach (4:39:49 h) ahead of Antje Möller (4:43:05 h).

In the mens field there was a lot of action during the three days. TransRockies-Run winner Michael Smith could win the title with a strong last day in 3:39:16h. Only 44 seconds later, Mountainbike professional Carsten Bresser surprisingly took second (3:40:00h). Marathon runner Philipp Nawrocki was another surprise in third place, coming home only 19 seconds behind second place (3:40:19h).

German mountain runner Timo Zeiler and the former 5.000/10.000m specialist Alexander Lubina had no real chance to compete for the win – mainly because of the long race on the second day.

Altogether 300 runners competed in this challenging event.

Lead results were as follows:

overall: 61 km with altitude difference of 970 m in 3 days

Men:
1. Michael Smith (USA) 3:39:16
2. Carsten Bresser (TuS Heltersberg) 3:40:00
3. Philipp Nawrocki (Aachener TG) 3:40:19
4. Stefan Paternoster (Aut) 3:41:22
5. Mussa Hudrog (Aachen) 3:45:32
6. Florian Reichert (Göttingen) 3:46:41
7. Jean-Francois Charlier (Bel) 3:49:39
8. Timo Zeiler (LG Eintracht Frankfurt) 3:51:19
9. Andreas Strasser (Schambach) 3:53:49
10. Christian Dirscherl (MTV Ingolstadt) 3:54:24
…
13. Alexander Lubina (TV Wattenscheid) 3:57:29
14. Martin Schedler (SV Schlau.com Saarbrücken) 3:59:07

Women:
1. Luminita Zaituc (LG Braunschweig) 4:10:59
2. Caitlin Smith (USA) 4:29:55
3. Silvia Balbach (Düsseldorf) 4:39:49
4. Antje Möller (Duisburg) 4:43:05
5. Regine Schlump (München) 4:45:57
6. Carmen Otto (Köln) 4:55:44
7. Uta Doyscher (Dortmund) 4:58:29
8. Christine Gehmacher (Bergen) 5:04:17

full results of the race datasport.com