I published this book May 2nd 2026.

Then I did exactly what’s in the book.

4 months later I won the Otztaler for the 3rd time & broke the course record. 6:29:21

I wrote this book to come up with the best training plan to try and win in 2026. Then I did it.

The book works & the training is scaled to 3 levels based on ability. Here are the benchmarks and standards you need to reach for the win, top 5 and sub 9 hours.

This is my cookbook of training for the Otzi and what I’ve done each of the 3 years I’ve won it. It is the most specific piece of content I’ve every created.

This is what you do, then you scale it to how much you can handle.

I wrote this to help me win in 2026.

It worked.

For now, I've decided to keep this one to myself. I'm still the athlete who loves to compete.

2022. 

I broke my pelvis May 9th & won the race 3.5 months later.

2024.

I was hit by a car while training in 2023 which took over a year to recover from. I restarted training May 1st, 2024 & won the race 4 months later.

2026

I wrote the book to outline how I would win it again & published it May 2nd. Then I started. In June I was hit by a car. By the time I could train again we were 10 weeks out. I just did the same training as hard as I could for the last 10 weeks before the race & won a 3rd time & set the course record. 6:29:21

Every year I won, I was starting from a low level in May/June but was able to win the race less than 4 months later following the training outlined in this book.

You just do the same training as best as you can and hope you have at least 4 months to progress as much as possible.

then it only matters how much you can handle & how long you have to apply it.

This is the best I know of when you have 4 months & are preparing for a race that's 225km & 5,500m of climbing.