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Wendelin Mörtendorfer

@wendixvx

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Running Coach 📩
Mountain Runner for @mizuno.de
HM 66:17 | 10K 29:51 | 5K 14:48
Vegan since 10+ years 🌱
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Second PB in 8 days & 🥉
ran completely solo from km7 until the finish and felt quite controlled, good race.
Can I get a third one next week before I finally start the trailseason? We will see 😏

Danke Düsseldorf 🙏🏻

📷: @nico.leissner

#runningmotivation #running #runninginspiration #veganrunner #veganathlete #mizunorunning by @wendixvx

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5 months ago

SUB30 BABY! 29:51!

Nothing more to say at the moment but it feels soooo good to be back after a big low.

2-3years ago I still thought maybeeee I will run a sub30 at the end of my running career but guess what, I keep surprising myself.
I started running late, I'm a trailrunner, I'm not super talented, but hard work always pays off.

Lets go 🔥 so proud of myself and the people around me 🙏🏻❤️

#10k #sub30 #mizunorunning #trailrunning #runningmotivation #veganathlete #plantbasedrunner by @wendixvx

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6 months ago

oh how beautiful this planet is ❤️
and how fun it is to be moving through this playground with @rebell4life love you ❤️

#trailrunning #mountainrunning #veganrunner by @wendixvx

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7 days ago

soon back in Spain, can't wait.
Until then I will do some more backflips & do beachdays and mountaindays
Oh yeah & one more race on the way.
We are back to training, life is a gift by @wendixvx

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11 days ago

@julianalpstrailrun 55k
not the day that I wanted but still somehow happy that I could finish 6th on a bad day for me with a pace that maybe could have gotten the win last year.
And again I gained a lot of expierence for the next races, for training and for racing.

I did a big 4 week block for this race & 2 weeks of the 4 I stayed in my hometown with many things I had and wanted to do outside of running which absolutely killed my usual recovery but I'm a stubborn kid and I kept following my plan to the kilometer, until I felt absolutely shit in the last big week 😬

followed by a 2 week taper where resting heart rate went up even higher and hrv dropped lower and lower and I never recovered from the load. An ok feeling in training but always the sensation that I couldn't push at all and had no fire in my legs. And that sensation stayed until raceday and then I would say I also started a bit too fast for my circumstances 😂 you can imagine the rest. It was a long way to the finish line

all in all a super good learning curve, we can always draw positives from not so great days.
POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON LIFE 🤘🏻

📸: @vladapanic

#trailrunning #veganathlete #veganrunner by @wendixvx

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14 days ago

Happy with the position, 6th place at the iconic @suedtiroldreizinnenalpinerun
not so happy about the time I ran but thats okay.
But no wonder, after all the training for the past 4 weeks I went into that pretty tired, just as a "training race" before the big dance which I trained for.
I couldn't push well on the steep parts and I'm learning more and more this season and I start to realize that for me being in ok shape and being in good shape AND fresh is a huge difference!

so let's hope I will be fresh on friday 😌 all out or nothing 🤝 a promise to myself

Always so amazing to run through these amazing places, I can't get enough of this, I mean look at this scenery. Best thing in the whole world 🙏🏻

#trailrunning #veganrunner #mountainrunning taken in Dolomites, Italian Alps by @wendixvx

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20 days ago

Last specific Long Run.
Now I need a big taper 😴

4 good weeks of training after some races.
I did one faster longrun in the flat with tempo & threshold stuff & one 40-45k longrun every sunday on the trails, the last two with specific elements. There was not much energy left with that schedule for much more than easy running in between, so I did some fast and super short Hillsprints to work on my speed & power even during a phase like this. Super important in my opinion.

not a perfect training block but I did my best with what I could do.
In the first 2 weeks I did around 6000m of elevation gain & then I visited my family for two weeks, where mountains are a rare sight and hit only 3500m of elevation gain.
Also I'm more tired than usual because I was super busy outside of running but I think I did some good trainings. Now I just need to rest well and repair the muscles and then I will be at the start line in a strong shape. I'm a bit nervous already as it's more or less unknown but I'm so hungry to perform well 😈

First @dreizinnenrun tho!

some of my key trainings. A good mix of longruns on the trails with some faster segments & flat longer runs with tempo stuff & threshold mixed in (but always focussed on continous running)

the hardest part is to learn to be comfortable with the running vest & all the mandatory gear. I hate it 😒
I love the freedom of running with nothing

#trailrunning #veganrunner #mountainrunning #veganpower taken in Niederösterreich by @wendixvx

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a month ago

First part of the trailseason is over and I couldn't be more grateful with how things are going this year.
I learned so much, especially backing off a bit when your body is already screaming, and it pays off.
No single day off in 2026 so far that I didn't take off voluntarily

I'm already in full preparation for the last 3 races I will do for now but especially one, a new territory for me. One more big week and doing my best with what I got at the moment (visiting my family & having very limited mountain access 🥶) and then it's time to taper.
Then I will give it everything I got left in me 3 more times!

Next races:
-) @dreizinnenrun
-) @julianalpstrailrun 50k
-) @salomonultrapirineu 21k

Let's hope I recover well 😉

📸: @nico.leissner

#trailrunning #veganrunner #mountainrunning by @wendixvx

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Alles begann mit einem Video von Kilian Jornet und Anton Krupicka - ein paar Jahre später sind Berge und Trails nicht mehr aus @wendixvx Leben wegzudenken ⛰️

Warum die Natur bis heute sein wichtigster Lehrer geblieben ist, erzählt Wendelin in Beyond the Run - Part 2. by @wendixvx

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Fadensteiglauf in a new PB of 46:26, another 1:30min faster than 2 years ago.
always a special race for me and when I'm in the area at this time there is no way around it. This was the first race I ever did, when I wasn't even a runner yet, so it's always cool to see the progression from the start of my journey until now and all I can say is that I'm so grateful for all the things I expierenced so far. Lately things are happening that feel a bit surreal but I have to remind myself that I deserve it and that I worked my ass off to be here now.
Follow your dreams, be stubborn & stay true to yourself. Life has so much in store for you if you never give up that you don't know yet.
So if you are struggling with anything right now, remind yourself that everything will pass & you will get from the world what you put out ❤️

Big Kudos to young Wendi for never listening to boring idiots who tried to tell him how to live, that's why I'm here fuckazzzz 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

📸: Christian Wagner

#fadensteiglauf #mountainrunning #veganrunner by @wendixvx

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My favourite thing in the whole world ❤️
Paradise is right here on earth, just open your eyes & heart!

#trailrunning #veganathlete #mountainrunning #veganrunner by @wendixvx

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2 months ago

I will always stay true to myself and think for myself.
I never wanted to fit in, actually I'm disgusted by society's standards. There is so much more to life.

Fck normal life, be yourself, be kind to all kind and enjoy this life that you were given to the fullest ❤️🤘🏻

📸: @andrecosta.co

#veganrunner #trailrunning #veganathlete by @wendixvx

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