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I know its old news and foolish to be amazed when you compare you're own chubby plodder times with a proper athlete and be amazed by how much better they are than you but its not often I get to compare times on a route I have completed loads before.
The winner of the Men's Vertical race did the 2.3km and 700m of climbing in about 20 minutes this year. Last time I did that route it took me almost spot on one hour :D
http://matterhorn.ultraks.ch/en/pages/parcours/trail/-vertical-race-625
Edit: In 2003 I tried to do that route and had to abandon after less than 100m of climbing because I was an even fatter chain smoker and had chest pains. That was the moment that convinced me that I had to get my life together and start looking after myself. The first time I managed to get to Sunegga, three years later, it took me over 2 hours but I remember crying with happiness that I had beaten my nemesis.