THAT'S ME

My name is Günter Pilz and, as you can guess, my nickname is UltraPilz. Why the mushroom in the logo? Pilz is the German word for mushroom, that's why!

I am a secondary school teacher and I live in Linz, Austria. I love working with children helping them find their way into life. I live with my wife Amalia who is also an avid runner, and our beautiful Husky dog Maya.

My love is ultra endurance sport. I started with this ultra madness in 2016 after having finished several marathons and five long distance triathlons.

Since then I have completed six doubles, two triples, one quintuple and three Ultraman style races as well as several 24-hour-triathlons, the very first Ultra Winter Triathlon and the very first Cross Country Skiing Backyard Ultra. I love creating my own adventures like cycling from the westernmost to the easternmost village in Austria, cycling from Austria to Romania to climb a famous hill there or to the Baltic Sea, swimming lakes and running 24 hour races or cross country ski for several hours. I have also crossed Lake Lipno (33 km) in one go and intented to swim Lake Värnamo in Sweden.

You can find fotos of these events and my adventures in the MY SPORTS DIARY section.

You can also visit me on FACEBOOK.

That is Amalia and me after my

private triple in November 2020.

Finisher pics of my ultra triathlon races

You want to know a little bit more about me? Well, here we go:

MUSIC

I love nearly any kind of music, especially Blues and Rock, but also different types of Latin American music.
My favourite musician is Irishman RORY GALLAGHER. I was lucky enough to experience him live in Passau / Germany in 1979.
Here is one of my favourite songs called "Walk on hot coals" which is also my race motto:

NATURISM

I am a nudist / naturist. I spend all of my holidays at naturist beaches and try to lead a naked live, also at home. Find out more about this lifestyle on my other website NATURIST-LIVING. Here is a pic at one of our favourite beaches in Vera / Spain.
Unfortunately I cannot do ultra triathlons like this!

Some of our favourite naturist beaches are:

Weikerlsee (Linz, Austria)
Fuschlsee (Fuschl am See, Austria)
Hallstättersee (Steeg, Austria)
Grundlsee (Austria)
La Jenny (France)
Arnaoutchot (France)
Gavdos (Crete, Greece)
Plakias (Crete, Greece)

Solairs (Tar, Croatia)
Praia do Beliche (Sagres , Portugal)
Playa de Torimbia (Asturias, Spain)
Playa de Mal Nombre (Fuerteventura, Spain)
Grandes Playas (Corralejo, Spain)
Platia Es Trenc (Mallorca, Spain)
Templo de Sol (Hospitalet del Infant, Spain)

CINEMA

I am a big fan of movies. I usually go to the cinema once or twice a week (fortunatly there are two art cinemas in my city). I have seen more than 3.000 films and keep a list of them on my favourite movie website IMDB. My personal top ten rated films are:

Pantaleon y las visitadoras
Life of Brian
Alexis Zorbas
Soy Cuba
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Bringing out the Dead
Casablanca
The Family Man
Mar adentro
Shining

BEER

I love beer. Over the last couple of years I have become an amateur beer sommelier. I have tasted more than 5.000 different beers from nearly 2.000 different breweries in 97 countries and work together with the "Beertasting-App". You can find it in the Play Store. My favourite beer styles are IPA's, Double & Triple IPA's, Imperial Stouts and Bock beers, preferably Double Bocks.

My personal top rated ten beers:

"Late Night Hotline" from Hop Hooligans (Romania)
"G'frorenes Iced IPA Nelson Sauvin" from Landbrauhaus Hofstetten (Austria)
"Dunkles" from Brauerei Grieskirchen (Austria)
"Sensitive Touch" from Bereta (Romania)
"Happy Hoppy Viking" from Hornbeer (Denmark)

"Original Stieglbock" from Stieglbrauerei zu Salzburg (Austria)
"G'frorenes Vic Secret" from Landbrauhaues Hofstetten (Austria)
"Samichlaus Limited Edition 2019" from Schloss Eggenberg (Austria)
"Tomislav" from Zagrebacka Pivovara (Croatia)
"Lemon Curd Mega" from Dugges Bryggeri (Sweden)

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