TDS: Ultra-Trail-Mont-Blanc story (2013)

Tuesday 27 Augut, 2013

Lyon, 1:00pm

We start from Lyon, early Tuesday afternoon, towards Chamonix. It rains a downpour.

Chamonix, 4:00pm

Pick up your numbered bib is already a difficulty. We enter in a gymnasium following a route with several stands: check identity, security deposit, check of required equipment, etc ...

Courmayeur, 5:00am

After a short night in a typical hotel in Courmayeur (Italy), the alarm rang at 5am.
I eat everything I can on the buffet at the hotel before going on the starting line.
The atmosphere is ensured by a speaker who stirs up the public and turn up the sound of music while press helicopter flying over us.

Welcome on board

The purpose of this blog is to share my experience in running.

 

If you are interested in the off-road long-distance foot race and wishing to progress, you're in the right place.

I practice running for over ten years, and ultra-trail since 2011. My playground is around Lyon in France and in the alps.
 
"Trail" is practiced in the natural environment (forest, mountain) on off-road surfaces (no more than 25% asphalt on the course).

The ultra-trail is a race over 80km (no more than 15% asphalt on the course).