Archive for August, 2007

Ultra Trail Training Finished !

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

So all the training is done it now just remains to run the race!I added up all the running I’ve done in the last year in preperation for this event (I’ve included the 2 events I’ve done as well).In Total I’ve,* Run 966 km (600 Miles)* Ascented 51,675 m (169,537 Feet) (Thats 5.8 times the [...]

Running with Poles

Monday, August 20th, 2007

I was undecided about running with ski poles for the ultra-trail until fairly recently, but with all the hills to climb – mostly at a fast walking pace I decided that it would make life a lot easier.I started training with them a few weeks ago, and it isn’t as easy as it may at [...]

21eme Montée du Nid d’Aigle

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

19.5km, 1900m Ascent, 100m Descent. Starting Le Fayet 580m, Finishing at the ‘Nid d’Aigle’ at 2380m
I’m a bit late on this write up I’m afraid – I just haven’t found a minute to get this done, but here it is at last.At the very last minute I decided to enter the Montée du Nid [...]