The Chameleons are in!
By Julien on Tuesday, December 23 2008, 18:33 - PTL - Permalink
The results of the draw to enter La Petite Trotte à Léon (Léon's short stroll) are out: our team is in! It looks like there were only about 60 teams for 60 tickets anyway...
In case you missed what the PTL is, this is a kind of super-UTMB of approx. 250km (6 marathons) with 18,000m of ascent. This is 90km longer than the regular UTMB, but there's twice as much ascent - 18,000m is quite frankly huge!
The PTL's philosophy is a bit different from the UTMB's (and sister races). It's to be completed by teams of 3 runners. I've teamed up with Sven, a French mate living in London and Leo, a British runner from Oxfordshire and twice UTMB finisher to form "The Chameleons". We'll have about 4 to 5 days to complete the loop. There will be virtually no road section on the route, but there will be loads of high mountain paths (up to 3000m) that are much more technical than the rather easy TMB hiking path. There won't be any assistance and the route won't even be marked. It's in total autonomy, and that's why we'll have to carry a bivouac tent.
Because it's so long, we'll have to sleep (a bit) and I'm not sure how it'll feel after 2 or 3 days... I guess it will be more a fast hike rather than a run.
Now we've got to start training for it!
Ultra UTMB.
In case you missed what the PTL is, this is a kind of super-UTMB of approx. 250km (6 marathons) with 18,000m of ascent. This is 90km longer than the regular UTMB, but there's twice as much ascent - 18,000m is quite frankly huge!
The PTL's philosophy is a bit different from the UTMB's (and sister races). It's to be completed by teams of 3 runners. I've teamed up with Sven, a French mate living in London and Leo, a British runner from Oxfordshire and twice UTMB finisher to form "The Chameleons". We'll have about 4 to 5 days to complete the loop. There will be virtually no road section on the route, but there will be loads of high mountain paths (up to 3000m) that are much more technical than the rather easy TMB hiking path. There won't be any assistance and the route won't even be marked. It's in total autonomy, and that's why we'll have to carry a bivouac tent.
Because it's so long, we'll have to sleep (a bit) and I'm not sure how it'll feel after 2 or 3 days... I guess it will be more a fast hike rather than a run.
Now we've got to start training for it!
Ultra UTMB.
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Tom
Well ! Another ultra adventure coming ! :-)
Excellent, brill youve got a team in!!
Ive entered the lottery for the Tmb
fantastic! :) i guess there will be alot of training, but what an amazing challenge! good luck!
That's quite a challenge! You mention a "fast hike", do you still intend to run most of the way, or at least on the way down?
Fred: I guess we'll only try to run in the descents that aren't too technical. If we can do that all the way that would be great already. It's painful to watch how some of the guys walk even on flat terrain after 4 days...