Yes, it was warm and there was a lot of ‘up’. Having spent UTMB week in the Chamonix Valley in 2023, when I ran the CCC, I was keen to return to this week long ‘festival’, which is seen by many as the apex of the annual trail running calendar. Read more
Up and down for 100 km through Italy, Switzerland and France I travelled to the Chamonix Valley to run the CCC race (named after the towns at the start, middle and finish: Courmayeur, Champex, Chamonix), 100km with 6156m ascent . Sometimes called the ‘little sister of the UTMB’, the CCC Read more
My race calendar for 2023 is taking shape, there are some definite dates in there with races entered, but two big question marks remain and I’m waiting with bated breath for ballot results coming my way on January 1st and 10th respectively. The spring is ‘sorted’. The main event will Read more