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9 Questions to discover a marathon : Journeys Marathon

This week, Kim Emerson, the race director of the Journeys Marathon is presenting the event she and her team organize next May. Hello, on May 8th 2010, you'll be organizing the Journeys Marathon can you tell us where it is located? The Journeys Marathon is located and based out of Eagle River, WI. Eagle River is located in the Northeast part of Wisconsin near the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The actual start line is located near Boulder Junction, WI on County Highway K. §staticmap(1787) How ol

Within the UTMB - Part IV : Switzerland & back to Chamonix

This is the fourth and final part of Laurent Thézé's report of this participation in the North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® 2009. Descent to La Fouly We are in Switzerland. Our morale has picked up with the return of sensation at the end of this climb. Since daybreak this is the first climb which isn’t a struggle! We tell each other we are well under 40 hours and we are motivated to move up in the ranking on the downhill. So we run, carefully though, but enough to pass quite a number of

Within the UTMB - Part III : Italy

This is the third part of Laurent Thézé's report of this participation in the North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® 2009. Descent to Lac Combal We are now in Italy. I lead in the steep downhill, where I feel I am able to run despite the poor visibility. Damien follows, but not as quickly, and I stop a number of times to wait for him. One runner passes us. Gilles is last but passes Damien and catches up to tell me he’s not doing well. We lead off. The fog isn’t as thick at the summit as o

Within the UTMB - Part II : Leaving Chamonix

This is the second part of Laurent Thézé's report of this participation in the North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® 2009. Start at Chamonix Bang! We’re off! Umm, we’re not off. Or rather, they’re probably off at the front, we can hear shouting, but we’re not moving. Little by little we move towards the arch. It takes 1’14” to reach the start line. We still can’t run, it’s really jammed, but on the fun side, it’s crazy, there’s spectators packed along the side, runners i

Within the UTMB - Part I : Before the race

This is the first part of Laurent Thézé's report of this participation in the North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® 2009. The Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc The first time I did the UTMB was in 2007. I started full of confidence with a fast start, then a drop in energy and the third part marked by double shin splints so I withdrew. My second effort in 2008 I was worried because of a previous race with blown quadriceps, probably from not enough training. I didn’t want to tear them again and drop