Family Booth in St Gervais

24th August was the day I’ve been waiting for and training for all year! The start of the big run - the Ultra Trail CCC, 86.5km with 4,500 m of ascent.

I’m glad to say that it went really well. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of running this incredible event. It was certainly tough at times; there where time I thought I would not make it, but in the end I arrived in Chamonix at 5:38am on Saturday morning, 17 Hours 8 Minutes after I left Courmayeur, in 361 st place (Out of 1,600 starters)!

I’m over the moon at such a good position for my first Ultra Marathon, having only done my first Marathon this year as well!

There is a full writup on mountainnomad. In the meantime here are some pictures.