I recently picked a Garmin Virb Elite action camera and took it for a trail run on my local mountain with Amy. The camera is good fun and the form factor makes it easy to carry around. It also has a ‘burst mode’ photo feature which allows you to take pictures even while you’re taking video, which was much easier…
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Grand Ferrand Traverse
Location: France, Rhone-Alpes, La Jarjatte Summary: Mountain trail, moderate effort At the end of our valley is the largest mountain in the area – the Grand Ferrand. At 2,758m its not the biggest in the Alps, but at over a vertical mile above our valley floor, it presents quite a challenge to the aspring trail runner, and has quite an…
Still Too Much Snow
I’ve only been running in the French Alps for a couple of months, and so far I’ve not ventured up high as the weather has been poor and there’s too much snow. However we’ve had a few weeks of fine, warm and sunny weather, and all of the snow has gone from valley level. Looking out of my office window,…
Spring Run
Since moving to France, and despite now living in a trail running Mecca, I’ve completely neglected to get out recently. So after working three 18 hour days in a row, and the weather being beautiful, warm and sunny all week I forced myself to get out for a lunchtime run. It had been a few weeks since I last ran…