With the exception of ultra marathons with early starts/late finishes, I’d never really done any night racing so I was looking forward to this evening trail race on the snow trails of the southern French Alps. I had some eye surgery at the beginning of the year which meant I had to take it easy on physical exercise for a…
Blog
Tag: snow
Race Report: Trail du Dégel – Chichilianne, Isère, France
This year, Les skieurs du Mont-Aiguille have organised the first ever Trail du Dégel, and since it was based in Chichilianne, which is pretty local by my standards, I signed up. Trail du Dégel – the run of the melting snow, thaw trail – however you want to translate it I was looking forward to my first race of 2015. For the past…
Race Report: 1er Trail Blanc de Dévoluy
It’s the depth of winter here in the French Alps and the snow is deep and for most people the race calendar is fairly empty as most people turn to skiing and snowboarding to pass their leisure time. The nearest big ski resort to me however, Super Dévoluy, was hosting a 10km trail race on the local cross country ski…
Product Review: YakTrax Pro
Product: Yak Trax Pro Price: €29,90 Pros: Light, fit most shoes (including hiking boots), no spikes but good grip so work across patches of tarmac/rocks. Cons: A little pricey for what they are, can be a bit awkward to fit The end of November saw the first heavy snowfall of the winter, with around 70cm of snow falling in 24…
Winter Again
After a week of beautiful weather where I was lounging around in shorts and flip flops, I awoke this morning to 20cm of snow and wintry winds. Running the snow-shoe trail was quite appropriate Eric crossing the river using the rocks as stepping stones Just like February again
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,…