Trail: Menton – La Manda
We ran all together up to the Col de Castillon, then Anna went back to Menton through the village of Sainte-Agnès while Alex and I continued toward the North to Luceram and then finished at La Manda.
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We ran all together up to the Col de Castillon, then Anna went back to Menton through the village of Sainte-Agnès while Alex and I continued toward the North to Luceram and then finished at La Manda.
It is a nice Trail, with a limited elevation gain +1000m / -1000m and where it is possible to run most of the time.
I did a 37 km loop starting in Plan du Var and climbing Mont Férion and Madone d’Utelle.
We chose the Mont Tenibre (3031 m) which is one of the few 3000 meters peaks of the Alpes Maritimes.
We went back to Saint Martin-Vésubie for a 25 km +1800 m Trail. We did the Trail #8, Lacs des Millefonts as described on the Trail resort of Saint Martin-Vésubie website.
Anna and I participated in the first Kilometre Vertical in Martin-Vésubie.
The Gobi March is a 250 km running race which takes place in the Gobi desert, around Kashgar. There are 6 stages in 7 days: almost 4 Marathons in 4 days, then 75 km, a rest day and a final stage of 16 km. Philippe ranked 3rd in this edition.
The scenery on this section was very nice, wide open view over the mountain range and high peaks (over 7000 m I guess).
This stage was supposed to be long and difficult… and it was. And it was also very scenic, technical and fun.
This third stage started off in a village, we ran for a while in the village with a forest and fields around.
The race went very fast, I finished 7th in 3h20 but really struggled at the end.
Anna, Thierry, Alex and I did a Trail running around the village of Coaraze in the valley of Paillon.