Mont-Blanc notes
Fellow speedgoat should be back to the states today, once Karl returns I expect to have an update on that monster course in Chamonix. I saw some notes from Hal that mentioned the difficulty of this course was second to none. To have all three big dogs go down tells me this course would be fun just to finish! The lack of switchbacks with all that vertical would test any caliber of trail runner. Great effort by all and super congratulations to Nikki Kimball who won the women’s race hands down! I suspect we will see some top Americans focusing on this race next year !
August 27th, 2007 at 9:07 am
Next year No Hardrock and No Western States, lots o’ rest, and with course knowledge, Karl, Scott and Hal will completely overwhelm the European contingent. I can’t wait…
August 27th, 2007 at 9:51 am
There will be another day for those guys!
August 27th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Hal, Scott, Karl WHO? Kevin Lawlor kicked butt in the Chamonix 163K.. seriously tough stuff from one of our own..
August 28th, 2007 at 8:59 am
olmo…….59 years old………he must be a distant relative of john dewalts.
August 28th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
I was in Chamonix for the UTMMB this past weekend and this was a seriously tough course. At Courmayour Italy mile 44 I felt like it was at least mile 80 in any other hundred I’ve done and there was some seriously tough climbs and descents left. This course took me 8 hours longer than my Wasatch time last year and I was still a mid-pack finisher. Also the Euro’s are impressive trail runners ( sticks or no sticks). They were strong strong, fast and committed to going to the finish it. What an absolute amazing experience though with the Tour de France type atmosphere those amazing mountains I can’t wait to hear what Karl has to say about his experience. Bravo to all that took the start of this race and battled the UTMB.
Oh BTW: the 59 year old dude that won is one of the baddest trail mountain runners at any age, it was no fluke that he won against such a steller field.
August 28th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
I think Billy ran under the name Olmo. D’oht!
August 28th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Whew, I’m exhausted from just reading all the posts from the other day! Good job to all the guys for giving it a good try over on that course. Man, I just can’t get over a 59 year old winning that race. Whether he had pacers or short-cut the course, it still blows my mind that he can compete at that level at that age. Inspires me, anyway. Again, good job to all who got out there and went after it.
Rod
November 3rd, 2007 at 2:59 am
billy bob thornton biography…
Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts !…