The renowned Ultra Trail Mont Blanc trail races took place at the end of August, with some 10,000 runners, including the best in the world, participating in a range of trail ultras high in the Alps.
Among those who descended on the race HQ at Chamonix were John Butters and Tony Holt, partner of Emma, who can both be justifiably proud of their achievements. JB took part in the UTMB CCC 100k event, with a high altitude route and potentially very difficult weather conditions, over a route that begins at Courmayeur Italy, enters Switzerland and finishes at Chamonix in France. Finishing in a time of 16 hours 34 minutes 42 seconds, John was 358th overall and 28th in his Over 45 category. Meanwhile Tony took on the fearsome 171 kilometre race, with a vertical drop of some 10,042 metres, and completed it in a remarkable 39 hours 50 minutes and 56 seconds. At the sharp end, legendary Spanish ultra trail runner and four time winner Kilian Jornet set a new course record of 19:49:30, having apparently got annoyed at one point at another runner daring to overtake him! Comments are closed.
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