By Mathias Eichler

Sponsor:
Saturnalia
Winter, trails, darkness, and all the weather.
One last hurrah before the end of the year. Runners, get ready for a fun and festive holiday treat along the trails of Squaxin Park.

Winter, trails, darkness, and all the weather.
One last hurrah before the end of the year. Runners, get ready for a fun and festive holiday treat along the trails of Squaxin Park.

‘Conquering Mont-Blanc: the path to UTMB’

17 September 2023

Updated: New feature length film dropped on Youtube this weekend:

Courtney Dauwalter, Mathieu Blanchard, Emelie Forsberg, Jonathan Albon, Toni Mccann, Allie Mcclaughin Follow these 6 athletes from their training ground at home until the finish line of the first UTMB World Series Finals in Chamonix. Live on Saturday 16th at 2pm.

Their media team is on fire.

A couple thoughts on the film:

They picked a great variety of athletes. Yes, they are all top runners and they could’ve picked one or two mid-packers to really expand the story line, but I thought overall it was engaging and fun.
I wish they would’ve translated Mathieu Blanchard’s section into English (just with subtitles would’ve been fine). The rest of the film is English and it did Mathieu’s segment a disservice not being able to understand what he said.
I very much appreciated the variety of brands featured. Over the last few months I’ve grown a bit weary with HOKA being a bit too close to UTMB almost giving the impression they are taking over everything UTMB related.