THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST ENDURANCE TRAIL: TOR DES GEANTS
9th – 16th September 2012
The world’s toughest endurance trail in terms of altitude and length, the Tor Des Geants race, is back by popular demand for the third year running (pardon the pun) this year. Walk, run and race as fast as possible over an unbelievable distance of 330 kilometres, covering a total positive altitude distance of 24,000 metres.
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The second edition of the Tour des Geants finished early this month with a closing ceremony, full of emotions and cheerfulness.
Accompanied by the applause of the winners, all the finishers, one by one, climbed the steps of the Jardin de l’Ange at Courmayeur before a large crowd. Everyone recognised that the feat of the winners was as exceptional as the other 300 runners who managed to cross the finish line of...
The annual summit of trail running – the UTMB – came to Courmayeur last month.
Over 5000 competitors taking part in four separate races passed through the wonderful Aosta Valley, with two of the races – the CCC and the Trace de Ducs de Savoie – both starting in Courmayeur.
We thought this pic shows just why trail runners love this event…
