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Tappa 7 – Ollomont to Courmayeur 49km – 9600ft climbing – 16:01 I decided to sleep a bit at Ollomont since I was seriously tired, my feet were hurting and I thought I would just finish the last tappa in one go. The sleeping arrangements were even worse than last year, with a huge […] Tappa 5 – Gressoney to Valtournenche 36k – 9000ft – 15:12 without stopped time at either live base Despite being halfway done, I was uncertain about the race. I was almost 2.5 hours ahead of last year’s pace, but my feet were in rather bad shape. The medics had taped a few toes and I […] Tappa 3 – Cogne to Donnas 46km – ~4600ft up and ~8500ft down) – 11:26h (excluding stops at live bases, including sleep) I spent about 2 hours in Cogne, getting a good meal, enjoying Jill’s company (and a backrub, Jill is the most awesomest, my shoulders were hurting already) and starting to tape some […] The Tor is certainly amongst the very hardest of footraces in the world – a 330 km, 24km elevation gain (yes that’s more than a half marathon vertical up, or 80000ft for the metrically challenged), 25 passes above 2000m, non-stop (though you can sleep at many aid stations) stint through the beautiful Italian Alps around […] |