UTMB training with Scott and Team Lafuma

When I was a kid, and a boy scout, Lafuma was a no-brainer for buying our camping gear. Years later, actually a few years ago, Lafuma diver...

Fontainebleau: the South TMV 50K

TMV stands for Tour du Massif à Vélo . Literally: the tour around the group of mountains, by bike. Kind of a strange trail name for a 50K wi...

Seascapes from the Quiberon peninsula

Our Tour de France continues. After Rouen and Granville in Normandy, we crossed Britanny to visit Agnès' cousins at La Trinité-sur-Mer....

Pilgrimage around St Michael's Mount

I had planned to call my post "Les 100 kilomètres du Mont Saint Michel " like the " Marathon du Mont Saint Michel " whic...

Hello from L'Armada 2008

Farther, faster , a maxim which could well apply to these huge sailing ships, the world largest of their kind. To defend their country on se...

Western States 2008: and what about TRT?

[Note: more picture available in my Picasa album .] As mentioned in my previous post, KiwiPaul had setup a group run on Tahoe Rim Trail for ...

Western States 2008: Inaugural Fat Ass

[Note: for the ones who prefer images to text, you can jump to my Picasa album .] The cancellation news hit the wire on Wednesday night. On ...