The Eiger Ultra. My 1st Mountain Trail. 12 hours and 14 minutes of pure joy !

The preparation was too short (2 months). My left Achilles' tendon was getting too inflamed. I was prepared to drop out of the race at any time.
Instead, everything worked fine, and after a little metabolic weakness at the 9th hour, I could recover, and for the last hour (11 to 12), I tossed my old-fashioned trail shoes to finish in Huaraches. I even passed 5 runners in those sandals.
At the finish line, I knew that I will try to run trails as often and as long as I can.
All the rest, i.e. Marathons and Triathlons, are just for fun and for training now.

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2013 Geneva Half: 21 kms in Huaraches

On May 5, 2013, for the Geneva Half-Marathon, I tested a "long run" in Huaraches, the running sandals of the Tarahumara people. I was not sure whether my legs and especially my calves were strong enough and springy enough to caress the ground for 21 km so I estimated my time between 2h and 2h30. The result was 2h06, i.e. exactly 10 kph and a big smile during and after. This is another step towards a full Marathon in sandals. And before this running "shoes" become a standard, I can seriously show off and the color of the soles and laces attracts girls. They cannot resist asking me where I got my sandals and if they can have the same color. Note the perfect match with the t-shirt I got at the 20 km of Lausanne just a week before.

Première sortie Salève en Huaraches 2017

Pas vite mais sympa. Reprise après un hiver à me trainer comme un sac. Dernière sortie de mes vieilles Huaraches Xeroshoes. Elles sont un peu usées de la semelle et parfois je recule sur des terrains un peu glissants. Avant d'en refaire une autre paire, je photographie l'usure pour les archives de Steven Sashen à Xeroshoes.

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