She did it, my sister!! She's the best!!! She ran for 21h38m and 55s... (had written that she would run for 12 hours in my previous post but actually it was supposed to be around 24!). Can you imagine? She ran for more than 21 hours non-stop! Well, yes with a few stops to drink and eat and stuff but never more than 20 min and no sleeping at all. Dad told me that she arrived running, sprinting even! And I talked to her a few minutes later and she was not tired she said! Too much adrenaline I guess...
I asked her how it had been and she said she had felt great the whole time (except after the big break in the evening because she ate and drank too much she said). I was following her online the whole time and getting sms from dad about the times she passed the checkpoints and one thing that I was relieved about is that I could see that she was not running alone. And she confirmed it, she was never alone more than 15 or 20 minutes but most of the time she had found companions to run with. That made it easier to go through the night.
And when I asked her about her mood, because it was our biggest concern before the run, she said she never felt down. I asked what she was thinking about, if she was not bored sometimes. She answered: "You don't think, you just run!". Hehe, that's how cool she is my little sis'.
So all in all, that's her race:
- 86 km around the Mont Blanc
- 3 countries, from Courmayeur in Italy, though Switzerland and finally to Chamonix in France
- 24h max to complete the race but she did it in 21h 38min and 55s
-1073rd is her overall ranking
But even more than this, she is first of her category!!! (young / ladies)
I am so proud of her! So fucking proud of her!
I asked her how it had been and she said she had felt great the whole time (except after the big break in the evening because she ate and drank too much she said). I was following her online the whole time and getting sms from dad about the times she passed the checkpoints and one thing that I was relieved about is that I could see that she was not running alone. And she confirmed it, she was never alone more than 15 or 20 minutes but most of the time she had found companions to run with. That made it easier to go through the night.
And when I asked her about her mood, because it was our biggest concern before the run, she said she never felt down. I asked what she was thinking about, if she was not bored sometimes. She answered: "You don't think, you just run!". Hehe, that's how cool she is my little sis'.
So all in all, that's her race:
- 86 km around the Mont Blanc
- 3 countries, from Courmayeur in Italy, though Switzerland and finally to Chamonix in France
- 24h max to complete the race but she did it in 21h 38min and 55s
-1073rd is her overall ranking
But even more than this, she is first of her category!!! (young / ladies)
I am so proud of her! So fucking proud of her!
Alors là je dis bravo Gratianne!Un truc de gueudin, elle est TROP forte la pitite!
ReplyDeleteSophie.
That's amazing! I have a long distance goal to once in my lifetime run 42km, but this...jesus.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the race called? Dont think there is a race in swden that hard?
Amouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuur... Merci pour ce post... J'en avais les larmes aux yeux aussi en le lisant. Mais j'ai bien rit quand tu ecris: " You don't think, you just run"!! C'est vrai que c'est exactement comme cela que je l'ai ressenti mais de le voir ecrit comme ca, ca m'a bien fait rire, en m'imaginant les gens qui liraient et qui se diraient: "Elle est barge sa soeur".
ReplyDeleteJe suis en train d'ecrire le recit, j'espere que les photos de l'organisation vont arriver tres vite aussi parce qu'avec l'emotion, on en n'a pas beaucoup fait avec Papa.
Bisous Amour
Mange: the race is called: Ultra Trail Mont Blanc (sponsored by North Face), google it and you'll find their homepage. I don't think there is such a race in Sweden either (not that I know of anyway), but the vasaloppet is quite a thing in its own category as well!
ReplyDeleteGratianne: il y a effectivement un paquet de gens qui se sont demandé si c'était humain de faire un truc comme ca, en tout cas, tout le monde a été impressionné, ca c'est sur!
Bon, Fais péter le récit de cette course de guedin', sistaaaaaa !!!!
ReplyDeleteJe crois qu'on peut affirmer sur ce coup-là :
GRATIAAAANNNNNNNEEEEEE POOOWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!! ;)
Honnêtement, j'avais peur pour la partie course de nuit et quand je me suis levé le matin, que j'ai émergé, que j'ai allumé l'ordinateur, que j'ai émergé et que j'ai vu que tu étais toujours en course, j'ai un sourire qui est apparu sur mon visage... :)