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Thank you!

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Merci!

I slept a little over an hour in Beaufort but still had to take 15 minute naps besides the trail going up col de joli. It was cold and windy and pretty unpleasant but everything was forgotten when it finally dawned around Notre Dame de la Gorge. The sleep deprivation is my biggest problem too and unfortunately there is nothing you can really do about it. I wish your more luck the next time you give it a try. :-)

@@chochmah Great effort. I may try again and see if I can somehow get any sleep the day before the race starts at midnight. I think the heat was another factor as I'm from Scotland and not used to it being very hot when running. I had a few very hot runs the month before though.

Thank you! :-)

Thanks! I think we might have talked shortly before the descent to Beaufort. I was the doofus confusing the chilean with the venezuelan flag. :-)

Thank you! Hope your race went well! :-) I was using an Insta360 One X2 for almost all shots. The less grainy ones are taken with an Mi11 Ultra.

Thank you! :-) I was wearing hoka speedgoat 4s and didn't get a single blister. Very happy with those. Food and Equipment are very individual so I can't really recommend anything specific but in general I'd advise to bring an additional water flask or even two for the section after Bourg St. Maurice. The Sun is mercyless on that climb and 1L of water is definitely not enough. -What happend in 2021 was very unfortunate and some runners worry about the exposedness of the TDS route but during the day and in good weather Forclaz is benign. It was the night and the bad weather that let to the tragedy. -The first Aid Station (Checrouit) will be very crowded and might at some point run out of supplies, unless you are in the top 100 it's probably better to start with a little more water and just run though it. -The steepst climb is the last one. Plan accordingly. -The descent to Beaufort is longer than it looks on the map. -The Race is significantly longer than 145km. -Above Hauteluce it can be difficult to find a proper place to nap and it will be cold and sometimes windy during the night. -The midnight start is rough. If at all you can try to adjust your sleeping scedule before accordingly. But most important: Have Fun (First and Second type)! The TDS is a great race through impressive scenery. I wish you success! (And I did make the UTMB Lottery, I'll be standing in the chamonix village square on the 2. of september. :-) )

@@chochmah Thanks very much for the detailed answer it is much appreciated. I think it will be the hardest one so far :-) not sure how to plan the sleeping but I will definitely try. Yes, also thinking about the water and I need to find a really good head torch in case as well. Good luck as well on the UTMB and thanks for your inspiring film!!

Hey! Fortunately, I don't have to fight with the cut offs anymore. At least not outside a complete blow up I don't even look at them. I was somewhere around place 200 in Bourg Saint Maurice (TDS) if memory serves, and had more than enough time for multiple longer naps. Sucks being overtaken by hundreds while sleeping but nothing I can do about that. Two/Three years ago that was a different story, I've been taken out of a race in Spain by being overtaken by the cleanup crew and almost got last place in a 40k in Austria. The memory of the stress of keeping track of the cut offs is what keeps me motivated to go out and train even in bad weather. So, this is how you keep ahead of the cutt offs. Training! ;-)

@@chochmah Ah yes, I like it !! It makes a lot of sense 🙂 Training it is 🙂 Good luck this year I hope you get to make another film.

Dankeschön! :-) Das Vorverarbeiten der 360 Grad Kameraaufnahmen und schneiden des Materials von ~40 Minuten auf ~10 Minuten braucht bereits viel Zeit. Auch noch Musik passend auf die Aufnahmen auszusuchen und die dann nach der Musik zu schneiden / mit dem O-Ton zu mischen wäre zu aufwendig für mich und ginge auch über meine bescheidenen Videoschnittfähigkeiten hinaus. Ich hoffe der Ton hilft trotzdem ein wenig die Atmosphäre während so einer Veranstaltung einzufangen. Ungeheuer laut am Start/Ziel und in den VPs, leise in der Nacht mit keinem anderen Geräusch als den Füßen der Läufer um einen herum und windig auf den Gipfeln. Manchmal hat man natürlich Glück wie beim Lavaredo und dem Petit Ballon dieses Jahr und die Umgebungsmusik passt bereits hervorragend auf die Bilder. :-)

@@chochmah absolut, eigentlich muss man bei solchen Events nur die Cam draufhalten. Wird eh richtig gut. Tolle Emotionen. Mir brennt es natürlich unter den Näfgeln, solche Aufnahmen zu schneiden! :D Ich weiß das sehr zu schätzen, dass du die Bilder so kurz nach der Aufnahme bereits aufbereitet hast und wo die Emotionen noch warm sind direkt bereit stellst 👍👍