Blog of the Friend Ricoré

Hi all,

I just returned from a "little walk" in the Champsaur the Trail of the mini-champsaur that does not at all well since the name "cost" 35km and above 2300m in altitude ...

• Date: 05/07/2009
• Location: Ancelles (dep 05).
• Type of racing: Trail
• Distance: 35km
• Elevation: 2200D +
• Participants: 68
• Official link: http://www.ultrachampsaur.com/

Profile and Mini racing Ultrachampsaur Champsaur 2009

-

To see the route, the ride may be long: two passes over 2000m (the Cuchon at 2100m to 2564m and Piolit)!

Suffice to say that I am about to make a good-rando race over 5 hours according to my estimates ...

-

I arrive on the scene at 7:30 am after spending a night in Gap (only 40 'away).

The departure will take place at 9am, we are at the Ditch Bridge (approximately 1150m). A bus picked up the participants earlier this morning to Ancelles (End Point) arrived a few minutes after me ... We are about 70 participants, not bad for a first.

I acknowledge Serge Moro and I think I see Vincent Delebarre but it will in fact end his double to second a few hours later! Funny coincidence ...

Samuel Bonaudo who took the start of the 67km ULTRACHAMPSAUR arrives at our line a few minutes before the stroke of firecracker. It has just hit 30km but it is as fresh as a roach ... he changes his shirt, his belt ... to get more than 35km! Suffice to say that I did not catch this one! He'll hear the first long journey.

9am and dust we start the ascent of Cuchon first climb of the day:

No time to say ouf that are addressing the rising edge of the village hell. We alternate walking and running for about 1:15, I find myself in a group of 5 or 6 before reaching the summit. During the climb I did know a guy from Lawrence believed as Ancelles lives and especially Renaud will accompany me a lot of running (thank you for your company, if you read this article I have not had time to leave you my mail after lunch, massage requires me to write ... that is reflected in the Gapençais!).

Rising Cuchon

-

Rising Cuchon: No damage ...

-

I point at the top of the 29th Cuchon, place that I will improve downhill .. if so! but one that I like, but with technical and raises a lot of bumps that break the legs with Renaud ... we feel good and duplicates some riders to reach the foot of Piolit (at Rouanne 1621m) with a few minutes ahead of group. We save time for pit stops where we stop no more than 1 minute. I do not neglect the power supply provided current but I eat ... it happens.

The ascent of Piolit will be fatal to a few runners who drop out ... I must say it is terrible is repeated 1000 in the teeth in just 5km then we just hit it ... 1000 take Renaud cramps it is forced to stop for a while.

It hurts me too but I know that if I do not start on the rise I will lose 10 seats in the following technical descent! I give all to end up in 21st place. I took four snowmen in the last 400 meters! It's good!

William Bernard ( Peanuts and Trail ) gives me the order anyway, it being on me and 67km double at the top like a ball ... do what thou hast Guitoune there? You wanted me démolariser?? It will end the second UltraChampsaur sacred perf ... again! Congratulations from Grenoble.

The descent gonna be something else ... I have almost 2 minutes ahead of the previous one but from the beginning I feel my right heel that slides, a feeling of ... big bulb light bulb! Red Alert is my skin that slides! Oula I begin to suffer and there are 12km of which 8 or 9 km descent!

I cling I try to put the heel as little as possible what is impossible in the early (too much slope) but the slope mellows least I will have the opportunity to think about ...

I'm about to climb the Col de MOISSIERE (1568m) last bump that will relieve my heel but I'll see two riders ahead of me in rapid succession ... I take a blow to morale remains 4km I will lose all benefits from the rise Shit!

I cling, I face at times, plague against me ... motivates me thinking about my little wife is going to expect on arrival with my grandmother, my aunt and my mom, fun is not it? They will not come see me in a sorry state anyway?

4, 3, 2 and 1 km I arrive and I no longer feels any pain, I'm in a trance no one else will double me, I know it happens but hard behind my place will not change the classification ... not this time! I see my family a big kiss to my wife (a very emotional moment) and I finished ... 5:15 'and 23ème/68.

-

He is pleased the Friend Ricoré is not a perfect perf but I did not run more than 22km and 1200m of elevation gain this year so I will say that

not bad "and that's it!"

httpv: / / www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Zlpxhy81M

Video of a competitor's Mini-Champsaur 2009

-

Link in the course Openrunner => here

-

Rating:

• Interest of the trail: 9 / 10 (The view from the Piolit is simply breathtaking grand + pass "teeth" in which he must cling to the cable is also a great time)
  

• Difficulty: 8.5 / 10 (There's altitude to 35 km)
  

• Organization: 10/10 (home, start / finish, lighting, supplies ... no problem)
  

• Price: 7.5/10 (€ 23 with a t-shirt superb technique ... the meal is a bit tight but hey ... the supplies are generous)

• Overall rating: 9 / 10 (I would also be better trained)

-

Appraisal:

I have chi ... ever (worse than SaintéLyon! Sisi) evidence, not for the sensitive:

She's pretty is not it?

-

@ Barjos very soon!

The Friend Ricoré to REST

...