Tour de Fiz 64km Race Report
Tour de Fiz 64km Race Report

40 miles

+-16,700 feet

10h5min

GPX Track

During our family trip to Chamonix, I signed up for the Tour de Fiz race as part of the build up to UTMB.  It’s 40 miles with almost 17,000 feet of vertical, which is no joke even for races in the Alps.  It is a bit longer with 3,500 more feet of vertical than the Trail Verbier race I did two years ago before UTMB, so it would also be a good test of fitness.  I ran 17 minute miles at Trail Verbier, so I was shooting for sub 12 hours and 17 minute miles or so.

Read More
Will Weidman
Prealps Trail du Mouret Race Report
Prealps Trail du Mouret Race Report

28 miles

+-9,000 feet

5h45min

GPX Track

I managed to sneak in a stopover in Switzerland on a work trip to India. I landed in Geneva on Saturday and swung through Chamonix. Ahhh, how I love Chamonix. I drove up to Lac Emosson and spent some time exploring the area, as we hadn’t been there in our prior visits. Definitely need to go back there with the family!

I found a 28 mile race on Sunday in a part of Switzerland I hadn’t been to before. The plan was to run it on Sunday, swing through Grindelwald on the way to Zurich, and then fly Sunday night over India. Totally reasonable, right?!

Read More
Race ReportWill WeidmanPrealps Trail du Mouret
Gran Trail Courmayeur Race Report
Gran Trail Courmayeur Race Report

66 miles

+-23,000 feet

19h2min

GPX track (missing last 4.5 miles downhill)

Without UTMB looming, I was able to pick a big, challenging, scenic race while on the family summer trip to the Alps.  This time around it was the Gran Trail Courmayeur 105km.  With over 23,000 feet of vertical it looked plenty tough!  I was also very excited for the course.  I’d get to see some of the scenic sections of UTMB that I did at nighttime, explore some new areas, and see a bit of the course for my new unicorn race, the Tor des Geants.

Read More
Race ReportWill WeidmanGTC, Gran Trail Courmayeur, Grands Trail Courmayeur
UTMB Race report
UTMB Race report

105 miles

+-33,000 feet

30h17min

GPX Track

Where to begin?  I got into ultramarathons 10 years ago, and way back then UTMB captured my heart and my imagination.  About 4 years ago I started working backwards from what it would take to toe the line.  3 years ago I ran a humbling 36 mile race in the Swiss Alps.  My Trail Verbier 111km finish 2 years ago started the collection of qualifying points and gave me the confidence that toeing the start line wasn’t insane.  I ran an 80 mile race in the German forest and a 50 mile race in the French mountains to get the rest of my points.  I entered the lottery late last year and was very lucky to have my name drawn.  Game on!

Read More
Race ReportWill WeidmanUTMB, Ultra Trail du Mont BlancComment