Curious about what it takes to train for and race an ultramarathon? Want tips on the best gear and nutrition for taking running to its limit? Over the next several weeks, follow Outside Brazils editor, Andrea Estevam, on the Running Man blog as she trains for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc. —JUSTIN NYBERGLast year, I decided to add endorphin spice to my vacation in Europe running the 62 miles and 16,000 feet of ascents of the CCC Corum 396-250-20-0F02-EB30R Men's watch Courmayer-Champex-Chamonix, as is called the “short” course of the iconic North Face Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc. The longer course was actually 100 miles (28,000 feet of positive elevation) and goes all the way around the Mont Blanc massif, crossing the borders of France, Italy and Switzerland.
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In the two months I had to prepare for the CCC, I trained as much and as hard as my work as the editor of Outside magazine in Brazil allowed. After each session, I wrote “OK” on the corresponding field of the printed training plan that hang on the wall by my table. And every night I went to bed like a rag doll version of me, legs numbly tired.I was as OK as possible by the time I flew to France. I think I missed only 3 sessions in 2 months. Corum 396-250-20-0F01-EB30R Men's watch The number of OKs in that piece of reflected how scared I was of not finishing the race. I had competed in all lengths of adventure races for six years, had run the 250k (in 6 stages) of the Jungle Marathon in 2004, had ridden my bike forever, but I had never tried to run that distance, with that kind of elevation, non stop. Brazil doesn’t have big mountains!
