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Aug 29, 2017
Doug Mayer

Courmayeur in a Nut Shell

Tim Tollefson’s pretty confident that when in Italy, if you retire without an evening gelato, it’s considered disrespectful.

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Aug 26, 2017
Doug Mayer

Around Mont Blanc with David Laney

Editor’s note: It’s UTMB season in Chamonix, and trail runners from around the world are converging on the town. One of them is Ashland, Oregon-based David Laney, a friend of several of us here at Run the Alps. In this post, David shares his thoughts about trail running in and around the Mont Blanc region.

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Aug 22, 2017
Doug Mayer

These are the Alps, Too

I had been trail running for five hours. Well, the truth is, I hadn’t run much at all. While scoping out a route for a trail-running book project, I was supposed to be running, but rain, dense fog, and wind were conspiring to make the day challenging. Anticipating a thunderstorm for hours, I felt lucky

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Aug 15, 2017
Doug Mayer

Join Ultrarunners Rob Krar and Brian Tinder in the Alps this September

Sometimes, things just fall into place. That’s what happened this last month when Run the Alps’ friend Brian Tinder and fellow Flagstaff, Arizona runner Rob Krar announced they’d be taking part in the DDM Trail, one of the oldest trail races in the Alps. As a result, Run the Alps is able to offer a

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Aug 12, 2017
Doug Mayer

Helmet Required: Courmayeur, Italy’s 2,200 Meter-high Sky Race

Helmet required. It’s a phrase I had never seen when looking over the required gear list for a trail race. And it certainly piqued my interest. So, when the first edition of the Mont Blanc K2000 Skyrace in Courmayeur, Italy, debuted, I had to check it out. That was August 8, 2015, and it didn’t

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