Articles by Gael Dutigny
The Tarawera course includes rocky and rooty trails. Cameron Mackenzie / Graeme Murray Few know that if Zen philosophy originated in India and progressed from China to Japan, it has now and withou...
Spectators cheer on finishers at the 2023 UTMB. David Miller Sometimes, social media tends to make things look more important. As intense as the comments have been, I understand the UTMB brand and the UTMB...
No other athlete is as responsible for the economic boom of trail and ultrarunning as Kilian Jornet. His youthful spirit, humility and victories have strengthened us, and everyone in the industry has benefited from his t...
One of the most recent mental health research papers was written in 2021 by Jill A. Colangelo, an American sports psychiatry expert who’s also an ultrarunner. Her thesis from Harvard concluded that th...
During his career, my dad moved our little Parisian family to Mexico City in the 80s for three years without much warning. My life was very privileged, and I still have fond memories. I’ll forever be grateful to this...
You don’t actually have to get wet to understand surfing. And when I say surfing, I mean all board sports including skateboarding and snowboarding. Am I saying that all surfers, skateboarder...
There is more to France, and French territories, than UTMB. Here are a few French ultramarathons to add to your international radar. All five are both epic and memorable. La 6000D Views of the c...
If you like adventurous trail running, India’s geography is to die for. Not only are the trails infinite, but the wildlife is at your fingertips—for the better, mostly. From the Himalayas to dense jungles a...
The author battles the elements of the Saraha Desert during Marathon des Sables. Courtesy Marathon des Sables Jordan Tropf, fifth overall and first American at Marathon des Sables (MDS) last year, as we...
Katie Schide was the first-place finisher at this year's UTMB. Courtesy UTMB / Pascal Tournaire After Katie Schide’s win at UTMB this past August—her third attempt—she and I had a heated debate over UT...
This past June, professor Guillaume Millet gathered some of his most trusted international colleagues and held an online trail running webinar divided in two parts: uphill trail running...
You and I both know it. European males have dominated Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) since day one. Even in 2003, when the race launched, Dawa Sherpa, a Nepalese living in Switzerland at the time, won over two Ameri...
Up in the mountains, Pau Capell’s mastery is unstoppable. The 29-year-old from Sant Boi de Llobregat, a small town near Barcelona, Spain, has every modern mountain trail runner in check. In 2019, he won the Ultra Trail d...
Many might know the name Katie Schide from her rank as #9 UltraRunner of the Year in 2018. Back then, she was living in Switzerland while pursuing her PhD, and placed second at UTMB CCC. In 2019, she went on to finish se...
The Hong Kong 100 happened right before the Coronavirus outbreak. It featured amazing local runners, most of them from mainland China, and showed how much we will be missing them this season if this world health crisis d...
In 2018, Dutch ultrarunner Ragna Debats became both Trail Running and Skyrunning World Champion. She was 39 years old. We met with her after her win at CCC in Chamonix to discuss her future goals.URM: Before we start tal...
Hong Kong is one of the most amazing cities in the world. It’s vibrant, modern, eccentric, loud and charming as hell. The Vibram® Hong Kong 100, its most famous footrace, is hard but memorable, and terribly hot. In other...
Once again, I will share with you my humble perspectives on what happened at UTMB® this year. Sure, I run trail ultras myself, a little. But I’m mostly a critic. That’s what I do. Some of you will like this, some of you...
The Bulldog Trail Run appealed to us because of Key Lime Pie and Trouble – yes, those are the names of our two bulldogs who are lazy, ugly, hungry, sometimes angry and a little too cute to be trusted. What drove us to th...