Articles by Gael Dutigny

Gaël was born in Paris, France, and has lived in Mexico, India, and Italy for many years. After playing tennis for the Panthéon-Sorbonne University team, he took up ultrarunning right after college. As a journalist, Gaël has traveled extensively throughout Southeast Asia and the Middle East, including trips to Iraq and Afghanistan during the war. He is a four-time finisher of the UTMB Mont-Blanc and a ten-time finisher of the Marathon Des Sables. Currently, he is based in Southern California.

Bulldog

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...

Marathon Des Sables

Gael Dutigny
July 2018
Race Reports

As long as Patrick Bauer lives, the Marathon Des Sables in Morocco will never change. Its six stages and approximately 250k (156 miles) will never become a random race and lose its roughness, its bizarreness and, above a...

Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc

Since 2003, me and my trail running friends have joyfully watched hordes of male American elite runners take a pounding at what has now undoubtedly become the most famous ultra trail rendezvous of all. American women, on...