It is the last weekend in August so the French are starting to head home after their annual exodus from Paris.
In Chamonix, it is a gathering of the fit and the super fit as we stumble across an ultra marathon during which contestants run on trials around Mt Blanc in Italy, Switzerland and France over the weekend. Whilst we thought the band was playing for us as we walked out of the railway station into somewhat crowded streets, they were really encouraging tired runners across the finish line. For the main race we think there were over 2,000 runners covering 166 kms with the 22 year old young Spaniard winner covering the distance in just 21 hours.
In Chamonix, it is a gathering of the fit and the super fit as we stumble across an ultra marathon during which contestants run on trials around Mt Blanc in Italy, Switzerland and France over the weekend. Whilst we thought the band was playing for us as we walked out of the railway station into somewhat crowded streets, they were really encouraging tired runners across the finish line. For the main race we think there were over 2,000 runners covering 166 kms with the 22 year old young Spaniard winner covering the distance in just 21 hours.
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