12/09/2021
Cham’ 2021 🏔
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Our trooper was the only one of us to make the trip to Chamonix this year. Keen to improve on a very solid 46th place at TDS 2019, Guillaume strictly followed the training plan meticulously devised by our coach , focusing on speed and spending countless hours on the treadmill while his teammates were enjoying the trails (and 🍻). All the hard work and sacrifices made for a pretty emotional start, but when the gun went off, surrounded by the world elites of the sport, it was all about business! However, climbing the first 7km of the course in just 49mins, a whopping 15mins faster than in 2019, proved to be overly agressive, and with worsening weather conditions, made for a pretty rough first part of the race. By Bourg Saint-Maurice (km50), Guillaume was still outside of the top100 and barely ahead of his 2019 split. However, with the support of his brother on the course, things got better and he was moving back up the field, steadily at first, but that’s when the sun rose that he really put the hammer down, crushing the last 60k to an incredible 33rd place, finishing under 24hrs and knocking a full hour off his 2019 time!!! What an epic run , you gave us the chills following online from HK!! We are all so proud of you!! 🥰
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Can’t wait for next year with hopefully a big Uglow delegation in Chamonix 🤞🏽