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At just 29 years of age, the French born trail runner has already competed in some of the biggest Ultra Trail races around the world.

PAUL GIBLIN | PRO TRAIL RUNNER

From Glasgow, Scotland, Paul Giblin brings a wealth of strength and experience with over 10 years of ultra trail running.

Mauricio Mendez | PRO Triathlete

Meet our talented youngster from Mexico City; Mauricio Mendez Cruz, aka Mau.

Heat and performance

Heat often rhymes with sun, summer and holidays ... it's the season everyone is waiting for! Except perhaps the sportsmen ... because running or driving in hot weather is often much less pleasant and more difficult than in cooler weather.

Helio Fumo | PRO TRAIL RUNNER

The natural sportsman from Mozambique, Helio Fumo has already had an impressive career competing in the 800m and 1500m athletic disciplines.

Kathrin Götz | PRO TRAIL RUNNER

From Switzerland, she has a long history in sport, commencing with long distance triathlons while she completed her studies in School Teaching. She qualified twice for the Ironman World Championships (2003/2004) before taking a break to become mother to 3 girls.

DIEGO VAN LOOY | PRO TRIATHLETE

Growing up in Mechelen, Belgium a young Diego played football for most of his childhood years. However he soon became bored and lacked something to push himself further.

Absorb the shocks when running, why and how?

Running is one of the sports that has the most impact on the joints and back. With each step it is a shock equivalent to 3x the weight of your body that you have to bear! With this in mind, runners are generally looking for solutions to absorb these shocks

SKYRUNNING – RACING TO REACH THE SKY

Imagine running so high you feel as though you are flying. That’s skyrunning. It’s a demanding, yet highly addictive, sport where you run side-by-side with mountain goats, hot-footing along jagged ridges on mountain ranges all over the world. It’s fast, light, technical and guaranteed to get you high.

Transgrancanaria, a very strong field, an impressive Dylan Bowman

The 3rd stop on the 2020 Ultra Trail World Tour Calendar, landed once again in Spain´s Canary Islands for the first European race. Always a hotly contested early season test, this year was no different. The 128km/7,500mD+ course was modified slightly to the previous years, due to the recent wildfires, however the conditions remained quite the same.

Race Video: UTMB® World Summit Of Trail Running

The mother of all races during the week-long festival of Trail Running, the UTMB saw around 2300 people sharing the same dream, setting off from Chamonix on the last Friday evening of August.

RACE VIDEO: GRÉGOIRE CURMER AND LUDOVIC POMMERET 1ST & 2ND AT GRAND RAID REUNION 2019

A race that provided a lot more than expected with unfortunate course markings never stopped our athletes from giving up the fight. Grégoire Curmer took a great win, Ludovic Pommeret finish equal 2nd while Dav Hauss was impressive with 6th place in his longest ever race!