We had left him in the sector of Notre-Dame de la Gorge during the UTMB disguised as pineapple with a sign with the image of Ludovic Pommeret, Mathieu Blanchard announced this Monday that he would participate in a race in Quebec this Friday.
And not just any since it is the UTHC125, a qualifying for the Western States but especially the event in which he had discovered the ultra-trail 8 years ago. The Vauclusian installed in Deux-Alpes and then expatriate in Canada had run the UHTC 80.
« Back to basics, where it all started, to complete the loop and say a real “thank you” in Quebec “
« 8 years ago, when I lived in Canada as a young expat ingredient, I discovered trail. Big direct slap. By dint of obsession, delusions shared with my Quebec cheums and thanks to the super open mindset from here, this sport quickly exceeded the simple passion: it became my job, “he wrote on his social networks. And to continue: “My very first ultra? UTHC80. I still see the wolves go on the 125 km… and I, in dreamy mode, saying to myself one day I will be there too. Since then, I have swallowed a lot of terminals, to the UTMB (3e In 2021 et 2e In 2022) . But this year, no bib in Chamonix. Back to the basics, where it all started, to complete the loop and say a real “thank you” in Quebec. »»
