Friday, January 21, 2011

List of registered runners for UTMB

List of registered runners for UTMB is online. There will be about 2300 runners. The race will start on Friday, August 26th, 2011 at 6:30 PM in Chamonix, France. The 166 km, +/- 9500 m route will be the same as in previous years.



[By the way, I wonder why don't they start a few hours earlier on Friday, so they wouldn't have to worry about some vandals stealing the course lights again in that difficult section traversed at night? It would be a pity to see the de facto 100-mile Trail Running World Championship be cancelled for the second time in a row.]

The list includes Kilian Jornet, the best young European ultra trail runner (23 years old; 2008 1st, 2009 1st) as well as Marco Olmo, the best old European ultra trail runner (62 years old; 2005 3rd, 2006 1st, 2007 1st).

American elite competitors include Geoff Roes, Anton Krupicka, Scott Jurek and Karl Meltzer.

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