Anybody thinking about doing the Marmotte next July? I’ve decided im going to give it a crack, hoping for around the 7:30 hours time mark. My training for it starts today, only 307 more days until I can have alcohol again :upside_down_face:

The heat truly was something else, and nothing that I could prepare myself for. I know garmins tend to overread, but my 1040 was reading 43c in the valley bit before the Galibier. Some lady on the Alp poured ice cold water down my back at about bend 4 and let me tell you, it was absolutely amazing …

Congrats everyone for a great effort! I counted myself lucky to finish and make the time cuts. My rear shifting cable broke while in the Maurienne valley. I thought for sure this would be a DNF but surprisingly and fortunately there was an open bike mechanic just before the start of the Telegraph. H…

(Apologies for the essay) My day started out well. Probably went a bit hard tot he top of the CDF looking back but stuck with it. Mollard was OK and I really enjoyed the descent through all the hairpins. I had to push on a flat section to get into a group that I could see up the road as I was in a …

Similar to myself except I got the hunger knock. Was destroyed on Galibier and rammed energy bars in as quick as I could. Felt so bad thoughts turned to Alpe Duez and wondered how I would get up in this condition :rofl:. Absolutely brutal but brilliant. Race time didn’t matter anymore, just get ov…

So the original Marmotte left me feeling disappointed and despite saying ‘never again’ I’ve signed up for Marmotte Tour des Stations in Switzerland to hopefully do a bit better :crazy_face::crossed_fingers:t2: https://tourdesstations.ch/en/grandonfo/

I’m doing that as one of my main events for the year. I have no clear time goal just seeing how it goes. If it goes well I may do the ultra Fondo next year :sweat_smile::joy:

You’ve just given me flashbacks to being sat at the final feed at the bottom of the Alpe thinking how the F am i going to get my sorry state up that monster :sweat_smile: I know i said to myself about halfway through “Never again am i doing this”, about 15 mins after i finished and those feel good …

[image] JCorfield: I know i said to myself about halfway through “Never again am i doing this”, about 15 mins after i finished and those feel good chemicals flooded my brain, I’ve decided i’m doing it again next year although with lessons learnt and fitting a 11-32 Had the same thoughts going…

One of my memories of the 2013 edition was the many folk walking up the first inclines before we had even got to a HC climb. The amount of folk walking just got more and more when we did. When I got to the Alpe Du Huez. There was a voice in the back of my head telling me its OK to stop and stretc…

The better half allows me one trip away, would be hard beat the marmotte as a challenge / experience. Tempted to sign up again :grinning: I naively had a 53/39 and 11-30 thinking it would be ok given I’d ridden the martatona with that twiece. My hips, glutes and wrists felt like someone had taken a…

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