It was a small phenomenon that English speakers had baptized “race the tube”. In French, a “race against the metro”. Very popular in 2014, the trend was to take the metro, to come out as soon as possible to regain the surface, to sprint in the street then to plunge back into the next station … Read more
Obviously, the extreme and intimate character of the Yukon Arctic Ultra, in the depths of the northwest of Canada, will never have the brilliance of a coronation on the diagonal of the madmen (in October 2024 in Reunion) or two podiums On the UTMB (3rd in 2021 and 2nd in 2022 in Chamonix) on the … Read more
Founder of « Barkley Marathons »one of the most difficult ultra-trail races in the world, the American Lazarus Lake has built his legend by drawing tests “On the border between the possible and the impossible”to put “Man in front of nature”. Hirasute beard, small glasses and piercing gaze, Gary Cantrell, his real name, laughs, when … Read more
The Paris Stock Exchange is moving close to equilibrium on Monday for its last full session of the year, in a gloomy mood and very sparse trading. At 10:30 a.m., the CAC 40 was at -0.03%. On Friday, the flagship index of the Paris Stock Exchange gained 1.00% to 7,355.37 points. This marks “an unappetizing … Read more
Forty-eight hours after the quintuple murder that occurred on Saturday in the vicinity of Dunkirk, the trail of professional revenge is emerging, the alleged shooter having worked for his first victim as well as within the company where the next two worked. The 22-year-old suspect, who went to the gendarmerie in Ghyvelde (North), a small … Read more
Do you know the ingredients of a Saturday night fever ideal for Julie Roux, trail runner and young mother of two boys aged 1 and 6? It is obviously an 82 km race starting this Saturday at 11:30 p.m. from Saint-Etienne, with headlamp, muddy/slippery trails and invigorating temperatures guaranteed. This 70th edition of the legendary … Read more
“But how did you get there? “. It was with these words full of surprise that a British hiker was moved by his encounter with a dog at an altitude of 4,600 meters during a climb in Peru. Told by “El güero ingles” (the English blond) on his TikTok account, the story is barely believable. … Read more
From our special correspondent in fairy tales, Fan of David against Goliath and Tom Thumb, here is a new tale to lull you. Once upon a time there was Hoka, a shoe of French origin and only 15 years old, since it was only founded in 2009. Regardless of its modest origins or the short … Read more
Often placed but never yet a winner in a 100-mile race, French ultra-trail runner Mathieu Blanchard achieved his rise to power at the age of 36 this Friday evening on Reunion Island. Third in the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) to everyone’s surprise in 2021, second the following year in Chamonix after an epic duel against … Read more