EP82 - Ultra trail running stories | From OCC to UTMB, trail runners tell their race experience

This week on RUNcensored, we’re doing things a little differently.

While out in Chamonix during UTMB week with our series sponsor Sportsshoes.com, Gary House caught up with runners who had just completed some of the toughest trail races in the world.

Fresh from the finish line, Gary asks a simple question: what does it really take to get around these races?

We hear from two UTMB finishers about their experience of tackling 171km around Mont Blanc and the incredible support they received along the way from the crowds and local communities.

Then there’s a couple who somehow still have an unbelievable amount of energy after completing PTL – around 300km of seriously tough mountain terrain.

Pedro and Robbie share the story of travelling far and wide to fulfil their dream of completing OCC, while Ingrid talks about progressively working her way through the distances before finally taking on the ultimate challenge: UTMB.

No elite race analysis this time. Just honest, first-hand stories from ordinary runners doing extraordinary things in the mountains.

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