New Year, New Challenge

Jan 21, 2015

by 226ERS #FeedYourDreams

Jessica Mataix faces in 2015 the challenge of running the Ultra Trail of Mont Blanc. A career in which the complicated is not just participating, but be selected for it.

It is a matter of numbers: more than 5000 pre -registered runners, the 8 -month race seen is already Fill 201%. There is no other solution to be drawn. And chance has wanted my challenge for this year 2015 to travel the 168 km of the race with more trail name: Ultra Trail of Mont Blanc. By this I do not mean that it is the best, nor the most beautiful tour, nor the one that is better organized. But we must not deny that is the ultra of reference, that race that every lover of long mountain distances must do once in a lifetime. And if nothing happens there I will be on August 28, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. in Chamonix Square, with a single objective: Turn the Mont Blanc's massif in less than two days. Although the adventure does not start there, but today, at this time, with the news of having been selected and having to Plan careers for reaching optimal conditions at the exit. And all this path will be the hard one, where the body will have to be adapted again to the long races. To be 10, 15, or 30 hours without stopping; accustom the body to the food in the race: salts, Energy Drink, Bars and some gel 226ers. Previous training and races will be what costs the most. Once in Chamonix, you just have to enjoy every kilometer, the landscapes, the smells, of Mont Blanc. Crossing the finish line is my dream, being able to overcome sleep, the pain that I am sure that will appear, overcome tiredness, overcome myself, overcome myself. Because this is about personal improvement. And for that, luckily, I only win.