Last November, I tried to run one of the offered distances in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, by UTMB, and failed quite miserably. I was caught by surprise because of the difficulty …
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Gaël Dutigny
Gaël Dutigny
Gaël was born in Paris, France, and has lived in Mexico, India, and Italy for many years. After playing tennis for the Panthéon-Sorbonne University team, he took up ultrarunning right after college. As a journalist, Gaël has traveled extensively throughout Southeast Asia and the Middle East, including trips to Iraq and Afghanistan during the war. He is a four-time finisher of the UTMB Mont-Blanc and a ten-time finisher of the Marathon Des Sables. Currently, he is based in Southern California.
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Staged at the Peoria Sports Complex in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona, Across the Years is an event that features a variety of distances, ranging from the 6-day to the …
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Born in Manila, Philippines, almost 35 years ago, Jeremiah Maestre moved to America when he was three. His journey, first in boxing and now in ultrarunning, is about inspiring people …
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Margot Fleming’s father, Thomas J. Fleming, won the New York Marathon in 1973 and 1975, and was runner-up in the Boston Marathon in 1973 and 1974. Margot runs longer distances, …
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Aurélien Dunand-Pallaz won Hardrock by 50 minutes over Beñat Marmissolle, another Frenchman, and more than 2 hours ahead of the first American, Courtney Dauwalter. He took the time to reflect …
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Marathon des Sables is a race where you can come out physically washed up but mentally stronger. As an eight-time finisher heading to my ninth start of this stage race …
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European males have dominated Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc since day one. Ex-Arizonian, HOKA athlete, and now French resident Jim Walmsley has been trying to change the game since his first …
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Marathon Des Sables (MDS) never shows mercy. I have taken that race for granted a few times and suffered the consequences. There’s always something new to learn. Some of the …
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Instead of gathering in Hong Kong, Vibram Hong Kong 100 runners from across the world were offered an alternative: run it anywhere, on their own course. The rules were straightforward: …
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At first, Escape from the Jungle, which will take place in the deep jungle of Belize during February 24–March 7, appeared to be an insanely dangerous event. The first week …
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The long stage is the most feared stage of the race. This year, for the 34th anniversary, it was sandy and hot. Not really a day at the beach.
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This is my seventh Marathon des Sables, and it took me three days to write this story. Three days of heat, sand, wind and miles of stony plateau. Three days …
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The Marathon Des Sables is long (6 stages, 7 days) and exhausting: 155 miles on average each year, with temperatures always in the 90s. The only thing race management gives …
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We met with Marie Sammons, the director of the Ultra-Trail® World Tour, to ask her about the present and future of her organization.
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This is the last text from the Sahara, my friends, after three days of cruel intensity. Magdalena Boulet won the race easy. She still looks amazing. Most of us survived …
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The sandstorm happened last night at midnight and was awful. But it also gave birth to the best day we’ve had so far. The Sahara… go figure.
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Gaël Couturier, five-time Marathon Des Sables finisher, reports while running the 2018 Marathon Des Sables in the Sahara desert in Morocco.