RITO ALTO FOUR PASSES LOOP | Final Tor des Geants 330K Training
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I spent 10 days in Colorado just before traveling to Courmayeur, Italy to prepare for my biggest ultra marathon challenge to date, the Tor des Geants 330K race. This race is considered one of the hardest trail mountain races in the World and features an astounding 86,000 feet of vertical gain and equal elevation loss over the course of 205 miles as runners traverse the Italian Alps and some of its biggest mountains and mountain passes. Needless to say, to take this race lightly would be a serious mistake.
After my return from the 2023 268 Mile Spine Race in the UK in June, my recovery had somewhat derailed my training for Tor des Geants as I struggled to get my mojo back, resulting in a DNF after 50 miles at the Cascade Crest 100 Miler in July. I figured relocating to Colorado for 10 days in my Camper Van would allow me to get one short training block in to wake up my climbing legs and to build some confidence before traveling to Italy.
In the process, I managed to bag twelve 14er summits along with two 13er summits. But the most surprising run of this training trip was definitely the 24-mile Rito Alto Four Passes Loop in the Sangre De Cristo mountain range, an unexpected highlight of the trip. It was easily one of the most amazing trail runs in my 15 years of mountain running (Strava data of this run here: / strava .
While it is nearly impossible to physically prepare for a race like the Tor des Geants, one has to be committed and confident to tackle such an event. I hoped that this training trip would at least provide some of the confidence needed for the TdG. After the Rito Alto run, I certainly felt it did.
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Beautiful scenery you’ve shared! Thank you
Very beautiful palace to run 👍
What a beautiful area! I'll have to keep this route in mind to run myself one of these days. Thanks for sharing your journey!
@ultrakraut
9 ай бұрын
You won’t regret it!
Thank you for another terrific video, featuring excellent videography of gorgeous scenery ("is this even real?"), excellent editing, well-chosen music (I loved the guitar music), and good commentary ("I'm mentally rejuvenated every time I look around"). Even though my aspirations are much more modest than yours, I am inspired and motivated by your adventures. I hope all went well at Tors.
@ultrakraut
9 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for your kind words. It means a lot to me to receive just this kind of feedback as my goal has always been to inspire others in some small way. Tor went well, feature length video coming soon:-)
@Sanko1960
9 ай бұрын
Looking forward to the Tor video!!@@ultrakraut
Such beautiful scenes. And while running! Can’t wait to see your Tor des Geants video. Congratulations on your run there, must have been epic. So many DNFs
@ultrakraut
9 ай бұрын
Tor was definitely my toughest challenge to date, which is hard to believe considering I had just done The Spine Race in the UK in June, but these days I measure “toughest” based on how long I am out there to finish a race :-)
@ultrakraut
9 ай бұрын
The Tor video will take a bit longer as I have nearly 4 hours of footage to go through and edit to a more palatable length video.
@MrRunner10
9 ай бұрын
@@ultrakraut it will be worth the wait. Great inspiring videos
Great video, thanks for sharing! The Sangres are a beautiful range! 12 14ers in a year is a lot, I did 2 this year.
@ultrakraut
9 ай бұрын
I’m hoping to work my way up to the more difficult 14ers on a future trip. It provided great training to get some vertical gain and amazing views at the same time!
@kevinjoest2738
9 ай бұрын
@ultrakraut Longs Peak was my 1st difficult 14er, I think it was a great one to start on!
@ultrakraut
9 ай бұрын
@@kevinjoest2738 I was going to attempt it, but then heard about this loop. Will tackle it on my next CO trip.
Hey Martin - couldn't find another way to message you. I was the guy that spoke to you about TorX this weekend when I yelled out at you as you approached AS#10. I was getting ready to pace a friend that was running, so didn't see you again. Congrats on your finish. Wanted to chat to you about the Puerto Vallarta race as well as TorX. How can I message you?
@ultrakraut
9 ай бұрын
Reach out to me via IG @ultrakraut or FB @ martin.schneekloth.