Christophe Podstata are not able to reveal it. Three times right after his return from Savoy, the Lévois is not influenced by the colossal energy manufactured previous weekend, all through the Ultra-path du Mont-Blanc (170 km).
He has been practising prolonged-length path managing for twelve a long time, Podstata, recognised in the landerneau of Chartrain for obtaining built the unlikely ascent of the Tertre Saint-Nicolas 423 occasions (ie 56,682 methods) in 2019, had on the other hand “tasted” extra obtainable terms on endeavours : “I occurred to be ‘burst’ for a week. But below, no …?! Sighs.
Podstata, the king of stairs
Irrespective of his recurring very long-expression exploits due to the fact 2015, the calendar year in which he converted to Ultra path functioning, the former member of Nogent-le-Rotrou suggests it in no uncertain phrases: “There will be a ahead of and just after Mont-White. ?! It is not essentially due to the fact of the prestige and the altitude big difference (10,000 m) of the party. It is somewhat simply because of the atmosphere I encountered there. The temper of the people: smiling, pleasant “, rewinds the forties, creation manager in the metallurgical sector.
“Bib result”
If he has hardly ever signed up in a aggressive logic, Podstata has even so totally savored his status as finisher (in 39? H? 56 ‘, or 20 hrs much more than the untouchable Spaniard Killian Jornet, winner of his 4th UTMB in 19 h 49 ‘).
A modest time that however stays a extraordinary performance if we examine it with the time he had to put together this monument for off-phase racing. “6 weeks. That is not a large amount. I haven’t operate until eventually mid-June. And even if I operate five, 6 or even 7 periods a week, that’s incredibly very little for this style of format,” notes Podstata, who benefited from the impact. bib ”, 170 km during.
“I experienced much less superior shots but nothing at all prohibitive. Halfway as a result of the race, in Courmayeur, I understood I was in 1,001th posture. And I claimed to myself “this is not possible”. I accelerated at that instant ”, concludes the extremely path runner, by now going through his following obstacle: the Sainté-Lyon, which will be held on December 3rd.
David Berthelem
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