By Baptiste Hue
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Here is 4 things to know about orange valentine, trailer fromUrville-Nacqueville (Channel) expatriate to Vietnamwho has won another race in Asia.
1. He has forged a fine track record
Settled for six years in Vietnam, where he leads a career as a freelance videographerValentin Orange enjoys a big notoriety in Asia in terms of trail.
Winner of many races such as the Vietnam Trail Marathon (70 km) in 2021, the Loop Ultra Trail (60 km) in 2019, 2nd in the prestigious LKL in Thailand (80 km) in 2019, all young thirtysomething has just added a line to its charts in winningSunday, March 27, 2022, the Dalat Ultra-trail (45 km), the largest gathering of trail runners in his adopted country.
2. Trail running is his “lifestyle”
After having timidly started running in 2015the native of Urville-Nacqueville now continues between 10 and 15 hours of training per week, mostly in the mountains or along the Red River, in Hanoi. “What started out as a hobby has become a real lifestyle,” he sums up.
3. It is sponsored by Decathlon
Since last year, the “Frenchy” phenomenon of Vietnamese trail running has been offered a contract to become theOfficial Decathlon brand ambassador.
In exchange for equipment (textiles, shoes, etc.), its mission is to promote products from the trail-running range of the brand on social networks, to participate in events and to advise runners. Other partners (GPS watches, sports dietetics, etc.) have also associated themselves this year with its image. “And I’m very proud of it! he says.
4. He returns to France
On April 16, Valentin Orange will set foot on French soil, two and a half years after his last visit.
“I can’t wait to see my family, my friends again… I’m traveling with my wife who is Vietnamese. I can’t wait to introduce him to my region. »
Tourism will not be the only priority of this six month stay since he has planned to participate, on May 28, in the Maxi Race, in Annecy (88 km, 5000m D +), his “big goal”. By way of preparation, we will see it in particular, on May 8, in Sciotot, for the great return of the Trail de Tcheu Nous. He also plans to line up on the 50 km of La Barjo. “It will only be three weeks after the Maxi-race, it will be a little too close together… But my brother Théo, who lives in the Alps, should be back for the occasion too, so it would be nice to do it together. ” Appointment next June 19in Beaumont-Hague…
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