Tag Archives: Tor des Geants Ultra

I knew it was possible for real humans that I knew personally to finish. Close friends had done Tor des Géants but I still couldn’t quite imagine how -more than 85,000ft of uphill over 210 miles encircling the Aosta Valley of Italy.

Alberto Motta talks about the rich trail running history of Courmayeur, Italy.

Deeper and more profound than “hitting the wall,” in a race this long, and this hard, there comes a moment of reckoning: Meeting the Dragon.

It’s true. One of the world’s great ultrarunners is turning his attention to one of the world’s toughest races.

How has the organization managed to keep the vast majority of runners safe? To answer this question, Run the Alps visited the VDA Trailers headquarters during the TORX races and spoke with the organization about what it’s like managing risk and answering emergency calls.

Researchers have covered nearly the whole spectrum of bodily functions to see what goes on during one of the hardest ultra-endurance events in the world. We’ve compiled the studies that are publicly available, online.

Ivan Parasacco is the voice of ultra trail running in northern Italy, including the internationally known Tor des Géants trail race around Aosta Valley.

Run the Alps interview with Erica Motta, Head of Communications for VDA Trailers, the organization powering the Aosta Valley trail running scene.

The year before the first edition of Tor, there was a “Zero Edition” with a grand total of four finishers. This wasn’t an official race. In fact, it was a trial run to prove the very concept.

The Tor des Geants– a 330 km trail race with an incomprehensible 33,000 meters of vertical– takes place around the high cols and mountains above the Aosta Valley, Italy, each September. The week-long event has just wrapped up, and one thing that you can say about Tor is that there are always a few stories