{"id":2284,"date":"2018-08-30T14:48:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T14:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogemea.hokaoneone.com\/wordpress\/?p=2284"},"modified":"2018-09-03T16:07:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T16:07:26","slug":"rising-to-the-challenge-of-the-grand-tarentaise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogemea.hokaoneone.com\/wordpress\/rising-to-the-challenge-of-the-grand-tarentaise\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising to the challenge of the grand Tarentaise"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HOKA<\/p>\n

When you\u2019ve spent the past decade travelling the globe and running in some of the biggest trail races in the world, what do you do to stay motivated?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re HOKA athlete Julien Chorier, you take to the Alps and tackle the 295-kilometre challenge of the Tarentaise, of course.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the beginning of the year, I couldn\u2019t really find a main aim for the season, so I made the decision to create it,\u201d says Julien, speaking just before his appearance in the TDS race at this year\u2019s Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc<\/a>\u00a0(UTMB) event, where he finished ninth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really wanted to create something new, something that would allow me to discover new things,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

Sharing the experience<\/h3>\n

But the opportunity for Julien to share this experience with his family and closest friends was the biggest motivating factor behind his record attempt.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of all, I wanted to do it in an environment that I knew well, somewhere close to home, so that my friends, family and training partners could all be a part of it too.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"HOKA<\/p>\n

Julien completed his \u2018Grand Tour de la Tarentaise\u2019 in a record 66 hours and 13 minutes.<\/p>\n

Rising to the challenge<\/h3>\n

The 38-year-old, who lives in Saint-Thibaud-de-Couz, France with his wife and two daughters, has enjoyed an elite trail-running career spanning more than a decade.<\/p>\n

“Most of all, I wanted to do it in an environment that I knew well, somewhere close to home, so that my friends, family and training partners could all be a part of it too.” Julien Chorier<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Julien won the CCC race at UTMB in 2007 and finished on the podium in the 171-kilometre event the following year.<\/p>\n

He has won prestigious trail races around the world, and is a two-time winner of the Grand Raid de la R\u00e9union, also known as \u2018La Diagonale des Fous\u2019.<\/p>\n

Taking on the Tarentaise<\/h3>\n

La Diagonale des Fous translates to \u2018The Madmen\u2019s Diagonal\u2019 in English, rather fitting given Julien\u2019s appetite to take on the toughest of challenges.<\/p>\n

The Tarentaise is more renowned for its beautiful ski resorts and the route Julien tackled featured 295 kilometres and up to 20,000m of elevation. It was certainly the sort of challenge he was after.<\/p>\n

\"HOKA<\/p>\n

\u201cI left Val Thorens on the Friday morning under sunny skies and just happy to be there,\u201d recalls Julien. \u201cI didn\u2019t dare to consider the magnitude of the task before me at that point!\u201d<\/p>\n

The sunny skies didn\u2019t last. Battling heavy rain and hailstorms, rocky paths, landslides and crippling fatigue, Julien arrived back at Val Thorens a little over 66 hours later.<\/p>\n

Together, we go further<\/h3>\n

Julien\u2019s journey was documented the entire way by Aur\u00e9lien Colin and his Athlete 2.0<\/a> crew for a special feature film that premiered this week at UTMB.<\/p>\n

It will be 2019 before the film is officially released \u2013 but for now, share in the spirit of Julien\u2019s adventure with this teaser<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur motto was that, alone, we go faster,” says Julien, “but with many, we go further. I think we achieved that with this challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"HOKA<\/p>\n

Photo credit:\u00a0R\u00e9mi Blomme (Athlete 2.0)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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