The Toughest Race In The World? UTMB with Rachel Balding

41 hours, 50 minutes and 7 seconds.

That’s how long it took Rachel to complete the notorious Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc:

A 160km ultra endurance race, that finishes with over 10 000 metres of climbing, runs across 3 countries and has to be one of the hardest races in the world.

The fact that 2600 people started the race, and 900 people did not finish shows what kind of torture this is.

Today we have Rachel on the podcast to take us through what she describes as something “she will never put herself through again”.

And of course, this episode is brought to you by our proud sponsor Giant Australia. For all your bike, training, and racing needs, ride life, ride Giant.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:10 - Journey towards UTMB
05:30 - Motivation for UTMB
06:40 - 100-mile Coaching and Preparation
10:30 - Rachel's Coaching Progression
12:00 - Rachel's Unique Training
18:18 - The Training Mindset
25:00 - Running Through Injury
26:45 - UTMB Race Preparation
30:00 - Just Keep Moving
33:20 - UTMB Race Experience
37:15 - UTMB Race Emotions
44:30 - UTMB Racing Environment
48:45 - The Toughest Part of the Race
51:30 - The Self Talk
54:15 - Everything Hurts
57:55 - Surprising Part of the Race
1:03:50 - The Last 100 Meters
1:05:15 - 4th In the Age Group
1:06:45 - Post Race Ice Cream
1:07:50 - Post Race Pain
1:09:10 - Post Race Reflections
1:12:30 - Letting the Body Recover Properly
1:13:30 - Coach's Reflections

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