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Today I Ran from Switzerland to France

There are no words for the way I feel right now. It took 3 hours for Renaud and I to hike, run, and scale our way up 3,000 feet to the top of Saleve and back down the other side. Once I have all the pictures from Renaud, I’ll do a full post that will give justice to this incredible challenge.

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When we got off the bus in a small Swiss town this morning near the foot of Saleve I was starting to doubt myself. A natural athlete, Renaud conquers this mountain almost daily in order to train for sky running and other endurance trail races. He also mistakenly told me that many of his friends don’t dare go with him to run Saleve in winter due to the ice and snow. Luckily, this was the magic motivation I needed as my competitive side decided I wanted to not only finish but push myself as much as possible physically and mentally.

Here are some pictures from the experience but many more and a post with descriptions of each section will come later!

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15 Comments

  1. Theodora February 9, 2013 / 5:24 pm

    so cool!

  2. kristin miller February 9, 2013 / 6:27 pm

    WOW! That’s beautiful. How challenging did you find it?! I want to look into snow running!

  3. Alicia at Poise in Parma February 9, 2013 / 7:12 pm

    I’m seconding what Theodora said – that is SO COOL! Can’t wait to read more about the experience…

  4. katie February 9, 2013 / 7:44 pm

    Way to go!!!

  5. Pam February 9, 2013 / 9:10 pm

    What a great challenge accomplished! Now that is something you will remember – congrats!

  6. MegG February 9, 2013 / 9:14 pm

    Ohh you’re making me miss that area so much! One of my roommates from college lives in Geneva and we’ve been able to see her in the summer over the last two years. I really want to go in the winter, can’t wait to see the rest of your photos! Way to conquer that run, the altitude can be a killer!

    • ashleyd February 10, 2013 / 9:38 am

      You have to get back here Meg if you have friends who live here! It’s incredible and so gorgeous. I can’t wait to come back in the summer!

    • ashleyd February 10, 2013 / 9:33 am

      Clarinda it was absolutely awesome!

  8. Shauna February 10, 2013 / 1:32 am

    AMAZING!!!

  9. Jamie @ StudioEats February 10, 2013 / 4:26 am

    seriously looks and sounds amazing. your pics are unreal!

    • ashleyd February 10, 2013 / 9:33 am

      Thanks Jamie! I’m so lucky Renaud took his camera with us!

  10. Carly @ Life In Training February 11, 2013 / 9:15 pm

    Best. Blog. Post. Title. Ever.

    I can’t wait to read more about this run! Looking forward to your post about it when you return.

  11. Carly @ Life In Training February 11, 2013 / 9:18 pm

    Best. Blog. Post. Title. Ever.

    I can’t wait to read more about this run! Looking forward to your full post about it.

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