The Volunteer Run is creeping up on us. Ankush and me have taken responsibility for putting it together. We spent the morning thinking through the logistics and confirming participants and crew. What is cool about this is that many of the runners will be crewing for us volunteers who...
Location: Goba Guest House Today was day of rest but we used it to recce a portion of the La Ultra route between Spituk village (111 km) to Karu village. This stretch of 35 kms is probably the only flat stretch of the course. Runners should hit this on...
Location: Goba Guest House We continue to focus on acclimatisation. On Saturday evening we had agreed that we will go above 17000 feet (5000 metres+). Most of the runners went towards Khardung La which is about 17,800 feet. Khardung La is a popular tourist destination and makes the tall...
Location: Goba Guest House Day 3 in Leh and feeling much better. Head felt clear despite not sleeping well last night for some unknown reason. Made a group of 7 (6 runners and myself) to go on an acclimatisation walk/run on a trail close to Leh. We left at...
Location: Goba Guest House, Leh All the runners are here in Leh. Barring couple of volunteers and the medical crew everyone is now checked in. Spillover from Goba is staying at the Leh Chen 500 yards away. Spent the morning lazing around Goba. One runner has discomfort in his...
Location: Goba Guest House, Leh Greetings! Got in to Leh on a morning flight from Delhi around 0730. Apparently it has been raining in this area for the last few days which is very unusual. Some roads are closed and all flights into Leh were cancelled yesterday. So I...
Location: Bangalore Airport As with other journeys, my experience with the 6th Edition of the La Ultra begins on Day 1! I spent the morning going over my checklist to ensure that I had packed all the essentials. After several years of international travel experience, I have learnt to...
Greetings! I’m pleased to be coming back to the La Uktra. I had an enriching experience at the 2014 edition and decided that I need to do it again. I will be part of the Volunteer Group again and doing whatever we can to make our runners happy and...
Q) For our fans and followers who’ll be reading this in India and worldwide, can you tell us a bit about how you started running ultra marathons ? This will be inspiring 🙂 Darek – In 1983, at the age of eight I had to a serious accident....
Imagining races with 10 – 20 times the distance of what an endurance runner would imagine, is no joke. Doing them, not one, but multiple times is truly jaw dropping. We threw a few questions at Ferenc Szonyi from Hungary, a 333 Km participant at the 6th edition of La Ultra –...
