100km of Namib Desert

16 May 2020 0

The legs that move, the pulse that increases, the breathing that is agitated … are sensations that we all have when running anywhere, but in Namibia they feel before starting. Just looking at the landscape makes you want to explore it, to share a few jumps with a group of antelopes, or to try to…

By Carlos Ultrarun

Recce for the new Namib Race

16 May 2020 0

Political movements affect many things, including sports events. RacingThePlanet, the organization of this race was originally created in Egypt in 2005 and named it Sahara Race, it spent a year in Jordan and finally to avoid further problems it landed in Namibia. It was originally designed on the Skeleton Coast, a lost area in the…

By Carlos Ultrarun

Recce for RTP Georgia

16 May 2020 0

The first problem with him when dealing with RacingThePlanet designing a race in Georgia is my ignorance. Apart from the “American State of Georgia” I did not know where the country was located, although I had an idea and the second was to realize that the total dimension of the country is 550km from East…

By Carlos Ultrarun

How to design a Trail race? – PART 2

13 May 2020 Off

Second part of the recently published article (HERE you can read the first part) where I briefly explain how ultra-distance races are designed in extreme locations. The walking The new design of any race involves knowing the territory as a local, or better. The better it is known, the more attractive the race will be,…

By Carlos Ultrarun

Race marking, recommendations

13 May 2020 Off

Today we will talk about Trail races and specifically about Marking, which is my business. Now unfortunately there have been no races for a long time and therefore not work, perhaps it is the free time that gives a lot to think about and to cherish some more or less disastrous anecdotes when it comes…

By Carlos Ultrarun