Four days of celebration will frame the Gran Trail Courmayeur, ready to start again this year. This is new, consisting of a range of new events not to be missedscheduled at the foot of Mont Blanc, from July 11th to 14th. The name Mont Blanc Trail Fest, by VDA Trailers, includes conferences, training sessions, activities for children and families, shopping and an entire Village, in the heart of Courmayeur, to discover stands dedicated to materials, brands and all the latest news from the trail world running.
“We had been thinking about an appointment for some time would summarize the many aspects of trail runningthrough moments of reflection, and which at the same time could welcome a wider audience, made up of young people, families, curious people as well as athletes and enthusiasts of the discipline”, they say Alessandra Nicoletti And Paolo Grisellicreators and organizers of the GTC and the TORX.
“This is how the Mont Blanc Trail Fest was born,” they add, “which will develop little by little over time with new contents and which represents a moment of meeting and socializing, values that sport brings with it. The goal over time is to to be able to extend it to the whole Valdignemaking it a traveling party at the foot of Mont Blanc.”
A round table on the Trail
Cutting the ribbons of the Mont Blanc Trail Fest will be one round table, entitled “Trail running between business and passion”, which will bring together some of the international leaders of the most exciting races in the trail scene. A comparison to explore the state of the art and the prospects of this fascinating, ever-growing discipline.
Thursday 11 July, at 6.30 pm at the Jardin de l’Ange in Courmayeurafter the institutional greetings of the host Municipality, we will get to the heart of the meeting on a discipline that must always face new challenges and which in the locality schedules represents a fundamental asset for promoting the territory capable of stimulating local economies, creating tourist flows significant, to encourage hospitality and the valorisation of natural resources and to give international visibility.
They will be the ones to tell all this Alessandra Nicoletti (GTC and TORX), Michel Poletti (UTMB), Tommaso De Mottoni (The Bora Race), Andrea Gaddi (UTLAC), Stefano Bertazzo (UTLO), Paolo Gregorini (Adamello ultra trail), Jonathan Craig Wyatt (La Sportiva product running specialist, seven-time mountain running world champion) and Franco Collé (four times winner of the TOR330 – Tor des Géants). TO Silvia Vaia and Ivan Parasaccovoices known to trail lovers, the task of moderating the meeting.
Entertainment at the Village
Friday 12 July Yes they will open the doors of Mont Blanc Trail Fest Village, in via La Villette in Courmayeur, a privileged place of welcome and discovery, where children and families will find the playground and a refreshment area. The Village is made up of exhibition stands of the brands that have long accompanied and supported the event and the trail world: La Sportiva, Kailas, The North Face, Otso Sport, 226ERS, Shokz, Hyperice and Phoenix Recovery Club.
The spaces of the Village will present the latest innovations in materials and products to be discovered, including innovation and technology, and at the service of runners, athletes and trail enthusiasts, but not only. This area will remain open until Sunday 14 Julythe closing day of the event, and audiences of all ages and sporting levels will be able to discover curiosities, relax, chat and pass the time.
Training with MassaggiaTORs
Mont Blanc Trail Fest is also training. Saturday 13 July the Courmayeur Congress Center will host, from 9am to 6pm (registrations from 8am) on theoretical-practical course for MassaggiaTORrun by Dr Marco Patacchini, medical director at Premium Medica and specialist in Orthopedics and Traumatology. The course will delve into the overuse/fatigue/stress pathologies that runners encounter during races, with an explanation of the treatments that can be performed on athletes during the race, as well as insights into the main musculoskeletal pathologies.
They won’t be missed insights into psychological and fatigue pathologies found in previous editions of the TORX. From theory we will then move on to practice with tests of treatments and bandages with particular techniques developed and born during the TORX competitions. At the end of the course, anyone who wants can go to the final life base of the GTC 100km to put what they have learned into practice. The places available for the course are 200 and 100 places will give the right to 8 ECM credits.
The “La Sportiva” tests
Among the partners of the Mont Blanc Trail Fest, La Sportivafor this occasion, offers a range of activities to discover new productsbut above all to be together through appointments open to all.
Friday 12 July, at 10 o’clock, we start with the free Prodigio e shoe test at 11 we will start with the “Morning Run“, a ride of about an hour around Courmayeur open to all levels. Registrations will be collected at the La Sportiva stand in the Village. Participants will then be offered an aperitif upon arrival, scheduled for 12pm.
Saturday 13 July we continue with the free Prodigio shoe test at 8 am and, followed at 10, space for the “Follow GTC Activity with La Sportiva“a walk for families starting from Courmayeur to intercept the race routes, in collaboration with the Society of Alpine Guides of Courmayeur.
