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https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5wAL_ZIn0z/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Le week-end dernier a été marqué par le début de l'été avec le festival du trail XTERRA TRAIL des Balcons d'Azur. Chaque année, nous passons de l'hiver à l'été à ce moment précis. C'est souvent extrêmement difficile. S'entraîner dans une fourchette de température de 8 à 12°C, avec beaucoup de pluie, de vent et tout à coup, il fait 25°C à l'ombre et encore plus au soleil. Tout le monde souffre, les plus grands gars avec une plus grande surface souffrent encore plus. Je me tiens également à l'écart de ce terrain pour la plupart de mes entraînements. C'est beaucoup trop rude. Je ne parle pas des difficultés physiques comme les montées difficiles, les pentes raides, les grands pas ou les longues descentes brutales. Je parle des rochers jonchés. Vous courez à 100% de la course sur un terrain si rocailleux que cela torture les pieds jusqu'à en ressentir beaucoup de douleur. Souvent

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Most people complicate their recovery with already looking for races for the season. By feeling good initially after the race, keeping up training, then falling into a deep fatigue and doing nothing afterwards. After an ultra, depending on a boat load of things, most humans fall into the deepest fatigue after 1 or 2 weeks of wind down. Depending on the intensity and/or the length of the race and of course about the integrity of the human being itself, the fatigue can stay from 3 days to 3 weeks. Unless it was a very well organised challenge, for this reason of prolonged fatigue, or possibility of prolonged fatigue, I don't like to chain together big events. I have seen so many runners get disappointed already during the first event, then carrying over this to second. Failing the second event, while already being in a very tired state, so falling into a deep and depressive state for months afterwards. It just doesn't make sense.  In case of a full on professional runner, that is