Utmb

[Bierzo Baggie]

Have just logged onto the excellent UTMB web site where you can follow the race in real time. Anyway, young Kilian Jornet has gone off like a man possessed. In fact he ran the first half marathon of this 160km race in 1:48 and that involved an ascent of around 1000m !! He's just reached the 50k point in 5 hours 14 minutes.... will he be able to keep it up?

2nd is the Nepali Sherpa 8 minutes behind.

3rd Scott Jurek at 15 minutes.

In 6th and 7th place are Bierzo Baggie's bet, the mighty Salvador Calvo and the wily old fox himself Marco Olmo. Both have worked their way up the field and are still in real contention.

9th is the Hungarian Nemeth and 14th is the first Brit (male or female) Lizzy Hawker.

14th is Gaylord.

I'll check this again tomorrow morning. Never thought I'd ever be following a race on the internet but this Ultra Tour of Mont Blanc from the comfort of our spare room is proving to be strangely ...compelling. The winner will be back at Chamonix by lunchtime.