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Caught the first train to Montenvers this morning and had a mellow hike across to Plan D’Aiguille. One of my favourite sections of trail in the valley.⁣ With amazing views up the ever dwindling Mer De Glace. ⁣#thetrailtotor
Recovery.⁣ ⁣ Saw physio yesterday. Apart from a impinged TFL and a small bursa under hip flexor I’ve no lasting damage. Taking the rest of the week off running and judging by last nights 11 hour sleep it’s needed. Thanks for everyone’s support and messages.⁣ ⁣ Yesterday spent some of the afternoon chilling at Col De Balme overlooking the valley and grateful to be here. 53 Days 😬🥳😬🥳 #tordesgeants #tordesgeants2019
⁣⁣ Gran Trail Courmayeur DNF 😥⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Unfortunately I had to drop out of the race around the 60km mark over the weekend. I did something to my hip flexors the week before after a light strength session. In hindsight after a very big month of June volume I should have stayed clear of this. Also the week of the race I knew there was some soreness but took the risk on it as I really wanted to race. Despite the difficulties during the race the fitness and leg endurance was there but I was limited by my achy hip flexor which subsequently seized completely. Now I have trouble weight bearing and walking on my left side. Physio tomorrow to hopefully figure out the issue and get over it. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I spent the last 24 hours wishing I could go back in time to either not do that strength session or have the foresight to not do the race based off the symptoms I had. But that can’t happen and the pain and frustration has left a valuable lesson. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I’m totally committed to this sport at the moment and love living in Chamonix. I’m doing everything in my power to stay on here long term while chasing this aesthetic of moving light, fast and efficiently through the mountains. ⁣ ⁣ Big well done to friends and inspiring athletes who got the job done over the weekend @runningdutchie @trainersoverheels @markdoyle100 @the_plantpowered_adventure @petterrestorp @danielwrowland
Tomorrow morning 7am I’ll be lining up at Gran Trail Courmayeur 105km 6600m+ Tracking link in bio.⁣ ⁣ Taking in some of the best bits of trail on offer around the Aosta Valley, including sections of the @tordesgeants ⁣ ⁣ I’ve had a weird week of tapering, haven’t felt the best and have been paranoid about injury again as I had a quad niggle that Kristy Shelley sorted out yesterday. ⁣ ⁣ Looking forward to a great adventure and a well managed race with one eye clearly on #tordesgeants #tordesgeants2019
‘Most people run from the uphill battle, others sell everything they have to live one’ #tordesgeants2019 #tordesgeants
‪‘Aerobic Threshold speed is the single most important measure of a person's aerobic system.Without this speed being as high as possible, no amount of high-intensity work will ever give the best endurance results. This is why world-class endurance athletes typically spend about 80-85% of their training volume in Z1 and Z2’‬ ~ Scott Johnston ⁣#uphillathlete ⁣ Pics from last week in the Maamturks when myself and @irunovermountains went out and back on the Maum Ridge covering 60k and nearly 5,000m of vert all in Zone 2. @missinglinkcoach @paulmissinglink #missinglinkcoaching #tordesgeants #tordesgeants2019
Chamonix good time vibes..⁣ ⁣ Got to show my niece @incahearn around, get her inside an ice cave, get her to experience flying and in return herself and @kirstymdavies shouted and screamed at myself and @oneillbar during the Vertical Kilometre on Friday evening. The @marathondumontblanc weekend was simply amazing and I want to do the 90k next year. ⁣ ⁣ My coach @paulmissinglink just commented that my 30,000m meters climbed this June was a lot and it would stand to me, coming from Mr Wainwright then I’m happy. Now time to taper for Gran Trail Courmayeur 100k with 6500m+ in 12 days time. ⁣ ⁣ The dream continues....
This lot ❤️⁣ My nieces Inca, Indigo, Imari & Ishvara ⁣ ⁣ They live in Bali, so don’t get to see them that much but when I do it’s always amazing. Epic 10 days back in Ireland seeing them and loads more family. ⁣ ⁣ Headed back to Chamonix tomorrow and excited to take Inca and show her the vertical world. Looking forward to a fun filled weekend for the @marathondumontblanc , @kirstymdavies & @oneillbar are in town and myself and Bar will be throwing down for the Vertical Kilometre race on Friday evening 1000m in 3.8km should be plenty hurty🤪
Namaste sweet child.. slide into my DM’s for more
Sunrise 🌅 0505 ⁣ Sunset 🌅 2210⁣ ⁣ Solstice in the west of Ireland... Pure heaven to be rambling through the mountains in the early hours, met 2 other solo hikers who had the same thing in mind, to be alone on this special day.
Dragging somewhat unwilling small persons up mountains #goatworthy
6am start this morning with @martinzhor to grind out the last big session of a big week.⁣ ⁣ We climbing 2,000m from La Tour to Aiguille Du Tour summit 3,542m. After recent storms the Alpine is looking like winter still and the glaciers are in great nick. We went fast and light and I love this style of alpinism. ⁣ ⁣ Martin is training for a great and tough challenge to attempt to summit Gran Paradiso, Monte Rosa & Mont Blanc in 24 hours... 90k with 9,000m+ ⁣ And me sure well I’m chasing vert and hours on my feet for #TorDesGeants2019 😁
Yesterday headed via the tunnel to Courmayeur to check things out.⁣ ⁣ Wanted to recce part of the route for Gran Trail Courmayeur which is in 5 weeks, which is also the last part of the #TorDesGeants2019 trail.⁣ ⁣ Things started to feel a lot more real and it felt great to get up in the alpine above 2,000m. Although there is still a lot of snow up there which made it interesting. ⁣ ⁣ When I was sat on a rock above Refugio Bonnatti debating whether to push on to the col at Tet Entres Deus Sauts an Italian lady blazed past not thinking twice about it, turns out from chatting a bit later she completed the 1st #TorDesGeants back in ‘09... so great to meet a real Tor legend
A great Hike & Fly day today with @billzimmerman⁣ ⁣ I did my first solo mission this morning from Servoz to Plaine Joux and had a great morning flight.⁣ ⁣ Then met Bill who was going to hike to Platé which is up over 2,000m and I decided to join him for a look not exactly hoping to fly as I am still no where near ready for mid afternoon thermic conditions. But it was very calm and we remained hopeful it would be possible.⁣ ⁣ When we got to the launch it was quite windy so after a little wait we decided to retreat to the Plaine Joux take off. We had a lovely light valley breeze and sweet take off. But half way down the wind was a lot stronger and I had my longest flight yet just trying to make head way to the landing site, conditions were still a bit thermic despite it being after 6pm so I got experience getting trashed about for the first time properly. ⁣ ⁣ I did not plan to climb over 2,000m today 🤣
Just starting the final descent yesterday and I’ve got my oh so serious face on as some buck called Eitienne was just in front of me and we’d been leap frogging each other all day. He’d get me on the climbs and I had him on the descents. Luckily for me the final descent was a drop of 1,000m so I managed to tag him and snag 10th overall.⁣ ⁣ Trail Du Gypaète - Les 3 Lacs 75k 4800m+ 11h 7m super happy with that one and just great to be racing with a bit of proper training behind me instead of winging it 🤣 #traildugypaete⁣ ⁣ Just under 100 days until @tordesgeants #tordesgeants2019 #tordesgeants⁣ ⁣
Will these legs go? ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 3 days until #traildugypaete Les 3 Lacs - 75km 4800m+ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ First test of the summer, this race and Gran Trail Courmayeur 105km 7000m+ in July are the main build up races to @tordesgeants in September.⁣ #tordesgeants2019⁣ ⁣⁣ Ever since getting into TOR I’ve had a fire lit underneath me. I’ve taken off work to train and prepare right, I got Paul Tierney @paulmissinglink as my coach, everything is going really well, I’m healthy and uninjured. But the bottom line is I fucking love the process so no matter the outcome of any of this I love being here in Chamonix exploring, meeting new people and learning new stuff - Paragliding 😎

Gavan Hennigan is an Irish Extreme Environment Athlete who hails from Galway... Read More