Madeira Island Ultra Trail

[darkpeak]

Looks brilliant, I've entered the 55km Trail which seems to do the best bits

[IanDarkpeak]

Looks brilliant, I've entered the 55km Trail which seems to do the best bits

Well done Mike, 1st Brit and 2nd vet 50.

If you want company for next year I'm up for it, Derby Tup what about you?

[team pie]

this looks like the nuts, i may have to enter 2009!!!

[darkpeak]

Highly recommended race, great terrain. Makes a change running in subtropical scenery, but their bracken and brambles are just like ours.

Weather conditions on the day were pretty severe with howling gales, thick mist, torrential rain - so I felt perfectly at home. I noticed there were a lot of DNFs in the 100km race.

Race organisation was excellent, food and drinks varied and plenty. Route signing was brilliant, didn't need a map.

The mountain section is spectacular and I'm sorry I didnt see much of it on the day (but I've been before) - the drop offs are terrifying and there are some sections of Stone Bridges -teetering along a knife edge with vertical sides which makes Striding Edge look like the M1

I reccyed the first 47km in the days before the race, temperatures varied from 25 - 15 C, and no rain. There were some spectacular and challenging bits, including a 2km tunnel (beats Chew!) and lots of 300mm wide concrete channel edging which you wouldnt want to fall off!

Put it in your diary for next year

[Derby Tup]

Well done Mike, 1st Brit and 2nd vet 50.

If you want company for next year I'm up for it, Derby Tup what about you?

You been reading my mind Ian?!

This looks fanatastic and I was only saying yesterday that I'd love to do a Davos, Jungfrau or similar event next summer. I'm very interested

[Alphin]

Just stumbled across this thread, read through replies indepth, fantastic photo's, linked to website......Brilliant........will be there in 2009...

Already entered for Sierre-Zinal in Aug 2009 so a further race abroad Sept 2009 would be great...

[jmoutinho]

Same Photos and videos of MIUT 08

http://picasaweb.google.com/jaume.so...landUltraTrail

http://picasaweb.google.com/jordi.fo...Mm2008Madeira#

http://picasaweb.google.es/maripau.a...eira#slideshow

http://picasaweb.google.com/ballesta65/MIUT#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fzbK...727D8D&index=0

Continue....

[molehill]

Looks like an FRA charter flight will be in order for 2009 .

Moley and the Boy Wonder will be on board, and the Missus, mustn't forget her

[Boy Wonder]

And Mr Wheeze (or so he said yesterday!)

[Ambrosia Kid]

I might be on the same FRA charter flight in 2009 just got to mention this to the missus.
We went on hols there in 2002 walking and loved it, some of those levadas are pretty scary though.