Passionate about nature and sporting challenges, Matthieu Gandolfi is renowned for surpassing himself. The trail runner’s prize list, domiciled in Audun-le-Roman, is impressive. EPS teacher and coach, he should have participated in the ascent of the 12,000 steps of the Nieson staircase in Switzerland then to the Vertical of the Eiffel Tower. His projects in the water, he continued his training during home confinement, sharing videos.
For a few days, a project, a little crazy, had been running through his head. “I wanted to climb Mont-Blanc, I am from the Vosges and I have always loved the mountains. Unable to get there, I imagined an alternative here in Moselle. “
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58 round trips in six hours
His happiness, he found it on the side of the Bois d’Œutrange in Thionville where Sunday May 17, he chained up and down for 6 h 05. “Obviously, there were not the same conditions, nor the same altitude. I wanted to make 4,810 m of elevation gain. To achieve this, I made 58 round trips in a hill of 84 m of elevation gain over 350 m. »Target achieved over 40 km.
” The hardest ? The descents, the muscles were heavily used. It took me two days to get over it. His friends were there to cheer him on and walk a long way by his side. “I had given them an appointment in accordance with health regulations, in different places and at different times. It made me feel great to find nature and friends. “
The rest, he’s already thinking about it. “I will participate on September 30 in the Verticale de la Tour Eiffel which has been postponed. I’ve been addicted to trails for seven years. I love it when it goes up, I made it my specialty. “
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