Foto: www.facebook.com/silviosilvaphotography The 2016 Ultra-Trail World Tour (UTWT) reached Madeira, a Portuguese island in the north Atlantic, for its fifth stop. Madeira sits about 250 miles north of another UTWT hotspot, the Canary Islands. Much like those well-known races in the Canary Islands, the 115k Madeira Island Ultra Trail boasted a similarly difficult, extremely up-and-down course profile that stretches from sea level up to above 1,800 meters several times. Race winner Zach Miller, a veteran of several of Europe’s top-level events, confirmed as much. “Hardest race I’ve ever run. Hands down,” Miller announced on social media post-race. Over a short period, Miller is finding success where few Americans have, in Europe. He’s done it despite, first, living on a cruise ship, and now living at 10,200-foot Barr Camp, halfway up Pikes Peak in Colorado. While Barr Camp’s altitude is certainly beneficial, opportunities for running at that elevation through the winter a...
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