Day 2

I'm up at 6am, leaving by 7am. First section was 500m climb to col d'Arsine. It's nice and cold, feeling really good.

Descent is also ok and I have time to enjoy some stunning views.

 

The last flat section to Monetiers les bains is actually also nice, really enjoying running. 

After resupply and breakfast I'm ready for the climb of the day. 1000m to col d'eychauda. First few km are ok, in the forest but hell steep. After the forest ends, the hell starts again. It must be even warmer then yesterday. Even at the alpine it's so hot again. This really eats my energy and at the top i hate the world. But i made it. 

Descents is quite boring but ok to run so it goes fast. I ended up really dehydrated so the beer comes to rescue. Actually 3 beers...

 

At this point I made 39km and now just looking for the campsite. I need to cool down in the river so looking for a good camp by the creek, which took me another 6km and 400m elevation. Uff.

Statistics: 45km, about 2000m elevation gain. Almost in half, but the easier half. Tomorrow is I think the hardest day.