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Great review, Good luck and enjoy your journey 👌🏻

I’ve added this straight to garmin from the website but dubious to the mileage 🤣 and elevation. Coming out at 5600 something ft which I know is not right 😂

Another excellent video, I’ve enjoyed all your Arc content, very helpful. Dnf’d last year so back for some redemption this year. I hope your race goes well might see you there.

Super helpful video. I believe they've just updated the GPX on the Arc site (someone in the Facebook group mentioned a new one added today) and the latest version has all the aid station markers on it already. When you open it in Plot a Route, all the directions are there already. So for the Arc, you can skip that step now, but I will definitely use these tips for future races that upload a basic GPX, thanks. See you on the start line, good luck, hope you have a cracking race!

Thanks for this, really helpful (have subscribed), just going through it now. Can you tell me where you got the aid station postcodes from? Cheers, Tom

Useful video. Cheers buddy. Are u wave1?

Will do this tonight for my garmin. Cheers 👍🏻

Out of interest how many calories are you carrying from the start? I know there's probably no food till porthleven so feels like we need a good few. Planning on taking a mixture of wraps, sweets, gels and ote bars but not sure how many to carry. The amount i worked out was about 5000 calories which sort of feels like a lot of unnecessary weight from the start. Shooting for ~400/hour for as long as i can. Aiming for 30ish so probably 6 hours or so to Porthleven

Great review! Thank you….

Could you put the collapsable bowl in a ziplock bag to save getting the your pack dirty? In any case, if it’s silicone, a rinse with some water should get everything off pretty easily.

With the Kit Check do you take everything in carrier bags before you do your final pack. Dont want to keep unpacking my back pack.

I just want to say how awesome it is that you’ve recovered. Super impressive! I will be running it for the first time having deferred from last year albeit in the slower wave so imagine I won’t ever see you, but best of luck

Very helpful am running the arc 25 and wanted to know more about the kit thanks 😅

I’m sure the 3rd insulating layer that was originally part of the cold weather kit is now mandatory. I’m struggling for space too in my 12L pack. Good luck 🏃🏻‍♂️💨💪

Excellent video, watched for the interest factor, got my buckle last year. Maybe I’ll come back next year.

Really helpful as well for preparation for UTS in May!

See you at the start line! Good luck!

That's some amount of kit 😮 Best of luck for the event and look forward to the video

I find Ziplock sandwich bags save a lot of weight over dry bags, for those things that you must keep dry.

If anything the weather down here is better than normal so no need for the extreme cold kit, it has to be very extreme for UTMB to issue that warning. Obviously bring it with you if you’re travelling more than 24hrs before the start.

Love a good kit video! I love my adv 12 but couldn't fit everything that I want to carry for winter events. Recently bought the Gecko 20 and it does ok but I don't think it's going to be my forever pack. It makes such a big difference if you can carry the kit you need comfortably.

Looking like proper arc weather this year 😬. Adds to the challenging I suppose

Great video! One thing, I believe the wording on gloves is a little confusing but I believe it was confirmed in the Arc FB group that 2 pairs can mean 1xpair warm gloves and 1xpair waterproof gloves so you might not need all of yours to pass kit check? Also you mentioned the 3rd warm layer is down? The wording seems to stipulate synthetic insulation.

You've done well to squeeze all that in the 12l pack. Good luck for race day 👍

Good luck. Supernatural fuels are good

You're about 4 days late for the start of the Spine Francois! 🤣 That is a mad amount of kit! All good bits though. Can't wait to see you smash the race mate! 😎🤘

Nice one, good luck :) i just got 15 l one for 50 :))

I dread to think how much I've spent on the arc between everything. New coats, 2 gilets (first probably wouldnt have met kit), bowls etc. Most of it will be used in general training and i probably should have had it before anyway but christ have i put some money into it I personally have a small bag in each front pocket, left side with bodyglide, foot cream, tablets. Right side with gloves, hat, buff. Food in the side compartments, and then 2 big bags in my zipped bit full of everything else. Might transfer some of it into the easy accessible bag like you've done though

very helpful，will go to London this weekend from Singapore，cheers

Good luck François! really enjoying your Arc updates! I'm on the start team crew so will wish you luck if I see you! ( as a local and without myself sounding like too much of a tw%t Porthleven is pronounced Porth Lev N 😁).

Awesome. Great video, and well done on the gold buckle

What's that green salomon pack? Thanks

happy birthday + new year. love watching your trail journeys.

Good to see you are back running well after that injury 👌 I’m out tonight just for a slow5k to test the ankle after last weekends ankle roll

Now that's the way to do it! Superb stuff across the board! Couldn't have asked for better conditions and what a way to spend your birthday! 🥳 Bring on the Arc! 😎🤘

Coming up fast now. Top effort after the injury, perhaps I'll see you there

You chose a beaut of a day for it!

What a glorious way to spend your birthday 🎂 🥳 Nicely done, Francois 👍 Are you feeling ready for the ARC yet? I'll be doing my next ultra the day before my 50th birthday 😄

Very similar story here. I'm in for the Arc 100, also just turned 45 a few weeks ago, pulled a muscle at the start of November and only back to any real training just before new year. Should be interesting! See you out there and good luck.

Just watched your video and enjoyed the positive vibes and content created, subscribe ✅ found you on Strava looking forward to watching your training and race status. Wishing you the best in 2025 🤙🏽

Well done, as ever. Great content; the reality of training. Keep it up and well done.

Yes Frnacois! So great to see all this mate. Its a proper pheonix from the ashes story. 💪 Loved the idea of the whole race specific loops. Great idea. 👌 Happy Birthday bud! 😎🤘

Just sprained my ankle yesterday at bassets cove between Porthleven and Penzance. Managed to be ok and make it to porthcurno where the car was parked. Fingers crossed it will be fine before the start of the 100 in 3 weeks 🤞. Getting conflicting info as to whether to ice and rest or heat and keep it mobile. Luckily it’s not bad enough where by I can’t walk on it but it’s pretty swollen and bruised now on the outside of the ankle

more videos!

beautiful place. making me want to get into the sport!

Thanks Francois. Are you planning to do the rest of the series at any stage? Would love to watch them if you are.

Thanks Francois, there’s a few things here that I’ll look to incorporate for this years big efforts. Happy New Year mate.

Great video and top team work with helping Heather & Ben with baby M!! How is the ankle?!

That looked amazing. Really put a big smile on my face. Love the costumes and how everyone seemed to be enjoying it. Mince pies and booze as well 😁😁👍

Now that's some proper festive fun! 👌 Kudos to the heroes who ran that course with buggies 👏 Great vid Francois. Happy Christmas mate! 😎🤘