El Doblete
Most of the running gang got together yesterday to enjoy a beautiful day of mountain running at Iztaccíhuatl. El Doblete is the name for a running challenge which consists of doing the strenuous 12-km route from the little town of San Rafael to Chalchoapan hut and back (24 km roundtrip), then the classic 21.5-km Skymarathon Iztaccíhuatl a week after.
Even though I have planned to run the 1st part of the challenge in previous years, something had always happened which prevented me to do so. The course is really strenuous, with a total ascent of 2,000 meters and the same for descent, between an altitude of 2,700 to 4,600 meters. I logged a total time of 6 hours 38 minutes and enjoyed every bit of it. After the race we celebrated with a big lunch and some beers 
Photos are here or in the slideshow below:
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[...] morning we completed the 2nd part of El Doblete. We had a fun morning running the 21-km course of Skymarathon Iztaccíhuatl and I was able to break [...]
By A week after… « www.arareko.net , at December 27th, 2010 3:39 PM