VERBIER ULTRA TRAIL RUNNING X-TRAVERSEE - UTMB Word Series 

Love your narrative style and filming…. Some of the best ultra running content available… all the best for 2024 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️

As usual, excellent. I really enjoy your video logs. You are the first of-the videographers who has mentioned the possible hazards of trail running. I fell three years ago and, in the words of my French doctors, as I live in Paris, I pulverized my shoulder. It has made me paranoid about running fast.

I am doing the race this year for the first time, your insights are very valuable!! Thanks for sharing

Great video Rafael. Congrats for the accomplishment. I knew the Brazilian that passed away in the UTMB PTL 😔

Great video and such a beautiful area! As a swiss living in Asia since 2011, I need to do more Swiss mountain exploring😄 I only know the Alpstein quite well.

Brilliant video. What a tough race. On my longer races I also have trouble taking any energy drinks after about 100K in. I found that salt tablets really work for me. Caffeine gels also saved my 2023 TDS race. So glad to finish that race after a DNF in 2022. Well done for finishing Verbier.

Bravo Rapha! This got you ready to tackle Mont Blanc!

Very well presented and filmed. I had very bad noutios through the TDS half of the race barley ate anything, very tough situation...

Great video - does the race justice. (Ran it twice, and love it!)

Hi Rafael, nice video, many thanks! I ran X-traversee in 2022 and 2021 with my wife. So I know well what The Wall means 😂. For me there is even more cruel passage (Coll des Avouillion and Panossiere + the subsequent downhill to Lourtier. That part can be very cruel as well 😉🫥

Wow Rafael you did another extreme trail. Congratulations on the X-traversée and for sure on finishing UTMB. I want to say I really look forward on every video you make. You are a big inspiration for me and i love trailrunning because of you. I finish my first ultra 'the matterhorn ultraks, SKY' because of your videos. Now I'm also building to my UTMB dream and I will start to collect running stones in 2024 on the Julian alps trail run 100K. I understand you're taking other goals right now beside trailrunning. I really hope we can share the trail together one day. I just turned 20 years old and got a lot of support from my family. I find it hard to get the training in with university, girlfriend and family but your videos show me it can be done. I'm suffering from a stress fracture in my shin so stuck to swimming for now. I hope I can hit the road soon and als achieve my goals. Again a big congrats on UTMB and thanks for all the videos. I hope you now they really inspire me. Always nice to get the Kudos on Strava from you, thanks a lot. Good luck with your upcoming goals. Great time btw on the half marathon! if you have any tips for the 100K I would really like to hear them.

Rafael..every video you make is fantastic. Only outdone by the achievement itself..outstanding effort and huge respect!! Digging so deep..incredible effort 💪🏽

@rafael hidalgo great achievement congratulations; just one recommendation from my side if you are prone to chafing tryout the T8 commandos, since wearing them I never chafed up again -> Chrig-L

Ehi another great video. Training for "trail delle 5 querce" 24km in Gravina here in Southern Italy. Nothing compared to UTMB but still tough. Wish me luck!💪

What a great video, as a viewer you feel so much part of this crazy journey, good running too!

Great race and great video Rafael. Very motivating for our challenges!

Congratulations on finishing! This makes me really excited for my first trail race in July.

Very nice documentary!!!!

very good film! thank you for this one and well done!

Awesome video - beautiful race and inspiring fotage!

Amazing video Rafael! You got a new subscriber! Thank you for sharing m8! Great job! 😉

Well done and a great video!

Another epic documentary! I was feeling your pain throughout the video 😂. My first 100k is coming on the 8th Dec and I have got the similar niggles. Inspirational to see you battle through it! Ton D.

Great video as always. Isn't the Trail de Dents du Midi the oldest of Switzerland? It claims to be the oldest of Europe (started in 1963)?

check out Trail du Besso, the most brutal race I've run

Vertigo dudes right ankle was looking rough 😮

Great video, great experience, big effort. What do you think could be the reason for the IT band pain go away? Got same issue and needed some help.

Hey - Awesome race! Regarding your IT Band, I'm going through something similar, have you fixed it? If yes, any tips you can give me? Cheers

Hello Rafael, Great video once again. Been trying to communicate with you on Instagram regarding a race but due not accepting my invitation cannot sent the rest ❤️❤️