NEW WOMEN’S RECORD ON THE GR20 BY ANNE-LISE ROUSSET
On June 13th, 2022, SCOTT Athlete Anne-Lise Rousset took on one of the biggest challenges of her career by establishing the new fastest-known time on the GR20, an iconic trail located on the French island of Corsica, in 35h 50 min and 40s. This beautiful but highly demanding route covers 170.3km and 12,690m D+.
The trail runner Anne-Lise Rousset who left on Monday at 6am from Calenzana in Haute-Corse has succeeded in beating the women's record of the iconic trail route, the GR 20, by completing the north-south crossing of the trail in 35 hours 50 minutes and 40 seconds, which is 5 hours less than the former record held for 10 years by Emilie Lecomte (41 h 22 min in 2012).
An epic journey surrounded by two pacers who took turns on different parts of the route (according to the new rules) and who made her cover some 170 km and 13,000 meters of elevation.
Running relentlessly, day and night, on Europe's most mythical trail in order to become the first woman to achieve a time limit of less than 40 hours on the GR 20; this has now been achieved by Anne-Lise Rousset, less than a year after the birth of her baby boy.
"It's extraordinary and satisfying to think that we've worked hard for eleven months, tried to live a normal life with a baby, working our jobs full time and to now finishing the GR20 is the fulfilment of everything we wanted.” Adrien Séguret
ABOUT ANNE-LISE
At 33, Anne-Lise is a professional athlete, veterinarian, and recent mother from Cantal (FR). Since a couple years back, Anne-Lise has been living in Haute-Savoie, near Annecy, together with her husband and trainer Adrien Séguret. With a a very time-consuming work agenda composed of on-call duty, she has to joggle to combine training with work. Anne-Lise has been living in Haute-Savoie, near Annecy, for a few years, together with her husband and trainer Adrien Séguret. With a very time-consuming work agenda composed of on-call duty, she has to juggle to combine training with work.
"The performance came 100% from sharing. The Northern part was incredible because I didn't have a real slump. So it was always fun. But the Southern part was a different atmosphere, my mental had to take over. And for me, it was the sharing that kept me going. I remember how happy I was to see everyone at the refueling stations and how happy I was to be with three people all the time [accompanied by two pacers]. It makes for a really strong mix. I had an incredible adventure with my friends”
BEST RESULTS
Crossing the Aravis, women's record 2020
49km and 6110 D+ in 10h35
2nd Transvulcania 2019
3rd Olympus Marathon 2019
5th Buff Epic Skyrace 2019
7th overall in the Skyrunning World Series 2019
