Text: Callum Jolliffe, Photography: Emeric Roulic
The 2025 Yukon Arctic Ultra champion returned to the cold this year – this time to Sweden, taking on the 185km Lapland Arctic Ultra.
With our March 1st race start barely fading into memory, Matthieu Blanchard arrived back into Överkalix a little before midnight, looking as composed and strong as ever. Calm. Efficient. Focused.
For an athlete like Matthieu, finishes rarely feel like endings. More often, they’re punctuation marks before the next idea, the next horizon, the next challenge. One suspects his next adventure was already forming somewhere between the final kilometres and the finish line.
Félicitations Matthieu!