Thierry Corbarieu, 54, is a trail runner from Toulouse. He is preparing to cover 500 km non-stop at free pace in this extreme race in Swedish Lapland.
The first Frenchman to have won, in 2023, the Iditarod 1000, the longest race in a polar environment of 1,650 km. He will start on March 3 in Överkalix in the province of Norbotten, pulling a sled weighing 16 kg containing his equipment.