Presentation:

Jean Hudry (24 years old)

Sport: TRAIL RUNNING

City: LE GRAND-BORNAND (74, Haute Savoie)

My sports background


As I approach my 25th year, my vision of sports and my athletic practice are evolving in a direction I certainly would not have imagined a few years ago. My beginnings in sports were in tennis, a demanding sport, both in its physical, mental, and technical dimensions. A sport I loved and practiced for 13 years in competition (best ranking: 2/6), a sport that has shaped my lifestyle, my personal choices, my educational path; notably integrating a sports boarding school to continue my tennis studies. I later joined a sports faculty. The discovery and opportunity to practice other sports somewhat distanced me from the tennis courts and ignited a passion for endurance sports (trail, cycling...).

Residing in Grand-Bornand, in Haute Savoie, I was fortunate to grow up in a natural playground conducive to these types of activities, without real constraints. In recent years, these activities, particularly Trail Running, have taken an increasingly significant part in my daily life. I also had the opportunity to discover the UTMB Mont-Blanc, a must-see event in the trail world, which inspires many runners like me.

Not necessarily drawn to competition at my beginnings in Trail, the intensity of my training sessions naturally led me to my first race. And once immersed in it, with the first bib attached, everything falls into place as if it were obvious.

It thus becomes difficult to do without this practice, as its effects are beneficial to our physical and mental health. Going so far as to disrupt our daily lives, our habits, our rhythm of life, I would say that more than the competition itself, it is the environment as a whole that makes me want to invest even more.

I would therefore define myself as someone for whom "taste for effort" is combined with sports fulfillment and health.

See you soon,