FKT: Sarah Williams - GR 10 (France) - 2025-09-09

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GR10 Daily Stats - Sarah Williams

4th August - 9th September

37 day, 5 hours 30 mins

 

Recorded on Suunto - https://marketing.suunto.com/h5/invite-friends?username=sarahwilliams70

 

Photos have been shared on Instagram @toughgirlchallenges

 

Vlogs will be coming out on YouTube @toughgirlchallenges

 

 

Day 1 ℹ️Stats:  4th August

From: Hendaye

Start time: 10am

To: past Col d’lbardin

End time: 5pm

 

🥾Km: 16

🥾Miles: 10

🦶Steps: 20,272

Ascent: 900m

Descent: 556m

 

Total Distance  16/955km  1.67% Done ✅

 

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Day 2 ℹ️Stats: 5th August

From: past Col d’lbardin

Start time: 8.44am

To: Chapelle Notre Dame de l'Aubépine

End time: 9.10pm

Accommodation: wild camped

 

🥾Km: 29.35

🥾Miles: 18.3

🦶Steps: 36,265

Ascent: 1200m

Descent: 1271m

 

Total Distance  45.35/955km  4.7% Done ✅

 

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Day 3 ℹ️Stats: 6th August

From: Chapelle Notre Dame de l'Aubépine

Start time: 8.30am

To: Bidarray

End time: 4.10pm

Accommodation: gite campsite 🏕️

 

🥾Km: 18.79

🥾Miles: 11.7

🦶Steps: 22,891

Ascent: 736m

Descent: 960m

 

Total Distance  64/955km  6.7% Done ✅

 

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Day 4 ℹ️Stats: 7th August

From: Bidarray

Start time: 8.10am

To: saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry

End time: 5pm

 

🥾Km: 16

🥾Miles: 10

🦶Steps: 22,974

Ascent: 1300m

Descent: 1300m

Highest point- Pic d’lparla 1044m

 

Total Distance  79/955km  8% Done ✅

 

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Day 5 ℹ️Stats: 8th August

From: saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry

Start time: 9.30am

To: before Estérençuby

End time: 8pm

 

🥾Km: 29.53

🥾Miles: 18.45 miles

🦶Steps: 37,768

Ascent: 1513m

Descent: 1080m

 

Total Distance  108.5/955km  11% Done ✅

 

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Day 6 ℹ️Stats: 9th August

From: before Estérençuby

Start time: 7.40am

To: past Iraty

End time: 6.45pm

 

🥾Km: 28.71

🥾Miles: 18

🦶Steps: 34,454

Ascent: 1799m

Descent: 1136m

 

Total Distance  137/955km  14% Done ✅

 

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Day 7 ℹ️Stats: 10th August

From: past Iraty

Start time: 8.15am

To: before Col d'Anhaou

End time: 9pm

 

🥾Km: 29.57

🥾Miles: 18.5

🦶Steps: 34,577

Ascent: 1383m

Descent: 1397m

 

Total Distance  166/955km  17% Done ✅

 

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Day 8 ℹ️Stats: 11th August

From: before Col d'Anhaou

Start time: 8.04am

To: past refuge Jeandel

End time: 6.45pm

 

🥾Km: 28.41

🥾Miles: 17.7

🦶Steps:28,717

Ascent: 1700m

Descent: 1183m

 

Total Distance  194/955km  20% Done ✅

 

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Day 9 ℹ️Stats: 12th August

 

From: past refuge Jeandel

Start time: 8.25am

To: Gîte d’étape de Lhers

End time: 5.20pm

 

🥾Km: 20.27

🥾Miles: 12.6

🦶Steps: 23,880

Ascent: 625m

Descent: 1395m

 

Total Distance  214/955km  22% Done ✅

 

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Day 10 ℹ️Stats: 13th August

 

From: Gîte d’étape de Lhers

Start time: 8.35am

To: by Lac Gentau

End time: 7pm

 

🥾Km: 24

🥾Miles: 15

🦶Steps: 28,051

Ascent: 2206m

Descent: 1205m

 

Total Distance  238/955km  24.9% Done ✅

 

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Day 11 ℹ️Stats: 14th August

 

From: by Lac Gentau

Start time: 8am

To: Lac d’Anglas

End time: 8.10pm

 

🥾Km: 27.55

🥾Miles: 17

🦶Steps:30,671

Ascent:1658m

Descent: 1584m

 

Total Distance  266/955km  27.8% Done ✅

 

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Day 12 ℹ️Stats: 15th August

From: Lac d’Anglas

Start time: 9.45am

To: Arrens-Marsous

End time: 6pm

 

🥾Km: 17

🥾Miles: 10.6

🦶Steps: 20,629

Ascent: 843m

Descent: 2026m

 

Total Distance  283/955km  30 % Done ✅

 

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Day 13 ℹ️Stats: 16th August

 

From: Arrens-Marsous

Start time: 8.25am

To: Cauterets

End time: 9.30pm

🥾Km:28.37

🥾Miles: 18

🦶Steps:34,504

Ascent:1673m

Descent: 1629m

 

Total Distance  312/955km  33% Done ✅

 

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Day 14 ℹ️Stats: 17th August

From: Cauterets

Start time: 8.05 am - from supermarket

To: Refuge des Ouletes de Gaube

End time: 6.15pm

 

🥾Km:17.10

🥾Miles: 10.6

🦶Steps: 15,570

Ascent:1391m

Descent: 167m

 

Total Distance  327/955km  34% Done ✅

 

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Day 15 ℹ️Stats: 18th August

From: Refuge des Ouletes de Gaube

Start time: 8.40am

To: Chalet -refuge la Grange de Holle

End time: 5pm

 

🥾Km: 19.89

🥾Miles: 12.4

🦶Steps: 22,272

Ascent: 885m

Descent: 1522m

 

Total Distance  348/955km  36% Done ✅

 

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Day 16 ℹ️Stats: 19th August

From: Chalet -refuge la Grange de Holle

Start time: 8.45am

To: Luz-Saint-Sauveur

End time: 6.30pm

 

🥾Km: 29

🥾Miles: 18

🦶Steps: 34,883

Ascent: 976m

Descent: 1726m

 

Total Distance  374/955km  39% Done ✅

 

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Day 17 ℹ️Stats: 20th August

 

From: Luz-Saint-Sauveur

Start time: 9 am

To: Lac de l’Oule

End time: 8.15pm

 

 

🥾Km: 29.42

🥾Miles: 18.3

🦶Steps: 34,617

Ascent: 2115m

Descent: 1033m

 

Total Distance  403/955km  42% Done ✅

 

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Day 18 ℹ️Stats: 21st August

 

From: Lac de l’Oule

Start time: 10.08am

To: Germ

End time: 8.50pm

 

🥾Km: 28.38

🥾Miles: 17.7

🦶Steps: 38,880

Ascent: 1612m

Descent: 2096m

 

Total Distance  439/955km  46% Done ✅

 

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Day 19 ℹ️Stats: 22nd August

From: Germ

Start time: 8.24am

To: Refuge d’Espingo

End time: 5.15pm

 

🥾Km: 17.40

🥾Miles: 11

🦶Steps: 19,002

Ascent: 1724m

Descent: 1103m

 

Total Distance  456/955km  48% Done ✅

 

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Day 20 ℹ️Stats: 23rd August

 

From: Refuge d’Espingo

Start time: 9.05am

To: Artigue

End time: 6pm

 

🥾Km: 24.93

🥾Miles: 15.5

🦶Steps: 29,563

Ascent: 1360m

Descent: 2109m

 

Total Distance  482/955km  50% Done ✅

 

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Day 21 ℹ️Stats: 24th August

 

From: Artigue

Start time: 8.15am

To: Cabane d’Uls

End time: 7.45pm

 

🥾Km: 22.38 + 10.60  = 32.98

🥾Miles: 14 + 6.6  = 20.6

🦶Steps: 27,734 + 14,125  = 41,859

Ascent: 1436 m + 1030 m  = 2,466 m

Descent: 1456 m + 351 m  = 1,807 m

*I put my watch in multi sport mode - so needed to stop the first 1 and start again.

 

Total Distance  515/955km  54% Done ✅

 

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Day 22 ℹ️Stats: 25th August

 

From: Cabane d’Uls

Start time: 8.02am

To: Bonac

End time: 7.30pm

 

🥾Km: 27.74

🥾Miles: 17

🦶Steps: 31,215

Ascent: 1447 m

Descent: 2604 m

 

Total Distance  542/955km  56% Done ✅

 

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Day 23 ℹ️ Stats: 26th August

From: Bonac

Start time: 7.50am

To: before ONF Refuge d’Artigue

End time: 9pm

 

🥾Km: 38.67

🥾Miles: 24

🦶Steps: 47,394

Ascent: 1680 m

Descent: 1501 m

*I had to do a side quest to a super market. Which was approx 5k I paused my watch, but I don’t know if this will have affected the step count.

 

Total Distance  580/955km  60% Done ✅

 

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Day 24 ℹ️Stats: 27th August

From: before ONF Refuge d’Artigue

Start time: 8.30am

To: Col de la Serre du Cot

End time: 7.40pm

 

🥾Km: 2.21 + 23.80  = 26.01

🥾Miles: 16

🦶Steps: 2166 +25,938   = 28,104

Ascent: 155m + 1869m  = 2,024 m

Descent: 10m + 1347m  = 1,357 m

 

Total Distance  606/955km  63% Done ✅

 

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Day 25 ℹ️Stats: 28th August

From: Col de la Serre du Cot

Start time: 9.35am

To: before Jasse du Fouillet

End time: 4.20pm

 

🥾Km: 17.64

🥾Miles: 11

🦶Steps: 22,370

Ascent: 1043

Descent: 1438

 

Total Distance  623/955km  65% Done ✅

 

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Day 26 ℹ️Stats: 29th August

 

From: before Jasse du Fouillet

Start time: 7.50am

To: Refuge des Étangs de Bassiès

End time: 5.30pm

 

🥾Km: 14.69 + 7.17  = 21.86

🥾Miles: 13.6

🦶Steps: 16,380 + 8379  = 24,759

Ascent: 950m + 760m  = 1,710 m

Descent: 922m + 329m  = 1,251 m

 

Total Distance  640/955km  67% Done ✅

 

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Day 27 ℹ️Stats: 30th August

 

From: Refuge des Étangs de Bassiès

Start time: 8.15am

To: just before Goulier

End time: 8.45pm

 

🥾Km: 34.14

🥾Miles: 21

🦶Steps: 37,622

Ascent: 1543m

Descent: 1870m

 

Total Distance  674/955km  70% Done ✅

 

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Day 28 ℹ️Stats: 31st August

From: just before Goulier

Start time: 8.30am

To: Cabane de Balledreyt (1600m)

End time: 5.50pm

 

🥾Km: 23.59

🥾Miles: 14.7

🦶Steps: 28,023

Ascent: 1717m

Descent: 1442m

 

Total Distance  697/955km  73% Done ✅

 

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Day 29 - 1st September - Rest Day

 

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Day 30 ℹ️Stats: 2nd September

From: Cabane de Balledreyt (1600m)

Start time: 8am

To: Mourguillou Valley

End time: 8.15pm

 

🥾Km: 33.67

🥾Miles: 21

🦶Steps: 38,367

Ascent: 2362m

Descent: 2295m

 

Total Distance  730/955km  76% Done ✅

 

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Day 31 ℹ️Stats: 3rd September

From: Mourguillou Valley

Start time: 8.26am

To: before Lac des Bouillouses

End time: 8.20 pm

 

🥾Km: 25.43

🥾Miles: 16

🦶Steps: 27,115

Ascent: 1966m

Descent: 1557m

 

Total Distance  755/955km  79% Done ✅

 

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Day 32 ℹ️Stats: 4th September

 

From: before Lac des Bouillouses

Start time: 8am

To: Planès

End time: 5.45pm

 

🥾Km: 24.85

🥾Miles: 15.5

🦶Steps: 31,811

Ascent: 390m

Descent: 921m

 

Total Distance  786/955km  82% Done ✅

 

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Day 33 ℹ️Stats: 5th September

From: Planès

Start time: 8.40am

To: Py

End time: 8.45pm

 

🥾Km: 32.88

🥾Miles: 20.5

🦶Steps: 38,155

Ascent: 2064m

Descent: 2576m

 

Total Distance  817/955km  85% Done ✅

 

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Day 34 ℹ️Stats: 6th September

 

From: Py

Start time: 8am

To: Maison Forestière l'Estanyol

End time: 9.06pm

 

🥾Km: 36.10

🥾Miles: 22.5

🦶Steps: 38,372

Ascent: 1923m

Descent: 1431m

 

Total Distance  853/955km  89% Done ✅

 

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Day 35 ℹ️Stats: 7th September

 

From: Maison Forestière l'Estanyol

Start time: 7.54am

To: just past Coll de Sant Martí

End time: 8.15pm

 

🥾Km: 34.16

🥾Miles: 21

🦶Steps: 40,741

Ascent: 2016m

Descent: 2150m

 

Total Distance  887/955km  93% Done ✅

 

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Day 36 ℹ️Stats: 8th September

From: just past Coll de Sant Martí

Start time: 8.50am

To: Le Chalet de l'Albère

End time: 8.20pm

 

🥾Km: 37.10

🥾Miles: 23

🦶Steps: 47,248

Ascent: 1208m

Descent: 1608m

 

Total Distance  930/955km  97% Done ✅

 

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Day 37 ℹ️Stats: 9th September

From: Le Chalet de l'Albère

Start time: 8am

To: Banyuls-sur-Mer

End time: 3.30pm

 

🥾Km: 23.42

🥾Miles: 14

🦶Steps: 30,321

Ascent: 801m

Descent: 1732m

 

Total Distance  955/955km  100% Done ✅