
GlaGla LIVE STREAM: When & where to watch 600 paddlers race around a freezing-cold lake in the French Alps

GlaGla from above (credit: @yoannaerostudioproduction)
It can be hard to comprehend until you experience it for yourself, but there’s a freezing-cold lake in the French Alps that’s home to one of the biggest races in the world. The humble-yet-mighty “GlaGla Race” has snowballed over the years into the first big gathering of the season, and this year a record 620 paddlers have signed up for the ice-cold adventure.
The term “glagla” basically means “teeth-chattering cold” in French, and this year isn’t going to disappoint. The temperature will drop to -7ยฐC (19ยฐF) on Saturday evening, though during the race it’ll be a relatively mild +4ยฐC (39ยฐF).
But if you can’t make it to beautiful Lake Annecy, or if you just prefer to retain the feeling in your toes when you paddle, you can sit back and watch the 2020 GlaGla Race from the warm comfort of your own home on Saturday.
I’ll be hosting the live stream on The Paddle League along with our new friends from ‘8 Mont Blanc’ (the regional TV station) who are producing a special mobile broadcast for GlaGla. So hopefully we’ll be able to bring you a front row seat for both the men’s and women’s races as the likes of Fiona, Sonni, Olivia, Titou, Ty, Tom, Ludo and about 600 other paddlers do their best to stay warm and tick this massive adventure off their bucket list.
(For the stats aficionados: GlaGla will hit about 80% on the New Race Index, so it’ll also have a solid impact on the 2020 World Rankings.)
Most paddlers opt for the 14km main event, but there’s also a 6km option that starts at the same time and helps create the spectacle of the “mass start” where 600 paddlers stand shoulder to shoulder on the second-biggest start line in the sport (Paris at ~750 is the only bigger race I know of). It’s a pretty special event.
The race starts at 10:30am Saturday (French time) and the stream will go live on The Paddle League Facebook page about 10 minutes before that. Here’s when to watch…
2020 GLAGLA RACE: LIVE STREAM START TIMES
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10:30am Saturday in France ๐ซ๐ท
= 11:30pm Friday in Hawaii ๐บ๐ฒ
= 11:30pm Friday in Tahiti ๐ต๐ซ
= 1:30am Saturday in California ๐บ๐ฒ
= 4:30am Saturday in Florida ๐บ๐ฒ
= 4:30am Saturday in Peru ๐ต๐ช
= 6:30am Saturday in Brazil ๐ง๐ท
= 9:30am Saturday in the UK ๐ฌ๐ง
= 10:30am Saturday in Spain ๐ช๐ธ
= 10:30am Saturday in Italy ๐ฎ๐น
= 10:30am Saturday in Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
= 10:30am Saturday in Viking Land ๐ฉ๐ฐ
= 11:30am Saturday in South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ
= 11:30am Saturday in Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ
= 11:30am Saturday in Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ
= 4:30pm Saturday in Thailand ๐น๐ญ
= 5:30pm Saturday in West Oz ๐ฆ๐บ
= 6:30pm Saturday in Japan ๐ฏ๐ต
= 7:30pm Saturday in QLD ๐ฆ๐บ
= 8:30pm Saturday in VIC/NSW ๐ฆ๐บ
= 8:30pm Saturday in New Caledonia ๐ณ๐จ
= 10:30pm Saturday in New Zealand ๐ณ๐ฟ
The live stream will be on The Paddle League Facebook page
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