Training Log Archive: AC

easy jog to loosen up from yesterday and remember what it is like to run in a forest!

First O race for nearly 6 months and fortunately it was an easy area north of Paris (L'Isle Adam). If memory serves correctly, this is where I did my first O race in France back in 2001. Nice forest, with just a few areas of brashings from recent logging activities. No errors on the course, which is no great accomplishment given the open nature of the forest, but had a few minor hesitations near the inevitable couple of pit controls. Very pleased with being able to maintan a run for the whole way, even stretching out for some of the path runs. Route choice was sound, with one particularly good route choice from 4-5, with a nice direct route through nice forest. Some young guns new to H50 did 58 mins, beating me by 7 mins. On a good day without 30km in my legs from yesterday, I could probably have done 5 mins faster, but that extra 2 mins is just the product of older legs. Just wait for these guys to get to technical terrain like Fontainebleau :-). Eventually cam 4th I think.

First long run for a while. Pretty tough going for te last 10km as the lack of miles started to show. Fortunately, met up with Carl and Darin for the last 6km and that helped me through to the end. Everything feels okay. Nice cold bath afterwards, lots of food, and lots of drink. Was 87.5kg at start of run, and 85.3 at the end!

Marseille. Easy run around the streets, including a big climb up to see a church on a hill near the coast. Pretty foggy morning so didn't get to see much of the view unfortrunately. Traffic horrendous, suburbs crowded and and chaotic, pavements broken and crowded. So an interesting run all up.