Training Log Archive: AC

In Tuscany. Went for a different route, but with the same characteristics - down for a long time and then back up for a long time. This time, I had found a small track back up on Google maps satellite image of the area that looked oky. However, it took me through a section of exposed clay mud hillside that was almost impossible to run through - the clay just clung on to the soles of my shoes and built up until I was running on serious 4 inch platform shoes. Had to then take to the fields and forest to work my way back up to the road. Good adventure run though. Only problem is that my right knee is now very sore and I will have to back off until I get the MRI and see what the doc wants to do. Injuries suck.

In Tuscany. Nice hilly run from our hotel in the middle of the countryside nar Pienza. Not many options so had 2km of up, 2.5km of down, 1.4km of flat-ish along a sealed road, then 2.5km of up. Lovely Tuscan scenery on the run. Startled a wild boar, which ran across the track just 10m in front of me.