Training Log Archive: Torino

A quick run while Lena was sleeping and Matti on "quiet time" to clear my head and and try to control some of my tiredness. Felt good to be out and jog easily (didn't feel easy though) but cleared my head a bit.

Checking out our touring bikes and went grocery shopping in Marin Centre and hauled our 20 kg back on our bikes ;-)). Great training.

Ride up to the race.

#4 race du Tour du Canton; quite hard and long. It was all in the woods and it had a few sections on a forest road that went nothing but straight and almost flat. I don't do well on that (even though the time/km does not reflect it, but others are way faster). I'm always doing best after 3-4 km, and in those races so far it has always been uphill from the start, which is hard on me. As soon as we hit trails or downhills, I am able to pass people. Not many though, as I'm always at the tail end of the crowd of appr. 1500-1800 runners.
I felt good again at the end, but it was harder than the previous ones.

Riding home in the dark on some roads but mostly through vineyards. I was cold and stopped by Sandra's house, put on another jacket with hood up under the helmet and Kathy (Marc's mom) fetched some gloves for me which helped a lot getting me home.