Training Log Archive: Torino

Started out as running up towards Mont Racine, did a loop up there to where I had hidden my bike in the woods and biked back home with some troubles to find the right trail higher up.
II took it easy and just wanted to enjoy being out up high. However, I had to cross quite many cow herds, one particular one I noticed too late a red-ringed bull, but he seemed to have his mind elsewhere (cows?), so I passed without problems. Another time, I noticed the cowherd behind a farm house within the fence but then a few were coming out front and they had calves with them. Again, I chose a wide berth through bushes and semi-open land before I was far enough away back on the forest road. Whew.

PS: Hmm, it didn't seem to register everything after I switched onto the bike.

Still feel kind of tired and not like pushing things, so opted for a small bike ride in beautiful sunshine. Just the right distance and a few smaller trails to do.

My leg muscles felt very tired, so I went with Urs to the Planeyse and did a few laps on the woodchip track; Then I tried to do 6x 200 m pick-ups to get the cobwebs out of my slow-twitch muscles. It didn't work.

Finished my time outside with a loop up and around our place which felt much better.

Exploratory run up to an ancient ruin of the castle of Rochefort and found it! They're re-constructing it or part of it, so I went around and tried to find my way over to the other side of Rochefort to head back down twds home. Then I remembered having seen a picture of an erriatic huge rock with the juniors of our O-club stitting on top. So I went looking for that rock, first by studying my map and then also finding it. It is really huge, sitting on top of a hill (how in the world did it get there??).
I had explored way too long and missed the window of no rain as it started pouring down on me and Urs came and picked me up near-by.