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Thursday Mar 9, 2017 #
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slept:5.0
Heading south into Calabria. I was amazed by the steep snow-covered mountains all the way south to the instep of the boot, now heading deep into the toe, greener and gentler terrain, on the way to Savelli for a race and a party. Long bus ride to get here, but stunning countryside.
For whatever unknown reason, my back has been generally happier the last several days than it has been in a long time. Climbing a lot of hills and stairs? Going for a short o-race almost every day? Daily pasta applications? Who knows.
For whatever unknown reason, my back has been generally happier the last several days than it has been in a long time. Climbing a lot of hills and stairs? Going for a short o-race almost every day? Daily pasta applications? Who knows.
6 AM
Orienteering race 30:20 *** 2.53 km (11:59 / km) +133m 9:30 / km
ahr:132 max:160 15c shoes: 2012 MT101 Black
Very fun race in the hill village of Savelli, in the mountains, and pretty hard to get to. It is the birthplace of Nick Manfred, singer and friend of the Park World Tour folks, and the day was scheduled as a celebration for him.
The map, even at 1:2500, is very detailed, all houses of different shapes, narrow streets and staircases. Claes Nideboom did it for the occasion.
Times were quite spread out, best on my course was around 23:56, I was 8th out of about 17. Not much opportunity to try to run fast, precise navigation being he watchword. Some small mistakes, but nothing major, just going really slowly.
After the race we spread out to a few restaurants for a very nice pranzo. Era Ora was the restaurant I went to. 8 different things on my appetizer plate, prosciutto crudo, a bocconcino of bufala mozzarella, more bufala with honey and walnuts, eggplant carpaccio, a little ham and egg tart, a strip of grilled zucchini and a small piece of a harder cheese. Fabulous, particularly the eggplant. Then rigatoni with tomato sauce and some wonderful meatballs and stewed beef in tomato sauce. Next plate was a bean and bacon soup with crusty bread, then a little creamy dolce and a small glass of limoncello. Ready to crawl in the bus and sleep, but there was a ceremony to go
A rather long address in Italian by the mayor, who speaks very well and clearly. Certainly it was wasted on the Scandinavians, but there were also quite a few townspeople in attendance. Then some rather extensive prize giving- some very nice gift baskets, not the rocks and sticks sort of thing at all. Then a lengthy fussing over Nick, before he sang 5 or 6 songs for the happy crowd.
This was quite a big deal for the town, and they were out in force. I don't think this is a place that gets a lot of tourists - just way off the beaten path. They even gave the kids in town the day off from school.
On the cold side, but generally the weather was great, sunny and brisk.
The map, even at 1:2500, is very detailed, all houses of different shapes, narrow streets and staircases. Claes Nideboom did it for the occasion.
Times were quite spread out, best on my course was around 23:56, I was 8th out of about 17. Not much opportunity to try to run fast, precise navigation being he watchword. Some small mistakes, but nothing major, just going really slowly.
After the race we spread out to a few restaurants for a very nice pranzo. Era Ora was the restaurant I went to. 8 different things on my appetizer plate, prosciutto crudo, a bocconcino of bufala mozzarella, more bufala with honey and walnuts, eggplant carpaccio, a little ham and egg tart, a strip of grilled zucchini and a small piece of a harder cheese. Fabulous, particularly the eggplant. Then rigatoni with tomato sauce and some wonderful meatballs and stewed beef in tomato sauce. Next plate was a bean and bacon soup with crusty bread, then a little creamy dolce and a small glass of limoncello. Ready to crawl in the bus and sleep, but there was a ceremony to go
A rather long address in Italian by the mayor, who speaks very well and clearly. Certainly it was wasted on the Scandinavians, but there were also quite a few townspeople in attendance. Then some rather extensive prize giving- some very nice gift baskets, not the rocks and sticks sort of thing at all. Then a lengthy fussing over Nick, before he sang 5 or 6 songs for the happy crowd.
This was quite a big deal for the town, and they were out in force. I don't think this is a place that gets a lot of tourists - just way off the beaten path. They even gave the kids in town the day off from school.
On the cold side, but generally the weather was great, sunny and brisk.