Training Log Archive: philm64

Walk around Tre Cime with Chas & Frostibite. Incredible views all the way round. Need to come back here & climb them! It seems several of my climbing buddies have indeed climbed Cima Grande...... Wow!

Final stage dolomites 5 days, needed a good run after yesterday. No 1 sadly I eschewed the path at the bottom & lost a minute. Reasonable from there to the end, tho hesitant to 6 (20secs imo), too high at 7 (30secs?), & probably too careful to 8, on paths (the Håkan/Chas route more direct). Did fine navigating all on my own to no 14 (you know who you are!!!), then flat out to the final trivial urban bit where splits suggest I was the fastest on this portion of the course. Only 6th but 5 secs off 5th. Great result from Chas but the class act was Håkan Svensson who won every stage, & the fast starting Finn, Leo Pymakki.

I completed all days! A rubbish 11th overall, but intact, fit, & with some fine memories of some lovely terrain.


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Italy stage 4, Padola valley. 3.9km. Looked lovely, but no 2 wasn’t making sense. 2-3 mins; then fine to 5, feeling happy. Then no 6- hopeless. 6 mins lost. Too high, but it’s clear I am in deep trouble on steep slopes. No 7 another 3 mins as I was super careless& sprained ankle (despite taping) , oh no!!!! Nailed 8,9 then after 10 & 11 where I thought I was going v well, I let rip as it became an orange course. Desperately pooor, 21st, 15 mins down!!!!!!!!!! Charlie also struggled on the slope, only 10th. Håkan won again- just......28mins. All hopes for a respectable result now gone. I just hope to complete the 5 days without a DQ now.

Dolomites day 3- Misurina again, “middle” race, 4.1km. Early start. Good run, tho hesitant in places. No 1 felt hard but then there were enough long legs, I kept reasonable contact, maybe 45 secs hesitant at no 7. 4th is good but hakan did it 7.26 faster than me so keeps it in perspective. Up to 9th overall now from 13th after yesterday’s omnishambles. Hope to gain more places- if I retain the ability to orienteer .

Italy day 2- Long- 4.2km, early start. Just could not find no 1. 6 mins binned. Was v close. Similar at no 7- again, super close but I looked at every boulder/crag except the right one/ 4 mins. So over 10 mins binned, a terrible run. Hakan Svennson caught me 16 mins & I held him off on no.10, tho he got away with a better line to no 11., & won, 36mins. Charlie was good & clean in 3rd. The weather then turned biblical- huge hailstorm- encapsulated my day, really. I will need to raise my game in the next few days, cos this isn’t good enough!!!!!

Event: 5 Days of Italy
 

5 days of Italy urban sprint (quite long for a sprint)- in Auronzo. Very very hot & humid. Struggled to move, v sluggish, route choice error immediately (25 seconds), no 3 a bit dodgy 15secs, went in too early no 8, 15 seconds. Only prepared to let rip after road crossing, making up 2 places to be 5th, only 33 seconds behind 2nd. Dryest mouth ever? Can’t deal with 33degree heat to run in......

Gentle jog around 7 controls of model area. Woods nice temperature. V enjoyable & map made perfect sense. Cooled off near/in river afterwards.... 33 degrees or so. Ridiculous.