Training Log Archive: Craney

At Peyrol-Vars, 2100m asl! Hot day and a super steep “middle” race. Amazing views of the alps again and beautiful larch and meadows terrain. Altitude, vegetation and general steepness made it a pretty brutal race though. First bit was downhill and I lost nearly 1.30mins on a tree on the edge of the map (hmm). Then some tough steep contouring which went ok. Then some big climbs which felt soooo slow. But I kept running sort of and figured that everyone would be struggling too. Proved to be about right as I got 5th, about 3mins behind the winner from Norway. Frustrated with the mistake early on but good otherwise. Ominous for the two long races that the sprint and middle were overplanned...

Hard to find anywhere flat! But all very picturesque.