Training Log Archive: evancuster

Classic distance course at Jouques, NE of Aix. Circuit D. 29th out of 49. Nominally 3.6 km and 170 m climb. Nice course. Very challenging with an excellent long leg. Terrain was mainly light green with patches of medium green. Very little white forest and very few clearings. Mild trail network with a lot of unmapped animal trails. Took 2 or 3 minutes to get into map, as very complex in beginning with terraces, rocks, etc. After I got my bearings, no problem to 1. Ran about 20 meters past indistinct trail junction, but otherwise OK to 2. A little east of 3, but no major problem. Almost skipped 4 as I was heading to 5 when I realized I hadn't gone to 4. Lost a couple of minutes. 5 was the same control as 1, but I was too high, and had to come down about 2 or 3 contours. 6 was the long leg, with the control being a small clearing, mapped as a "charcoal platform" , in the middle of a nondistinct spur of middle green forest. No really good attack point. Found a large relatively recently cut area with a lot of young saplings and trees. Should have used that as my attack point, but just wandered down the hill and didn't go west far enough. Instead headed back east to a large reentrant, realized I was too far east, and headed back. Probably lost 10-12 minutes. Ok to 7 and 8. Should have taken the trail to 9 and ended up going to high and had to circle back. OK to 10, and 11 and 12 were gimme's. Probably the most challenging O experience I've had in France except for the totally incomprehensible terrain last year near Aix-les-Bains, the site of the previous year's WOC.
My foot ached very minimally at the end, but I mainly walked the course, with only a few areas of very slow jogging when I was on the trail.

Results are here http://co-paca.info/challengePACA/resultatsPACA/re...

Slow walk around Aix with Jill in the morning, and then we walked for another hour to a park in the afternoon.

Walked jogged intervals of 1 min each to end of beach and back. Felt pretty good. Hopefully won't have a problem on Sunday.

Walked around Aix with Jill.

Walked around Nice with Jill and then to Monaco for dentist.

First run/jog in over two weeks. Alternated 1 min jog with 1 min walk for 9 minutes. No pain or problem. Will wait and see if I have any delayed problem tomorrow. Probably won't run again until Friday, though. Should be able to compete in Aix on Sunday.

C • Back running 1

Walked up to col, then along Moyen Cornische, and back home.

Walked to end of beach and back.