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Saturday Jan 12, 2019 #
XC Skiing 2:56:00 [3] 30.0 km (5:52 / km) +390m 5:31 / km
Marathon jinx strikes again. Many parts of Europe, including Austria, with an overwhelming amount of snow. Not this part of Austria. So no Pustertaler 60k ski marathon today. Was downgraded initially to 32k then cancelled all together.
So settled on putting in some real distance effort round the very skiable trails round the Obertilliach biathlon centre. Joined by a few other folk. A lot of man made stuff but perfectly good conditions throughout.
Settled on 30k which therefore didn't involve too many loops to do my head in.
Drinks, gels etc at 7.5, 15 and 22k approx.
1 X meadow loop
1 X long loop
1 X medium loop
1 X long loop
1 X meadow loop
3 X long loop
First 10k in about 58 mins at which point decided that 3 hours was viable. 20k in 1.57 and the the 30k in 2.56. Pleased with how things went over the pretty undulating terrain. Some short, sharp hills, some long ones, and one or two semi decent downhill runs.
Have really benefitted from some top quality coaching this week getting rid of some bad habits learnt over a long period.
In spite of the snow a great trip. Obertilliach is a great location...just need more snow this year.
So settled on putting in some real distance effort round the very skiable trails round the Obertilliach biathlon centre. Joined by a few other folk. A lot of man made stuff but perfectly good conditions throughout.
Settled on 30k which therefore didn't involve too many loops to do my head in.
Drinks, gels etc at 7.5, 15 and 22k approx.
1 X meadow loop
1 X long loop
1 X medium loop
1 X long loop
1 X meadow loop
3 X long loop
First 10k in about 58 mins at which point decided that 3 hours was viable. 20k in 1.57 and the the 30k in 2.56. Pleased with how things went over the pretty undulating terrain. Some short, sharp hills, some long ones, and one or two semi decent downhill runs.
Have really benefitted from some top quality coaching this week getting rid of some bad habits learnt over a long period.
In spite of the snow a great trip. Obertilliach is a great location...just need more snow this year.
Note
Achilles has been tolerable this week but wouldn't have been OK to run on. Hopefully haven't done it any further damage. Pretty sore at times probably not helped by ski boots but ibuprofen gel may have helped. Will see this week.