Training Log Archive: ndobbs

Forgot to pack gloves and thermal undies.

I didn't sleep on the plane yesterday because I was chatting with a biathlete about Russian doping (WADA van arrives to accommodation, russian coach puffs into cafeteria, russian athletes leave, leaving unfinished meals, russian coach descends to talk with wada officials, eventually leads them to cafeteria, russian coach is confused as athletes were there earlier, maybe they are in the other building, russian coach leads wada officials to other building, etc. etc.), Steven Hale's daughter, La Féclaz, Aix-les-Bains (he lives a few hundred metres from where the music festival was on 13th July). Etc.

He seemed pretty convinced that biathlon was a great sport, which bemused me.

Event: WOC 2015 & Scottish 6 days
 

Not as sunny as '99, but the weather avoids disaster for the coming week.

Up again at

to swim and listen to

with Mt Blanc barely visible in the background.

This town is great.

Evening run. Long day after being up before 6 for the Musical Dawns (concerts aux Bains des Pâquis).
Am I ready to go to Scotland tomorrow? No
Have I a place to stay tomorrow? I nearly had.

Wotd: se renfrogner, to frown. Which apparently related to the word srón, nose.

Sometimes a ban is not enough. http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/irish...

Sometimes mathematics can be very frustrating. After battling with many papers trying to extract some citable theorems, I finally went to get *the* book on the subject from the maths library. Except on arriving, there was a sign up saying it had just closed for the month. I did cry out in the corridor, which led to a kind soul emerging from the coffee room and getting me let in. But then I found the book I was looking for, and it did everything I need, except not quite. And the theorem everyone has been citing doesn't say what it needs to, nor what people say it does.

C • New paper 2

O-Doubs ?

Why sleeping in a hammock can be nice (from 8 days ago in the Alps) -

And, people still make cowbells!

low res cowshed sprint

From 0 phone pics

O'Doubs 4
Pre Poncet

Stomach slightly upset last night and this morning, so didn't feel too good. Plus I slept in the hammock again, and 5 degrees was forecast, so I wrapped up way too warm, and waited for it to cool... thermarest in the hammock is an incredible insulator, so had to remove the sleeping bag... and I had eaten too much tasty dinner and blueberry tart and then drank coffee... anyway, I'm sure I slept at least twice 40 minutes of the ten hours in bed :)

I bought Bagheera O socks before the run. They are too thin and slippery, need a second pair of socks with them. So I wasn't too stable running around today, despite having the laces tied tight and the felt padding.

Nothing too eventful in the run. Battled a bit with a Kempische guy who caught me but wasn't such a hot navigator.