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Sunday, January 30, 2010
Trail Night (starting at 18h), 24 km, no of supplies.
harsh winter this year! It almost did not go, then the weather situation has improved, then degraded in the morning even in this region. After dithering, we finally, Thierry, Jean-Paul and I, by taking the road and join with infinite precautions, after crossing our "high Ardennes" (de Fraiture rising to 674 m), this region Soiron in the valley of the Weser. A layer of snow ahead of us not too thick, but this much ice. We arrived around 17h.
We find our friend Fred, CCC finisher, Alain (UTMB), Marie-Anne (CCC) and many other familiar faces, including some Wouter Hamelinck, several other finishers CCC UTMB and even PTL! Beautiful people, whatever!
Some warm-up strides, adjustment of frontal (ventral ...), and ready for departure. It is just a few degrees below 0.
18h: " we are still waiting for ten minutes until it gets dark " We will launch the organizer " Heavenly Riders!
And here we go for 21 km (announced, but in reality it will be 24) discoveries in the shadows of a moonlit intermittent. The first km linked together nicely, crossing villages, narrow passage between hedges (we took the opportunity to chat and do one or the other picture ...)
Beautiful passages, sometimes on roads, sometimes in the woods excluding roads, stream crossings, muddy tracks, it goes up and down constantly.
The pace is quite high, should look carefully where you walk, do not miss the signs, do not run too close to the one before. For this reason, several times, before I take the small groups, just to better position my little toes, and better identify where I'm going to ask!
The first two thirds of the race passed without too much difficulty, elevation changes, both uphill and downhill, not long or very demanding. I even came to wonder why this race had the reputation of "hard"?
I quickly understood my question and stored into oblivion when I approached the final third, much more hilly, and especially about 5 km from the finish, turn right at the corner of a house The wall! The rise, nay climb the hillside, continuous, steep, slippery and endless, putting a strain on the thighs! No doubt, it breaks the rhythm and it makes the damage. The recovery at the top is much slower, it blows and it does not discuss more! We must get back into the race because it's not over. Some "break-legs" are still to pass before entrendre off the voice of the announcer at the finish. But we are not there yet, it goes, it goes down again, it glides over again.
And one ends with a superb descent into a large field covered with a ten cm of snow, a real ski slope, I very much fun! Still a few hundred meters away and saw the village, the sounds come together and bingo, it's arrival!
RESULT: 87 e / 353 - 2:40:05 - 4 th V2
4 minutes behind Fred and 3 to Thierry, I am very happy with my time, well managed I think I have given good. Only a few warning cramps after the passage of the "neck" came from (barely) affect my run a few hundred meters, time to evacuate.
No showers because the water supply froze (!!), a good spaghetti (I ate a whole beef!) And good special beer (The Celeste), and we are cocked and ready for the 120 km return.
It was well worth the detour! A remake!
We find our friend Fred, CCC finisher, Alain (UTMB), Marie-Anne (CCC) and many other familiar faces, including some Wouter Hamelinck, several other finishers CCC UTMB and even PTL! Beautiful people, whatever!
Some warm-up strides, adjustment of frontal (ventral ...), and ready for departure. It is just a few degrees below 0.
Thierry, Jean-Paul and Fred
18h: " we are still waiting for ten minutes until it gets dark " We will launch the organizer " Heavenly Riders! And here we go for 21 km (announced, but in reality it will be 24) discoveries in the shadows of a moonlit intermittent. The first km linked together nicely, crossing villages, narrow passage between hedges (we took the opportunity to chat and do one or the other picture ...)
Beautiful passages, sometimes on roads, sometimes in the woods excluding roads, stream crossings, muddy tracks, it goes up and down constantly.
The pace is quite high, should look carefully where you walk, do not miss the signs, do not run too close to the one before. For this reason, several times, before I take the small groups, just to better position my little toes, and better identify where I'm going to ask!
The first two thirds of the race passed without too much difficulty, elevation changes, both uphill and downhill, not long or very demanding. I even came to wonder why this race had the reputation of "hard"?
I quickly understood my question and stored into oblivion when I approached the final third, much more hilly, and especially about 5 km from the finish, turn right at the corner of a house The wall! The rise, nay climb the hillside, continuous, steep, slippery and endless, putting a strain on the thighs! No doubt, it breaks the rhythm and it makes the damage. The recovery at the top is much slower, it blows and it does not discuss more! We must get back into the race because it's not over. Some "break-legs" are still to pass before entrendre off the voice of the announcer at the finish. But we are not there yet, it goes, it goes down again, it glides over again.
And one ends with a superb descent into a large field covered with a ten cm of snow, a real ski slope, I very much fun! Still a few hundred meters away and saw the village, the sounds come together and bingo, it's arrival!
RESULT: 87 e / 353 - 2:40:05 - 4 th V2
4 minutes behind Fred and 3 to Thierry, I am very happy with my time, well managed I think I have given good. Only a few warning cramps after the passage of the "neck" came from (barely) affect my run a few hundred meters, time to evacuate.
No showers because the water supply froze (!!), a good spaghetti (I ate a whole beef!) And good special beer (The Celeste), and we are cocked and ready for the 120 km return.
It was well worth the detour! A remake!
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