-
...mile 4, 24 minutes. Hahaa, brilliant! I've just unilaterally created a new committee post of Club Expedition Secretary and you're it. Seriously, I'd love to do something like this, maybe for next year's Tour. (Or the year after that...) Or do the Mont Blanc Marathon, which has been on my bucket list for a while. Basically, one way or another I need to get to the Alps!
I've spent best part of the last couple of weeks getting over the remnants of a stubborn cold, but it cleared up by the weekend, so I made up for lost time with an endurance-fest, 17.5 mile long run including lots of off-road on Saturday (SE London rather than alpine, but still reasonably scenic), then a lovely bike ride to Whitstable on Sunday, 92 miles altogether including the ride back from Bromley South. I've managed a 5 + 6 mile run double yesterday and a rowing session this morning with track to follow this evening, so fitness doesn't seem to have suffered too much.
You are reading a single comment by @PhilPub and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
PhilPub
Yes, it was amazing. We built up the length and challenge quite nicely. A short, flatt-ish run on Thursday. Our Friday run was over a pass to St Germain and up Bettex for the Tdf. Saturday we did a trail route within the forest with some more technical descending. The final proper run was billled as 'if you only do one route in Chamonix do this one' by the guidebook and it was excellent: up to le signal (about 6 minutes slower than Kilian Jornet does it), then along to the Refuge du Plan de l'Aiguille and down just over 1000m. I had pretty tingly hands and feet by the end of that one.
It was a great holiday, running in the morning and watching cycling or sightseeing in the afternoon / evening. A total ascent of about 4000m so just under 1000m per run.
I'm struggling to upload any pictures.