Training Log Archive: Ifor

Event: R'ADYS Mountain Marathon
 

14-08-2010 2PM BF_131

Figure of 8 over the Col de Joux-Plane then down to Morzine and up the Col de la Joux Vert down the main Avoriaz climb to Mozine andina and back though Les Gets. The Joux-Plane was nice it's a good steep climb with a realy steep bit in the middle. I ended up pushing it fairly hard as I was feeling good. In the cloud on the very top so put cag on for the decent which was just as well as it started spitting with rain and by the start of the second climb it was pissing it down so the cag stayed on for a genteler paced climb in the rain. Again some steep bits half way though the village. Put my overtrousers on the the decent to Mozine and took it very causiously, breaks were squeaking like nobodies buisness. Road straing though town and up the climb to les gets to get warm again then kept on pushing the decent and allthe way home. It was either keep pushing or get way too cold, I enjoyed the final decent and run in in a masacistic sort of way, you could keep pedeling to keep warm and the corners were not sharp even for the wet the traffic also gave me pleanty of space probobly more than they do in the dry.

86.443 04:07:59 20.9 04:18:24 20 2099 -2096 4.8
01:17:31 01:00:26 01:15:32 00:35:27 00:00:08 160 129

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little warmup down to the swiss boarder and realised I had forgoten my pasport so back up to the van to get it.

9.511 00:26:34 21.4 00:27:56 20.4 205 -207 4.3
00:13:07 00:13:47 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 132 106

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13-08-2010 10AM

From Vallorcine into switserland down abnd up to Martigny then the return. A proper long climb to thre col de la Forclaz and well hot at the bottom but not so bad once out of the vinyards and into the trees. Pushed a bit on the final bit back to the van after I got past byt someone but kept him withing 30M as I knew the van was close. Going like that al the way back up to 1500m may of been interesting.

48.975 02:31:40 02:52:01 1567 -1564 12.7
00:41:48 00:41:29 00:59:27 00:10:46 00:00:00 158 124

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Walk with Jake first around Lac Vert which was very nice even with the damp weather. jake saw 41 fish I saw aboiut 10. The we were going to do a little 6km loop but it started raining 2 minutes after we started and we stoped after about a mile and came back just as we got back to the van the rain stoped.....

11-08-2010 9AM.
Down the old road from les houche to sallanches which is quite undulating in places. Then the climb to Cordon which was not up to the advertised gradent of 11% more like 8-9 but maybe the road got worked on since 1968. Then across and down to the base of the climb to Bettex which was more like advertised.

50.888 02:56:58 17.2 03:08:34 16.1 1279 -900 4.2
01:13:41 01:26:15 00:16:15 00:02:30 00:00:07 163 117

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Second bit as I accidentaly restarted at bettex. Basicaly back down though st Gervais and back up the old road to les Houche which was a serious climb by itself.

36.717 01:45:44 20.8 02:10:44 16.8 597 -958 4.2
00:56:29 00:41:34 00:09:13 00:00:08 00:00:00 150 115

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10-08-2010 9AM Walk 2.50 10km 400m

With Adam up to the top of Mont de Vores and back. very slow going especialy at the start when he was far more interested in tyeing some string to his dark glasses. Not so slow on the way back.

10-08-2010 8pm Bike MTB Blur 10km 350m 1 hour.

With Al from in chamonixe. He was being experimental we started by going up the TMB finish which was very steep bottom gear and having to work hard, no chance of starting if you stoped stuff went on for about 250m of climb had heart rate up to 171. Then we were ment to hit some downhill track to decend but had to push carry another 50-75m worth of climb on a zig zag footpath to get to it. Once there it was getting dark and the decent was far too steep and rought for my liking with the bad visability with just the computer light. I chikened out and went down the track but that was also well steep and rough. Final back into town was actualy very nice bit of track a far more sencible angle then footpaths through town by the river. Knackered after the climb at near as dam it flat out.

Computer not working on Blur which is anoying as would be interested to know the %

8-08-2010 10AM BF_125

First Northern Alpine section climb. Actualy Monte Saleve the hill to the south of Geneva. Looped around from the south on the easter side then up the steep end overlooking Geneva and back along the ridge and down.

50.053 02:15:31 22.1 02:29:25 20 975 -976 3.8
01:06:54 01:01:36 00:07:51 00:00:00 00:00:00 145 111

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