Red Swollen Pinky Toe

Riallungare distances with an eye to Berlin ...

Congratulations to Dominic, but not a blogger friend and fellow racing Kayakrunner , known in the adventure Boston this spring, on the streets of Berlin down the wall of 3 hours 2:57 a.m. closing with a BIG '(after all of the pearls come from that group ..) and "his " Enrica that despite the bad weather has brought home a nice 4:14 a.m. '..
As for the other bloggers look forward to their stories, I peeked around and they deserve our praise them too, a marathon is always a tricky business, the difficult conditions have made it even more difficult .. the same marathon one year ago had been affected by the heat if I remember correctly ..
said that, after two weekends on the pedals that gave me so much satisfaction, I went back to the grind a bit 'of km run despite a nuisance to the thumb of his left foot that I drag a few months .. Although they have special programs, I want to put some chest for fun, with the pleasure of running into the crowd. In my horoscope there will be some great times, but as I understand the race, the thing, I have never stopped .. However, waiting to see what the future holds, Saturday I put 26km to 4'50 "/ km in the rain, but the real trouble came in the wind ..

in marathons and long time is not anything special but I'm quietly riallungando ..

Gold Refiner, Houston

Sellaronda

If little more than a month ago I had said that even after 300km route I would have turned up on the pedals to tackle the last curves of the Pordoi I probably would have laughed and, instead, the idea to complete the tour of the Sella Ronda turned in our (mine and Gianmaria ..) by sick minds a bit 'of time.

.. and once you are in the top photo with the Coppi monument was a must ..

Monument Coppi (Pordoipass)

On top Pordoi finally ..

starts on Friday, found a way to "trap" the two disassembled bike in the trunk, we have been anticipating the moment that did not seem to want to get in because of an infamous time that has accompanied us for most of the weekend and At a certain point, it seemed to screw up our goal .. Aborted after the first attempt to climb the Campolongo, light rain but above the low clouds that looked like fog had made our exit unsafe and never playing the second shipment because of heavy rain on Saturday, we spent two days with his legs below the table and drive to see the path to be addressed and other climbs (Giau, Valparola) of the area .. it was not too wise idea because the climbs through the window views always seem too hard to turn the corner before the hairpin bend and find some walls made me grow up a little anxiety that I stayed two nights, even had the race. .

Sunday, finally, after a contract with the hotel check-out, we got in gear early in the morning and left for the tour of the 4 steps .. The sky opened up with the passing of the hours and allowed us to ride in a spectacular setting, amidst the Dolomites eyes were lost in the landscape and effort went into the background .. The Campolongo legs and get used to warm the heart, Pordoi to increase self-esteem, find safety, pace and enjoy a climb from the Tour of Italy, its descent to get acquainted with the cold that freezes you and feel the hands that, despite the winter gloves, made hard to squeeze the brake levers, the Sella to test themselves on the slopes of our tougher Sunday, Gardena to complete the work, with a slope steeper slopes but not too long and punctuated by km of a slight slope where the legs can run faster and, above all, the longest downhill and technical .. and I go downhill, I have to improve a lot ..

the end I can say that the ride was less demanding than I had feared, there are just over 60km so it's pretty short but I am worried about those ups and downs with no respite in the middle, having to get used to the physical and legs to change perspective in an instant, instead of gasoline there was still .. On the other hand should improve the ability of a speed high and constant in the case plans, and sooner or later find a way to ride in a group for a minimum of confidence in traffic situations, something that worries me enough ..

happy and satisfied we put back on the road, the deviation from the " tortaio " trusted Marcialonga was discovered at a must ..

Nadine Jensen In A Girdle

footsteps of Colnago

on the recommendation of my partner the rider returning from Moena has suffered a small deviation in the direction of Canazei where I was reporting a "drug dealer" sweet as could be Marcialonga celebrated with dignity ..

.. the rest is survived long enough to be photographed ... ... ....

The fact that then the type of celebration was not ideal in a week when there was also the birthday of Mama and marriage a colleague / friend of my girlfriend, is some .. as it is a fact that the 6-7 hours spent in bed over the weekend were not ideal for embarking on a sport demanding on Sunday morning, having said that ... ..

9-9:30 Sunday morning to the appointment armed with Gianmaria bdc, eyes half-closed but ambitious programs dictated by the member who made the previous day a minimum of life as an athlete, I will limit myself to a "non tell me anything, go and ride would not even go out of the country .. "Moreover
between vacation and pre-race Marcialonga recently km in the saddle were nearly zero, and while my companion adventure out almost every day, I still live contrasting moods at every junction / roundabout at the time to pull the pedal .. indeed, I had made an exit, a short ride 50in km with a tear in half, but those tough short climb, and are "skipped" miserably .. to avoid bad thoughts I could find mitigating facts in the 24km race of the day before with high humidity and hot weather in those days of lunchtime of August ..
But in the end we took home almost 130km , retracing part of the average path of GF Colnago race on the same road a week earlier. Positive feelings about Groppo Arcelli and P ace Caldarola, demanding that some tears but let you breathe here and there, while on the Passo del Cerro , which are almost 12km climb constant, but not prohibitive that does not give you pause, the fatigue accumulated after more than 70km in the saddle and pains in shoulders and upper back due to lack of habit, they made me suffer a bit '.. pain that is accentuated quite down because of the many stresses, as my poor confidence to make me get off to a ridiculous speed .. Cerro
got out, after several minutes of pit-stop in the square of Bettola to drink iced tea, even with the hand of the energy that went further south because of skipped breakfast and lunch, we launched in the last 40km of falsopiano fast trying to keep a pace slightly brighter, with all our limitations ..
eventually complied, was the first outing I was doing seriously, I have the bike for a month and a few kilometers, after a shower and a plate of pasta with tuna at 4 in the afternoon, recovering again my partner and reach out to friends in center, which by good people " normal" resting on Sunday and gets a drink ..
But we are made like this ... ... ..

Nadine Jansen In A Girdle

.. 52!

Hey " old lady" because every time you throw an eye on my blog ..

GREETINGS!

(s to joke that when I call you so ... )