A.M. Warm and sunny for one of my favourite rounds. From the wine hills before going up into the woods I could see a local cycle race in the area and I stayed put and watched for a short while from my 'grandstand' seat. First a leading pack of 6 cyclists, then a slightly larger chasing pack, and then a whole mass of cyclists and cars with the spare bikes on the roof weaving around them. It was inspiring to see and I had a good progressive easy pace run with some hill climbs and 5 x 150m strides to finish. Total 17,4k in 1:22:43, av pace 4:45/k, 7:39/mi. |