Day 7: “From Sunflowers to Chateau’s”
By IanC on 16th August
Another short stage of 58km, beginning with a beautiful sunrise as we ran between miles of sunflower fields with the flower heads all drooped from the weight of seed. Past the imposing Chateau at Montreuil-Bellay the quiet roads flattened out till we joined 4km of trail 5.5km from the sundrenched village finish of Monts sur Guesnes.
The plan today was to run as in training because the slower tempo still leaves me with fat knees; maybe getting off them ASAP again is the best tact. Initial results are okay, the morning will be the true test when we head for Angles sur l’anglin in the Poiteau province on stage 8.
Local woman Clare Pearson from Skipton AC was delighted with her weekend win at the Dentdale Run on Saturday 10th March. Hard training over the winter months
Snow on the mountains this morning: my fingers numb as the cold penetrates the gloves, heavy breathing fogging my glasses as I work hard to climb the hills, big puffy pants to stop my legs freezing,
