So, I have to start out by saying that when we first signed up for the race and I was looking at the stages for the race, I thought today was a rest day! That was, until I told Rene and she laughed at me and told me to look at the elevation profile for today's stage!
Today's stage was a 6 km hill sprint from Scuol up to the top of a ski hill with 940 meters of elevation.
This follows exactly the same route that we came down yesterday.
Rene and I decided that we would take it steady but not really push too hard to blow up the legs. The fact that it was such a short stage, a few extra minutes really didn't bother us too much!! And we know that we still have 3 tough stages ahead.
Not much to say about this stage except it was short and over quickly!!! I felt really good again today, which made me feel good but also starting to wonder/anticipate when the pain and fatigue is going to set in?!!!
We had a pasta lunch at the top of the ski hill and got to visit and get to know our fellow canadian runners a bit better- what a fabulous group from Canada!! Mike and Nadja from Canmore are so great, and they are rocking the mixed division-so fast!!! And Stacey and Gaye from Regina are very accomplished runners themselves with soo much experience racing, under their belts!!! Aviva and Rumon from Victoria are also running in the mixed division and are looking great out there!!
It was the best food yet! We then took the gondola down to Scuol where we had the rest of the day to do NOTHING!!! YEAH!!! It's also been really nice for us to stay 2 nights in Sent (3 miles from Scuol) in a fabulous guesthouse!! It's also really nice for Trent and Carter- they can do their own thing a little bit more and not have to drive all day to reach the next stage town!
I also had a sugar meltdown in the middle of the town square and needed candy ASAP.....
So tomorrow, we're going to run to Italy......
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