Zwift - Loopin Lava in Watopia

Sul chemin du printemps et du sucre

Zwift - Sand And Sequoias in Watopia

Avec la grande visite!

Almost perfect loop

Happy with this one! Effort felt perfect for a 50k and I don’t really have any regrets on how I paced the different sections. Definitely felt the lack of running volume at the end though, and had the most agonizing cramps for like 20mins post-race😨

Play-by-play recap :

Goal was to run my own race for the first 25km, and then play it strategically depending on where I was in the field. I consider myself a much better uphill runner than at downhills, but weirdly at the beginning of this race I felt like the lead pack was going too hard on the climbs and too slow on the downhills. I’m glad I stuck to my plan and based my pacing on my own effort perception (and heart rate), which meant I got dropped on the uphills but then caught them back on the downhills. At the first aid station (km 13), we were a pack of 6 running together, and I was still feeling decent. After that, coming into a big climb at km 17, this is where the big moves were made. Eli and David ran strong and put a gap of ~30-60sec on the rest of us. Me and Eddie were more or less together in 3rd-4th and 5th was out of sight at the end of the climb. On the next descent and the third climb, me and Eddie continued running together and we slowly caught up and passed David. At this point (~km28), I was actually really enjoying the race. Differently to sub-ultra races or even more VKs, I never felt like I was working really really hard, and that was kind of nice.. but unfortunately didn’t last very long😅 On the descent leading to the km37 aid station, Eddie ran really well and put a gap on me. After that, running alone for the first time of the race and running my longest run distance in over 3 years, I really started feeling it. I was fading on the last climb, but I kept reminding myself to be positive and that most likely everyone was fading at that point, but it was all about fading the least possible. All things considered, I felt I ran the climb decently well, and was half-expecting to catch up with Eddie, but I never saw him and he was just better on the day. The last decent was surprisingly not too bad and I remained in 3rd the whole way, with no one in sight in front or behind. 

Overall very grateful to have been able to run this race with my injury problems during the winter! The course, competition, organization, were amazing 10/10 would recommend👌

Also shoutout to my homie Augy for being my crew at aid stations which allowed me to not stop a single second for the whole race!

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Sul chemin du printemps et du sucre

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Avec la grande visite!

Almost perfect loop

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