31K in Terni

Today, as part of our continuing training for the marathon in November, a group of us headed over to Terni for a 31 km race. Why was it 31 km? Probably because they wanted something longer than 21 km and the roads they had already selected for the 12 and 21 km options worked out to 31 km when they put them all together.

It was a low-budget race: 3 Euro entry fee! you could tell in the amenities compared to last weekend. There were not volunteers at every intersection, water stations were further apart, etc. But it wasn't a problem, and they still had emergency vehicles to pick up my teammates who ended up dropping out.

But the funniest part, as always, was the runner's pack. This week's:




Two bottles of shower gel. I guess they could predict that the runners would need it. But black current with white lily (left) or with ginger (right)?

Michael

PS. For those of you who were wondering, I managed an even-paced run that averaged 4:49/km for a finish time of 2:26:57. It was actually about 30.5 km.