My second for the season is done and dusted. After spending time at altitude in Davos I felt ready to do a race so I signed up for Maxi Race in Annecy. 36km, 2900m elevation on semi technical trail. I had a lot of training the week before the race but I felt good and in ok shape so I was excited to race. The startlist wan't super string except for Jon Albon, who is arguably the 2nd best trail runner in the world right now. I have raced against him a lot of times before so I know his style of running, strong parts of the weaknesses.
My tactic was to push him in the uphills and try to get a gap in the last climb that was big enough so that he would catch me in the last downhill. From the start I felt really god and I was in good control. I managed to get gap of Jon in each climb and on the top I had close to 2 min gap. But I didn't feel so confident in the downhills so he closed the gap really easy and unfortunately I made a wrong turn that made me lose 2 min to Jon.
I finished 2nd and even though I lost to Jon again I was happy with my performance and where I'm at right now. Jon is like I said a super strong runner and the best downhiller in the world so it was no shame in getting beat by him. Next time though...
Equipment
Adidas TERREX Speed FLow
TERREX Agravic Pro Tank
TERREX Agravic Pro Trail Running Shorts
TERREX Trail Running Vest
Maurten 360
Maurten Gel
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