Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Training through the protected area

This time I didn't improve my running time and I didn't enjoy the training. I ran 10 km and the time taken was 54:39 minutes. Maybe I gained weight during last Easter weekend because I had eaten plenty of Easter's pastries, chocolate eggs and other Easter food. The main part of the track which we ran this afternoon was inside the protected area.

After we had crossed the Southern Suburbs we ran a hard up hill. Then we followed the path through a green valley of the natural reserve and we ran along the mediterranean forest. Today the landascape was better than the training. In the first photo above posted you can see a view of the small protected area with some typical Italian cattles. Then I showed you the spring colours of the mediterranean forest

and the hard up hill above mentioned. I hope that I'll improve the next training.

7 comments:

Julie said...

Hi Giorgio,
It looks like you had a lovely run! Thank you so much for posting the beautiful pictures:) Enjoy the rest of your week!

Amy said...

Lovely pictures - too bad the run didn't go as well as expected, but I guess we all have those days in running. We saw lots of runners in Paris, getting ready for the big marathon there this weekend!

Johann said...

Lovely pics! Looks like a great run anyway. Most of the time I just enjoy my runs and don't worry about the time. faster times come by itself.

Sherri said...

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE your training photos...they are beautiful!

Alexandra said...

What gorgeous photos! Easter only comes once a year so you have to make sure you eat lots of chocolate easter eggs to hold you over until the next year. That's O.K. to have a bad training run, it's important to eat lots during the Easter weekend.

Black Knight said...

Did you run through the Macchia dell'Infernaccia? Be careful because the cows leave many "presents" on the trails! Tomorrow "socazzi"for everyone!!!

strewth said...

Looks like amazing countryside and a very beautiful run. It also looks like a tough hill. Do hope you had a lovely Easter - chocolate eggs are yummy!