Travesía Integral de los Montes Aquiianos

[El Gordo]

Just re-read this again after Sweder's mention of it. I don't think I fully appreciated it before as I read it in fragments -- and normally through the bottom of a beer glass as it was mostly written through that extended post-Zurich / redundancy /pre-World Cup period when I was in an advanced state of... relaxation.

It's a fantastic patchwork, adding up to a really memorable race report. Except that, it isn't really a race report at all, of course. It's an extended preview. It's all in the anticipation. I don't know if I could do the race (not running, anyway) but I'd love to see that countryside sometime. Amazing combination of snowy mountain tops and roasted valleys.

That looked like a nasty injury. Good to see you're back running. How's the ankle holding up?

Anyway, thanks for all those reports. Superb stuff.