Alto Sil

[Bierzo Baggie]

The Alto Sil race is just a week away. Not especially well prepared but I know the course well enough to get round... I hope. Walking briskly where need be and making up time on descents will be the tried and tested formula. A long route tomorrow should help, at least psychologically.

There are a few interesting names on the race list.
There is a young Colombian called Saul Antonio Padua who is one of the select few to have beaten undisputed mountain running legend Kilian Jornet. He goes to all the races with his dad who is not far off the front either.
There is also the man from the Atlas mountains Zaid Ait Malik. I’d like to write a mini-biography of this guy during the week...it’s a remarkable story, every bit as epic as those in “Feet in the Clouds”. A few of you might have even seen him in Almeria as he has run the last few editions.

This morning’s run went halfway up Monte Pajariel and back down through Otero village. 39 minutes.