With all the craze of the Escalade, I forgot to mention that I managed a decent finish in a local race a week prior! The race “NovioduRun” (www.noviodurun.ch) took place in Nyon. Four 2km loops zig-zagging through the old town, the central shopping area, through a small “bois” (forest), leading down to the lake front, and then finally up the steep slope past the Roman ruins back to the Nyon castle, where the start and finish both are.

I strategically chose to run the first two laps easy, and then slowly accelerate on the third and fourth lap. Total distance was 8.1km. The hill at the end of each loop was v steep and probably measures around 200-300m if you include all the zigging and zagging.

I finished 26th overall in a humble time of 31:55. Not too bad considering that I have only done a few weeks of speed (4) this year. The winner ran 25:39, and then one of my tri buddies flew in, in around 27 and change.

Photos here. (flash required)

Results here. (my age group is page 7)