5ª Maratona BTT Raid do Facho

Laupäeval jõudsime pärastlõunaks Viana do Castelosse.

Uduvihm igal pool. Tiimi presentatsiooniks olid peaaegu kõik kohale tulnud. Läksime ratastele, tegime paar tiiru linna peal fotograafile ja siis natuke veel ka sõitu, et järgmiseks päevaks valmistuda. Ronisime ka Santa Luzia kiriku juurde, kuid udus oli nähtavus umbes 10 m ehk et seda kena vaadet ja uhket kirikut ma ei näinudki.

Peale sõitu käisime ka ilma ratasteta pilte tegemas, pildilt on näha et ilus sini-must-valge on puudu, minu riided ei olnud veel tootjal valmis.

Pühapäeval sõitsime Vianast mööda külateid 40 minuti kaugusele, Roriz külakesse. Auto aknast oli juba näha, et kivipuudust siinkandis ei ole, vanad kiviaiad looklesid nii teede kui aiamaade ääres.

Maratoni rada oli raske, samas väga kihvt, selline xco raja moodi, millesse ka natuke laia rada sisse oli hakitud. Hästi palju kivi ja parajalt muda. Stardist minnes enam teisi naisi ei näinud, nautisin pingutamist ja rada, samas peale 2h hakkasin tasakesi juba finishit ootama, gaasi ka järele ei andnud, kuna tahtsin kiiremini lõpetada. Päris väss ikka peale seda 3h40min 60km ja 1815 tõusumeetrit.

We arrived Viana do Castelo Saturday afternoon.

Light rain everywhere. Almost everyone had come for the team presentation. We went on the bikes, made few rounds in the city for pictures and then rode normally for an hour. We climb also to Santa Luzia church, but with the mist the visibility was like 10m in front, so I could not enjoy the view or the beautiful church.

After the ride we also went for pictures without bikes, as you can see from the picture missing is the beautiful blue-black-and-white, the manufacturer still dont have mine ready.

Sunday we drove about 40 min away from Viana on the little roads, to Roriz village. I could notice from the car window that there was no lack of stone in this area, old stonewalls were edging all the roads and gardens.

The course was hard for the marathon, but it was fun, like a xco track with some wider roads inserted in some places. A lot of stones and quite muddy. From the start I did not see other women anymore, enjoyed the racing and course, although after 2 h I started to wait for the finish, I pushed to get to the finish faster. Exhausted after the 3h40 with 60 km and 1815 accumulation.