3rd winter training camp in Clermont-Ferrand (maps)

Frenchteam has started again his training camps of the winter period. After having gone to Jura and Mulhouse, we were this week-end in Clermont-Ferrand, using maps of the world cup of the last year.
First we came to Volvic, and ran 4 loops : 2 with a classic map and 2 others with a contour map. The small scall allowed us to correctly enter the map and the terrain even if it didn't avoid us to make some mistakes.
On the afternoon, we went on the qualification map of the middle distance of the world cup.
4 exercices waited for us for a total of about 10km.
To conclude this saturday, we had the traditionnal meeting of pre-season with the coaches in order to set the goals and the way to reach those goals for the next season.

The real challenge was on sunday with a long distance mass start with forking. We expected a tough race with most of the controls in the middle of the volcanic(so green and rocky) terrain. To understand the course, here is the explanation : on the first loop, runners had to choose between blue and red controls(the first who punched choosed the color and shouted it to be hear by the next one and after runners went alternatively on blue or red). On the second loop they took the dotted lines and the other color.
Best time was done bye JB Bourrin with 2:04(but I'm generous because he didn't find one control...). After came a group of 3 in 2:08(Thierry made only one loop because he had very serious breath problems, and perhaps his life is in danger... :-D )
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