Our preparation for the Transalpine continues this weekend as we head to Scotland for the Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon (LAMM). We've once again entered the Elite course and I think it would be fair to say that we're hopefully of a similar result to last year when we made the Day 2 chasing start and finished 7th.
Whilst neither of us are completely over niggles and injuries picked up in the last few months, my whinjuries are similar in scale to last year and shouldn't cause too much pain (touch wood!). Success at the Bob Graham is still in our minds, and probably in our legs too. Who knows whether this is a good thing or a bad thing?
Whatever the result, it'll be great to get a solid weekend of ups and downs into the training schedule and hopefully the distances will seem manageable after recent epics.
One thing that will be interesting to try is our most recent kit upgrade. I've bought a Terra Nova Ultra 1 - the official Guinness World Record holder for the 'lightest double wall shelter' - http://www.terra-nova.co.uk/Brand/Terra_Nova/Tents/Laser_Ultra_1_Tent.html
On first inspection, it's noticeably lighter than my ageing Laser Comp. The Ultra fabric is also silver in colour, rather than the gold seen in 2011 editions and on the web site. Although, I'm not sure how it will appear out in the glorious sunshine that's been planned. The poles and the pegs are the same as the Photon 1 and a quick analysis suggests the dimensions are the same. We've not experienced a Photon 1 so we might have an interesting, and cosy, Saturday night.
Sadly, the pole cover was missing but I'm reliably informed that Terra Nova are sending one out to me. If it doesn't arrive tomorrow it'll be too late for the LAMM, so fingers crossed!!
Good luck to everyone racing!!!!!
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