TGS, Trail Grigne Sud, is part of the Italian FISky national race series and is a UTMB event.
It is run annually from the shores of Lake Como, north of Milan.
Somehow me, Mark, Neil, and William signed up for the 22km event, complete with a serious 1800m of vert. Eek!
This was a follow on from our excellent RunTheWild running trip around the Dolomites. So we 4 stayed a night in Bolzano and then trained over to Milan on Friday. Unfortunately Neil had to DNS due to work and travel commitments, but at least Mark decided to man-up and compete, in spite of his gammy knee👍!
I was feeling great, after having a head cold earlier in the week. Refreshed and super excited to be racing!
The forecast was not great (25mm of rain!), so shoe and clothing decisions were a bit tricky. I might have slightly bought a new running pack in Bolzano, hey, hey! (Saloman adv skin 12, plus quiver)
(There's nothing as smart as using a new piece of kit for the first time during a longish race in the rain)
So me, Mark and Willy were up early and caught the subway and then the 6.20am train up to Lake Como, which is very pretty!
After registration formalities (including the production of my completely forged doctor's certificate of health, lol!), we were at the start line.
I opted to use my GoPro throughout, since it looked too wet and rainy to be getting my phone out during the event.
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