The Forresta di Tarvisio is incredibly gorgeous. It almost makes me wish I was done with racing for the season so I could wander around the mountains all day and not have to worry about stressing my body. I have been on some good too-long runs... and it's probably a good thing that I don't have a bike here, otherwise I would just ride off and explore and never come back. I almost didn't come back from my run yesterday afternoon. There's a paved bike path that runs through Tarvisio that I was following. It kept bringing me to more and more beautiful or interesting areas- small villages, waterfalls, orchards, forests, caves. I kept telling myself that I needed to turn around- I hadn't really meant to run for so long and the sun was setting and all I had was a T-shirt and shorts- but the next corner continually seduced me. I finally turned around when I found a cave to crawl into- that halted my momentum and I ran back after that.

I hope I get to come back to this area sometime with a bike and during a high volume training week!