I was looking forward to Morzine. We'd visited on our previous trip to France and it was a beautiful town with lots of great cycling nearby.
We'd been struck by how many mountain bikers had been in town. So I knew there would be trails there and I was relishing the thought. I found there was a trail up to the top of Avoriaz, a nearby ski station that I'd cycled up on our previous visit so that was my choice.
I wasn't so excited at the weather forecast - 14 degrees and rain.
I decided I had to go out for a run anyway - particularly after being all gloves off about my training in my previous blog post.
With a map from the Morzine tourist office I head up the mountain confidently.
That didn't last long - I found a trail marker outside a row of houses - but couldn't find the trail. Consulting my map, I saw that the there was another trail junction a few switchbacks up, so continued up the road in search of it.
However, I failed in this quest. The cold and dreary weather got to me and not even the sight of the cable car gondolas through the mist helped.
Reluctantly, I turned back down the mountain, and came across a mountain bike trail back to Morzine. I headed down that instead of the road, and by the time I got back to Morzine the rain had stopped. I made up some ks by running along the river to the outskirts and town, then back to our accommodation.
Check out this run on Strava.
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