Pre-Race Bad weather continued this month – even for this key “August 15th” French holiday weekend. The professional Tour de[…]
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Beaufort–Col du Pré
Today was supposed to be an orgainsed event at Bourg St Maurice. However some were setting off at 7:30am and[…]
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Tignes Glacier seen from above Champagny le Haut. Tignes with the Grande Casse to the right. […]
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Today was primarily a “day out” on the bike – the first time this year cycling on new roads that[…]
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Electrical Storm – Torrential Rain Aime – recovering from the torrential rain. The evening before La Bourgui 2014 race there[…]
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Thursday 31 July At last a day without rain! This July must be one of the wettest on record in[…]
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La Plagne 2000 Training Today’s workouts involved running 12.6km with a mostly anaerobic heart rate (above 150 bpm in my[…]
Read moreJPP Cluses–Les Carroz (Haute Savoie) 2014
Many thanks to Paul Evans for putting us up for the night in Chamonix and feeding us. According to Chris[…]
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Paul has worked on his skiing for two seasons in Chamonix since last visiting Tignes and has obviously made a[…]
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I guess you don’t realise how much a bike leans over when cornering – until you look at the angle[…]
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