Woke up this morning with calf muscles debilitatingly sore and stiff from running “doms”. I’d stuck to only 5km (two[…]
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Massif des Bauges and La Plagne
Saturday’s workout went over the Massif des Bauges, passing through the town where the British family was camping when they[…]
Read moreConsequence not the Cause
In one month my time for the Beaufort workout has improved from 5hrs 05mins to 4hrs 32mins. More important though[…]
Read moreSurreal Cycling
Just watched the last 2km of stage 6 of the Vuelta – amazing performance from Sky and Froome. They wanted[…]
Read moreBeaufort Training Loop
Having failed miserably to get my mileage up high enough to give a decent performance in early July it now[…]
Read moreQuality Training
Recently I decided to stop racing for a while because it was not leading to a coherent training program. Pressure[…]
Read morePedalling Skill
First positive signs in training – both my appetite and strength have returned. The weather had been bad with heavy[…]
Read moreCol de la Croix de Fer
Slowly my body is readjusting to the demands of hard cycling and lessons are being learned. Yesterday I drove to[…]
Read moreTime Mégève 2012
One month spent working flat out on my apartment meant that practically no training was possible. The Time Mégève race[…]
Read moreGlencoe
Peter has two artificial hips and various bits of bone floating about – but that doesn’t stop him from getting[…]
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