Just one day indoors recovering from the winter storm period and I just couldn’t stay in any longer. Each day[…]
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Mont Ventoux 2017
Result: 91 km course – 45th/88 in age cat (50 to 59) – age (58) –188th/312 General Classification – 5hrs[…]
Read moreMaking it all Work
The Mystery Bug Springtime this year was filled with a cautious optimism over the forthcoming road cycle racing season. Almost[…]
Read moreTignes Skiing–then Cycling in the Tarentaise valley.
Today was just an exercise in getting the slalom poles up the mountain and checking out the terrain and options[…]
Read moreEndurance Training– Anaerobic Threshold, HIIT / Strength or Maffetone?
For the previous two months I interrupted my normal program of physical training and racing to put into practice the[…]
Read moreAlex Slalom Day 4
Alex – first day of Giant Slalom training! Alex was working mainly on “start of turn dynamics”, but applying it[…]
Read moreAlex Slalom Day 3
Overnight rain, wind and electrical storms meant the mountain was late opening – but fortunately not too late to be[…]
Read moreCormet de Roselend – Maffetone Review
Cormet de Roselend was the choice for training today. It’s not a hard climb being only 19 kilometres – but[…]
Read moreCol de Petit St Bernard
The Col de Petit Saint Bernard is a main summer access to the Aosta Valley in Italy. All this area[…]
Read moreCol de la Madeleine 2015
Today was a nice reminder of how difficult the Col de la Madeleine really is. There are a couple of[…]
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