Having failed miserably to get my mileage up high enough to give a decent performance in early July it now[…]
Read moreTag: Cycling
Quality Training
Recently I decided to stop racing for a while because it was not leading to a coherent training program. Pressure[…]
Read moreBack to normal
This is the longest I’ve gone without writing for years! A few days after the “étape du tour” it became[…]
Read moreEtape du Tour 2012
One word will stay in memory to describe this day – BRUTAL! The race would include two Olympic gold medallists[…]
Read moreJPP Cyclosportive 2012
Preparation The previous week I’d only been out twice on the bike – but both were monster efforts with only[…]
Read moreRoute for the Etape du Tour
Col de la Croix de Fer Despite having only two days rest from the Grand Bo’ it was time to[…]
Read moreLa Grande Bo’
Billed as 3700m climbing over 135km on the long course it was with a sense of intrepidation that I went[…]
Read moreLe Grand Bornand (prelude)
I’m at Le Grand Bornand ready for the race tomorrow (Sunday) morning. It’s going to be hard! It finishes with[…]
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 more