Famous for Floyd Landis' superb enhanced performance in the Tour de France, well, it was the complete opposite for me yesterday! Bonking 3/4 of the way up it was not my best day on the bike this year - not quite sure what went wrong as I'd eaten but you live and learn! At least the views over to the Mont Blanc massif were as spectacular as ever!
Dropping down to Morzine which is already a ghost town compared to Chamonix. I think their Summer season must have ended at the start of September whilst in Chamonix town is still fairly busy with visitors.
Next week its off to Mont Ventoux region with Ridestrong Biketours for 10 days. Looking forward to getting onto Ventoux and hopefully the weather will be a bit warmer down there!
Completing the Etape du Tour and La Marmotte double in 2011. Mike is co-owner of www.breathebike.com with Wife Jude and are permanently based at Chalet Annabelle in the Chamonix Valley, France.
Tour de France Cols
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Podium!
Today was the Megeve hill climb of 400M over 7.8KM, the last in a series of 3 hill climbs in the region over the past few weeks. Amazingly by competing in all 3 I managed to come 3rd in my age group in the series competition! Happy with that!
Summer has returned this week with day time temperatures getting up to the mid 20's but its chilly in the mornings. This time next week its off to Mont Ventoux and the Avignon guiding for Ridestrong Bike Tours
We've got our last guests of Summer in at the moment - very special guests as its the marketing team from Berghaus who very kindly kit us out in outdoor gear. The good news is that they are looking to expand into cycling wet weather gear so watch this space.
The training schedule with cyclecoach.com is going well and this will take me up to the end of November which will include a couple of weeks in Lanzarote before we go into the super busy Winter season. Etape rumours are still looking at Modane to Alp D'Huez which takes in the Telegraph, Galibier, Lauteret and then Alpe D'Huez. We're hoping to check it out in a couple of weeks.
Meantime we're pushing on with the WInter marketing campaign with and looking how we are going to advertise for next Summer with our Bike tours. Never a dull moment!
Summer has returned this week with day time temperatures getting up to the mid 20's but its chilly in the mornings. This time next week its off to Mont Ventoux and the Avignon guiding for Ridestrong Bike Tours
We've got our last guests of Summer in at the moment - very special guests as its the marketing team from Berghaus who very kindly kit us out in outdoor gear. The good news is that they are looking to expand into cycling wet weather gear so watch this space.
The training schedule with cyclecoach.com is going well and this will take me up to the end of November which will include a couple of weeks in Lanzarote before we go into the super busy Winter season. Etape rumours are still looking at Modane to Alp D'Huez which takes in the Telegraph, Galibier, Lauteret and then Alpe D'Huez. We're hoping to check it out in a couple of weeks.
Meantime we're pushing on with the WInter marketing campaign with and looking how we are going to advertise for next Summer with our Bike tours. Never a dull moment!
Monday, September 6, 2010
September already .......
Yesterday was the annual Houch'Hard race here in Les Houches up the Vaudagne road - a 7km climb with a gain of around 300M. Disappointingly I was only 7 seconds quicker than last year coming in midfield with 19M 55 secs. Don't know what went wrong as I've gone up the climb in early 20Mins in training.
In the post race cool down we had some excitement with my mate John Kehoe locking up his back wheel into a hair pin and somersaulting into a ditch! Luckily no broken bones or bike.
Today I've started a 12 week training plan with cyclecoach.com . The plan was for 2 3/4 hours steady long ride but turned out longer than planned. I added on 30 mins to account for the downhills, however my estimate went wrong somewhere and after cycling to Samoens and back I ended up with 3 3/4 hours and over 100KM. Anyway - felt good after the race yesterday and with a horrendous forecast in Chamonix for tomorrow it was good to get some early September sun with the barometer pushing 24 - ideal for biking.
So the Tour rumours have started and looks like Alp D'Huez is on the cards with the Etape likely to be Modane to Alpe D'Huez. Hopeing to check out the route in around 3 or 4 weeks when hopefully we'll have a clearer idea. We're keeping at eye on Steephill and Paris.Thover for the latest rumours so we can ride the Etape route before the snow arrives.
In the post race cool down we had some excitement with my mate John Kehoe locking up his back wheel into a hair pin and somersaulting into a ditch! Luckily no broken bones or bike.
Today I've started a 12 week training plan with cyclecoach.com . The plan was for 2 3/4 hours steady long ride but turned out longer than planned. I added on 30 mins to account for the downhills, however my estimate went wrong somewhere and after cycling to Samoens and back I ended up with 3 3/4 hours and over 100KM. Anyway - felt good after the race yesterday and with a horrendous forecast in Chamonix for tomorrow it was good to get some early September sun with the barometer pushing 24 - ideal for biking.
So the Tour rumours have started and looks like Alp D'Huez is on the cards with the Etape likely to be Modane to Alpe D'Huez. Hopeing to check out the route in around 3 or 4 weeks when hopefully we'll have a clearer idea. We're keeping at eye on Steephill and Paris.Thover for the latest rumours so we can ride the Etape route before the snow arrives.
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