8 weeks to go!!
My challenge feels only around the corner. Over the past months I have noticed real improvement in my fitness and training.
This weekend I have forgone riding outside in favour of the shed and the turbo training. The purpose of my turbo training sessions. Have been to mimic the route that I will be riding. In July. Yesterday (Saturday) I set the trainer to mimic the climbs of the Telegraphe and the Galibier. Yesterdays attempt took me 2, 1/2hours to ride the 32km of the climb.
Today I rode the same again with the variation to include the 17km 'warm up' that will be from Modane to the foot of the Telegraphe. I also paid particular attention to my timings and pace notes (http://alzbikechallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/more-detailed-etape-info-received.html)
Today the ride took just over 3hrs to cover the required 48.5pm to get me to the secondelmination zone. I reached this point with an hour in hand.
It was a hard ride especially focussing on maintaining a steady rhythm and trying not to grind away at the peddles.
I feel more confident now in my ability to get myself over the mountains, the challenge is going to come from the weather conditions, it will be in the 30's and also the possibility of bottle necks forming atthefootofeach climb.
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