Saturday: Nous Sommes En Fete...
Salut. Today is the 14th, which is of course Bastille Day so we are all en fete. Oh how it makes me laugh when the local youths start lobbing bangers in the street...
So, here's what we've learned today...
The weather is still hot. In fact it's got even hotter. Yup 30+. And what I do know is that it riding in this heat is hard work.
Been out on the bike - managed to scope the opening 10k. A slight uphill drag, but not too bad. Which is good, given what's to come.
In total this afternoons spin was 66.7km, taking 2hrs 50 [23.5kph, 135 Av HR, 2062 KCals]. The idea was to ensure that the bike is working as expected and to loosen up the legs after 12hrs in the car. What I wasn't expecting was to stir up some latent leg pains. With 200k to ride on Monday this is less than ideal. Stretching and ibruprofen are going to be the order of the day for the next 36hrs.
I do however now know every nook and cranny of Foix and the surrounding area - as we spent a couple of hours touring any shop that could conceivably have a Nokia or Pentax charger. None did. MM's phone and camera remain powerless (he assures me the camera is actually still got juice for 1 photo - which had better be a good one !!!
So, here's what we've learned today...
The weather is still hot. In fact it's got even hotter. Yup 30+. And what I do know is that it riding in this heat is hard work.
Been out on the bike - managed to scope the opening 10k. A slight uphill drag, but not too bad. Which is good, given what's to come.
In total this afternoons spin was 66.7km, taking 2hrs 50 [23.5kph, 135 Av HR, 2062 KCals]. The idea was to ensure that the bike is working as expected and to loosen up the legs after 12hrs in the car. What I wasn't expecting was to stir up some latent leg pains. With 200k to ride on Monday this is less than ideal. Stretching and ibruprofen are going to be the order of the day for the next 36hrs.
I do however now know every nook and cranny of Foix and the surrounding area - as we spent a couple of hours touring any shop that could conceivably have a Nokia or Pentax charger. None did. MM's phone and camera remain powerless (he assures me the camera is actually still got juice for 1 photo - which had better be a good one !!!
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