My brother is out in Pau training over the Etape course with Pyrenean Mountainsports. He has trained with them before and really likes their friendly atmosphere. They are planning to ride the whole course in one day.
My mate M has just had a new baby (well, his wife has) and so he has been a bit tied up recently, others of the Guildford Peloton are on various training camps, races / sportives or looking after their own new offspring (I thought cycling was supposed to reduce male fertility, however, four of the Guildford Peloton have had new babies recently, obviously whilst the cyclist has been out training the milkman has been busy).
This weekend was going to be difficult for me to train as I had the 1st Old Malden Scouts Summer Fair on Saturday. With this in mind I settled myself in the garage Fiday night for a two hour turbo.
Having decided at last that I ought to start my training for the 2010 Etape I have recently been spending quality time in the garage with my 1990 threshing machine (turbo trainer). During those dark hours alone (when even the mice are leaving the area from the noise) the mind goes to strange places (seeing as I don't have a DVD player and numerous series of Jail Break like some Guildford Peloton members to keep me amused).
By the time I had finished my session at 10:00 pm The Wife was off to bed leaving me alone to get my dinner and cool down before getting some sleep.
Saturday morning I was on the village green from 7:15 am and got home at 6:15 pm shattered after loading and unloading vans, setting up running and taking down stalls and then loading and unloading vans again. The weather was good and the fair was well attended. Initial indications are that we did ok.
Sunday morning I was still shattered, a bit of a zombie. I did jobs around the house until lunchtime. Then my wife and son were off to the farm with his cousins and I was released to go cycling. After a slow start I managed 58 miles and 1100 metres of climbing in the Surrey Hills.
My wife got me a new Garmin 705 for my birthday last week. Very nice it is too and I have heard so much about what they can do. This was the first time I have used it. It is not quite as user friendly as the Polar CS600 I usually use. I think I shall be asking some mates for help as I can't work out how to get the data off so it can be viewed.
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