Alps Trip complete

Just cycled for 6 days on the Three Countries Randonee with 7 other folks in France, Switzerland and Italy.  The bike company we used was La Fuga at   www.lafuga.cc   They were excellent all around and highly recommended.

Still lots of snow up in the Alps- but we found plenty of Cols to climb over during our six days.

Over 450 miles and 50,000 feet of ascent- and only rain on the afternoon of the 5th day. Riding conditions were excellent- albeit cool.

Also passed 5,000 miles for the year on Tuesday.

Training for the Alps

Training for a week long trip to the Alps the first week of June. Over 480 miles total distance with 10,000 feet of elevation gain daily.  Chamonix to Nice - going in and out of France, Switzerland and Italy. Looking forward to it.

Hope to have 4,000 miles in the legs by then (2,500 so far) - and much more hill work- as I usually avoid too many hills in my normal training rides.

Good start to 2013

Had a good start to January- with mostly indoor miles- but of good quality on the trainer. Total mileage for the month was 501 miles.
Looking forward to spring..

Indoor training has started

Done 380 miles in January so far- working more on intervals this winter than I have in the past along with lifting.  Most of the miles on the indoor trainer.  Feel good. Looking for warm weather soon.....