Ton up – first 100+km ride!
Strange atmospheric conditions in the Ariège at the moment – the sky is a strange colour – blue I guess you’d call it, and there’s a fiery ball up there that’s painful to look at. Noticed my arms going red – perhaps there’s been a nuclear explosion? Anyway, the lack of water falling from the sky prompted me to try a longer ride 133km in the end.
Well, on the downside – I need to add a new choice to the vote, z) Graham will get timed out before getting anywhere near the Tourmalet. I’m hoping it was ‘cos I was a bit ill as after 45km on the first little bit of 6% hill I had to get off and rest! So I missed my time estimates based on the Etape elimination times.
On the plus side, overall I made a faster average speed than on my previous rides (but not much steep work, around 2000m climbing in total from the watch).
More details when/if the exhaustion subsides!
