Getting Ready

I'm getting ready for the Alpine and it's all feeling quite surreal. I feel totally underdone but there's nothing more I can do and little I could have done differently.

This morning I did a lovely 90km at a reasonably easy pace.  It's got the soreness out of my legs from the effort of yesterday.  I really enjoyed every moment of the ride.  It was cold and windy, but I didn't need to concentrate on anything except the riding.  I let my legs have their head a bit on a few hills but generally just took it as it came.

It's on rides like this that I'm really thankful to live where I do and to have the freedom to just ride.  The country is so beautiful.

Next training objective:  Don't drink at the 40th birthday party I'm going to tonight.  That might be a bit harder than most training sessions.

I've decided that I'm doing the Alpine with my old trusty, worn 39-25 low gear.  The new gear I had on order hasn't arrived and there's no way I can get the 9 speed cassette Jim lent me to work with my 10 speed changers so, it's take a deep breath and start pedalling.

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