On the way
It’s a long way from little old Christchurch to France. I’m killing time in Singapore airport with my first 11hr flight under my belt and another 15-20hrs of travelling to go before arriving in Pau. It might sound like I’m complaining, far from it. When I left home this morning it was raining with snow forecast. In France it’s been very very hot.
So onto Epic France. It’s going to be quite an eye opener for everyone involved. I was over in the Pyrenees in 2004 watching the Tour De France. Unfortunately I didn’t have my bike in tow that time but I saw first hand some of the monstrous mountains we will traverse in 12 days in tri geek heaven. Scott and I have planned a particularly difficult route (Gordo actually had to settle us down a little as we got a little ambitious and it would have been the biggest volume EVER on an epic camp). So my job for the next 5 days is to go over the majority of the route finalising all our plans.
We’ve got nice mix of epic vet’s & virgins. Gordo doesn’t look to have any challengers in terms of elites so we’ll have to come up with suitable handicaps to ensure he doesn’t have an easy ride. Scott has been doing a solid amount of training and haven’t ridden with him about a week ago he will be frisky in the mountains. There will be some interesting duels amongst the older gentlemen with a number of 40+AG guys preparing for Kona.
As for me……Well I’ll firmly on the organisational side of things again for this camp. My plan is to get out for the two really big days at either end of the Pyrenees (both around 170-200km with numerous Mtn Passes). Day 3 is going to be a classic including the Tourmelet & Luz Ardiden. I’m planning on using the camp as a springboard to getting back to some sort of reasonable shape for next summer and get back to some racing.
I’ll be trying to give you guys an outsiders view of the daily activity you are going to have to bare with us through this camp as we are staying in some remote locations and internet connectivity may be minimal.
Australia are about to line up against Brazil so time to watch some football. For one of the very few times in my life I’ll be supporting the Aussie’s (the only other time I support them is when they plan England (at anything))
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