Author: Chris Walker
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Third Ride
As previously mentioned, I’d elected to do the long ride today (112 miles – 180 km). Bit cloudy to start with, but it soon warmed up, although there was a chilly breeze keeping things reasonably temperate. Things were fine to start with – we went up the previously mentioned Rat Hill as opposed to coming…
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Second ride
Another beautiful day, in total contrast to what we’d been expecting. Shorter ride than yesterday, but much steeper climbing and about 20% more vertical distance climbed. Tough in places, but just concentrated on keeping it nice and steady. Paid off, because, as always happens, you get the have-a-go heros blast up the hill, but they…
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First ride
Not a great start. Clocks had gone forward in Spain (as they had in the UK) so had adjusted my watch and mobile phone accordingly. However, the phone decided to advance itself by an extra hour. The alarm went off, I got up, shaved….. and then looked at my watch. I’d got up an hour earlier than…
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Well, here I am, in my hotel room, drinking a nice glass of red wine. Don’t know WHAT I was worried about…. Getting up at 4.45 a.m. wasn’t the pleasantest of experiences, but I made it. Stumbled from the Ibis hotel at Luton Airport to the departure terminal, tugging my bike box and hold bag…
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Usual fairly frantic lastish-minute preparations before departure. Because my bike + box weighs around 25 kg, I’m limited to 15 kg for my hold suitcase, so am having to travel light. As I’m a kitchen sink kind of a guy, I’m finding this difficult….. Must tip my hat to Monarch Airlines Customer Service here, however.…
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My coach (Dan B…
My coach (Dan Bennett – www.progressivecyclecoaching.co.uk) prescribed a light training week ahead of the trip, so today was a recovery session on the turbo. 45 minutes of gentle spinning contrasted somewhat with the harder sessions I’d been putting in in previous weeks and months, so was very pleasant. Thursday’s session looks a bit harder, though….…
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Cycling Training Camp in Denia, Spain March 2012
The day draws nearer – Saturday, 24th March, when I fly off to Spain accompanied by my precious bike. Spent most of yesterday (Sunday) packing it into a bike box for transit to Alicante from Luton Airport. I’m already losing sleep over this as I’ve never packed a bike box before – just hope to…