(June 25, 2017) As hindsight, it may not have been the greatest idea to go for a 80-kilometer bike ride with some decent climbs to recover from a longish (mostly) downhill run from the day before, but at the time it felt just right. We left early when it was […]
We have a four-day Ascension Day holiday weekend with very Summer-like weather; early mornings have been still relatively cool, +15C at most, but afternoons quite hot, +30C and plus. We deviated a bit from our marathon training program, and on our rest day (May 26) did a 128-kilometer bike ride […]
(April 17, 2017) Yesterday we did our weekly long run on Vercors plateau under cloudy skies and in a freezing wind. Today we did an easy recovery “run” on two wheels under the perfect blue sky and just cold wind, riding to Voreppe along the Isère river (~40km). Once in […]
After the fourth week of the heat wave we escaped the town again, this time to Vaujany in the canton of Bourg d’Oisans, not far from Des 2 Alpes where we were two weeks ago. Beside enjoying cooler mountain air our weekend getaway had another purpose, namely to watch the […]