no race but race pace.

With only two days to go before the final round of the Pyrenean climbs series this Saturday a few of us got together for a little spin.

Thursday, the day after that grueling uphill TT Alphonce, Steph and myself got together for what was supposed to be a nice little endurance ride. Alphonce is doing the last round of the series, and so is Steph, but Steph is a little bit less fit than Alphonce and myself... so Alphonce and I were trying to test eachother out on every climb we came across to get a feeling of how things would go come the big day Saturday.

So at the end of the day we had 130km of climbs with proper, full on race pace accents. The ride is a GREAT ride taking you down into the Aveyron Valley and the walled/hilltop cities. But we came back pretty buggered. Steph got in a little over 100k seeing as he lives in Gaillac with is a little down the road, meaning he got in a little under 30k less than the rest of us.

Ahhh.. but what a great day it was. Really enjoyed it. It's a tough life. :-)

Today is a nice easy recovery day. I'll ride into Gaillac and spend some time setting up Steph's new computer, then ride home, have lunch, get my bike ready, maybe have a nap....