Thursday, February 12, 2009

First Fitness test OK

My time is AUS is slowly coming to an end. I've been here a little over 2 months now, and I have finally come to the end of the base miles part of my training. Tuesday was the first day I was "allowed" to go a little harder. And so it was that I ran a little fitness test up the local 6km climb of Montville to see how I've come out of my base faze.

The results were quite pleasing. Having done zero efforts and just ridden base for a couple months, I was happy to put out 350 watts up the 6km climb (which usually takes somewhere between 15 and 20 mins). So the training is paying off. Hopefully I'll progress just as well through the next faze of my training before going to the United States and eventually being fit for some races in France right at the end of May and through June.

The Montville climb offers a good testing round

I'm currently having an easy week, which has worked out well because this week is turning out to be a little wet. But overall I have to say I'm happy with the start of the season thus far.

An easy week fits in well with a week of rain

Friday, February 06, 2009

Tribute to Pepoy


Chris Hayes informed me of the passing of MTB legend, former MTB world Champion and former teammate of mine Christophe Dupouey.


He was my hero as I was growing up and racing MTBs, I loved his style. I raced with him on AVS/AG2R feeder team in 2002 and rubbed elbows with him for a couple years after that on different teams... Jesus that's really sad. He has 2 kids!!!!!! The guy was a legend. Watching him got me into cycling... He will be missed in the cycling world.


I'm lost for words..........
Former World Champion Dupouey commits suicide

Former mountain bike World Champion Christophe Dupouey committed suicide Wednesday evening in Tarbes, France. He was said to have suffered from depression.
Dupouey won the World championship title in 1998, and finished fourth in the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1996.
In 2006 he was given a suspended three-month prison sentence for participating in a
trafficking network for "pot belge", a mix of cocaine, caffeine, pain killers, sometimes amphetamines and heroin.

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Sim Rides with Allan Davis on PEZ

http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=6740&status=True&catname=Latest%20News

Another www.Pezcyclingnews.com article has just been published, recounting a little spin I went on with Tour Down Under winner Allan Davis.