OK... we're back. It's been a while. Life has been a little hectic recently. Getting back home to France on Jan 10th was nice. Nice because the airport on out stop-over in Germany was under snow, and even home (south of France) was all-white when we landed. We weren't sure if anyone was going to be able to pick us up. The weather since has been touch and go. A few nice and warm days allowing some good training, chopped up by very cold and snowy days that have you stuck indoors loosing the tiny little bit of fitness you thought you'd got.
The good thing about being home was a few training camps. It was good to catch up with everyone, and interesting to see what everyone had been doing over the winter. Evidently I wasn't the only one to have travelled. Though I think I was the only one to be stupid enough to travel somewhere that wasn't warm. On our first training camp, everyone seemed to be pretty much getting off the plane: from Australia, north Africa, Portugal and the US for me.
The season has kicked off somewhat gingerly for me. I always like to do my first 4 or 5 races of the season just sitting in, with no aim at all, just to get in some race miles. The first race went as can be expected, the second went similarly too, but I was a little disappointed. That being said, it's been pretty cold here, and I think I caught something during the first race, because I was sick all week and was not in great shape for the second race. 
I'm therefore having a weekend off when I should have been doing the Trophee des Bastides in Dordogne I think. I'll rest up, hopefully get better and be able to get in a few rides before my next race. Things are going to be a very slow start this year. My total lack of riding over the winter in the US has set me back a bit, and I've done very little in the way of actual training over the past few weeks obviously... there's still time as I once again want to be fit in May and June, but there's a lot of work ahead of us sadly. I'm currently where I was in the first week of January last year. C'est la vie I guess.
I'm therefore having a weekend off when I should have been doing the Trophee des Bastides in Dordogne I think. I'll rest up, hopefully get better and be able to get in a few rides before my next race. Things are going to be a very slow start this year. My total lack of riding over the winter in the US has set me back a bit, and I've done very little in the way of actual training over the past few weeks obviously... there's still time as I once again want to be fit in May and June, but there's a lot of work ahead of us sadly. I'm currently where I was in the first week of January last year. C'est la vie I guess.
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