Cyclopaat, an alter ego with a twist
During the second half of June, we had another expedition to the high mountains: in the French alps, crossing into Italy several times, new cols were conquered during my own “Tour de France 2014”.
We had to abort the planned trip in 2010, when Paula was hospitalized, but for this year’s TDF, I pretty much constructed a similar road book.
With a few additions…
We just had the warmest 8th of March ever – the temperature rose to a staggering 16 degrees (Celcius), which would not be bad for an average day in July.
Tomorrow, a new record will be set, as the expected high is around 20 degrees…
Much better compared to last week(end), which not surprisingly left me with a cold. Added to the back issues I had, the sneezing did not help over the past couple of days.
Still, I got on my bike Thursday, when the temperature was well over “normal” also. Because that (short) ride went well, I decided I was getting better and went out for some more yesterday.
Due to a lazy holiday in Türkiye, the Strava challenges for September and October did/will not bring new “records”.
Not that I care much – before going to the beach, I had a ball in the Eifel during, and the day after, the Eifel Cycling Classic and I really needed the time off “zee baik”…
(Garmin: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/378911239 and http://connect.garmin.com/activity/379499168)
For Paula, my faithful companion on most of my ridiculous cycling expeditions, Türkiye was a long overdue “holiday in the sun”.
Being Portuguese, the summer in the Netherlands was not that bad (July/August), but compared to the real stuff, to her it it was like it is for me to cycle in the south of my country instead of in the mountains…
