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F-F-F-February
This time last year I was taking part in my first ever race in France, under sunny skies and mild temperatures. This year, I’m not. It’s been brutally cold (as always, climate adjectives should be...
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Better Than Average: Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
With one season of sportive racing under my belt and a new intense training program taking up my free time, I went into this first test of 2012 with a touch of (self-imposed) pressure to perform. I’m...
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Le Vieux Relais – Day One
As some of you may know, I’ve been spending the last few years trying to convince the rest of the world that I should be the go-to man for cycling routes and information in Languedoc, where I live. Via...
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Le Vieux Relais: Day Two
Sunday broke clear and cool, which helped a lot with my decision to get out of bed. Also, Mike was downstairs whipping up some croissants, so I had obligations. When I walked down to the kitchen (I had...
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Not Stopping, but Smelling the Flowers
In the old days of this blog I used to go out, ride, take photos, then write an article. It was a tried and true formula, but those Halcyon Days are good and gone, at least while I’m race-pacing,...
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New Routes
This is a ride that I did a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve had so many other things to blab about that I never got around to posting it. This ride, part of which was new to me, was … Continue reading →
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Recovery Week at Can Rigall
There’s not denying it after last week: I’m a lucky guy. After a grueling Act One in the Alps Shoko and I made our way towards Act Two in the Pyrenees, en-route stopping off at one of the...
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The 18th Ascension of Mt. Aigoual: Back to Reality
As a cycling athlete I have a natural tendency to check out men (and women, you’ll be glad to know) in tight shorts when I see them. It was thanks to this habit that it slowly dawned on me yesterday …...
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A Real Beer With a Virtual Friend
Some of you may know Tootlepedal from his many well-considered comments on this blog, as well as his own excellent blog of the same name. Well, as luck would have it, he and Mrs. TP decided to come to...
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The 2013 Tour de France in Languedoc
The following is a page from my other site, Cycling Languedoc, that I’ve just updated for this year’s Tour. We’ve got 3 stages this year, plus a massive Ventoux finish on our doorstep. Come one, come...
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