Etape 2009

I have decided to end this blog. Given its aim was to track my progress towards the Etape and then write about its completion, it has come ...

So life has returned to normal. No Le Tour on the telly, no planning for a trip to France and no worrying how I'm going to get a centur...

Stats Time to base of Ventoux - 5:25:04 Average speed - 17.2 mph Time up Mont Ventoux - 2:23:40 Average speed - 5.9 mph Total Time - 7:48:...

After leaving Montellimar , it wasn't long before we were on the climb of Cote de Citelle . It was basically Box Hill for over 5k. I fe...

My eyes opened at 3:30 with thoughts of mountains and pain. I stayed in bed and went back to sleep only to be woken a short time later by th...

Sunday was all about getting our race numbers. Breakfast was at 8:00 and we had a coach to get at 9:30 to take us to Montellimar and the Eta...