The start of evening cycling.. at last.

A couple of friends have been talking about cycling after work. Typically we spent months talking about it - and then two rides booked on consecutive nights!

First ride (July 30, 2009)

As soon as we covered the first 300 metres I sensed the pace might be faster than normal rides with Caroline. 52 km through Switzerland, the Haute Savoie and Ain (including some of the Jura) which was a significant part of the 469 metre total climb. Perhaps this will be a breeze in months to come - but as I toiled up the final hill back to Neydens the thought of another ride the next day started raising one or two alarm bells!


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Second after work ride (July 31, 2009)

Woke up and pleasantly surprised to note that I could still walk. Just over an hour - but still a fair number of hills as the route was restricted to France avoiding the gentle roads in the Geneva area. As the legs started to go to jelly on some of the hills I just had to think of what good this might be doing for skiing in the winter!

But do I learn? Another ride booked for Tuesday, this time VTT (mountain biking) .. and I've just come across an interesting VTT route on the Saleve from Cruseilles..



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