There are little over four months to go before the event. Over the period I will, along with cycling buddies Deuan and Neil, undertake several sorties into the Surrey Hills. We often find ourselves at the top of Box Hill, England's Alpe D'Huez, with a zillion other cleat tapping cyclists, enjoying carrot cake and tea. And then, at some point in May or early June, we'll do a three day dash in France, probably into a headwind. This will prime us for a ten day tour in France in mid July. The tours normally involve a series of ridiculously massive climbs such as the Col de La Bonnette, La Tourmalet and Mt. Ventoux. This tour, in turn, will hopefully set us up nicely for the 4th August. The trip to France will involve camping and so the aforementioned ridiculous climbs are done carrying 15 kilos of essential tenting gear.
The blogs listed up top on the right all provide blow by blow accounts of the previous dashes and tours.
Right now, I am just putting in the 40 miles a week on the bike just in the normal run of things while laying off custard doughnuts and 3-for-2 Easter Egg offers.
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