2006 is well started and here is the new blog. We are currently skiing in Les Arcs France. So much snow that many of the lifts are shut. It took s five hours to drive up to the resort (vs 30 minutes normally).
Author: Will
Will
Happiest while cycling uphill.
http://flickr.com/photos/88379351@N00/sets/1634648/show/ Click above link for slide show of the year. Click on photo to pause or for brief blurb.
30 kms A cold, wet, foggy, eerily quiet Christmas day. Wooohooo, despite almost giving up many times this year I have reached 10,000 kms (I keep stats in a separate log book, but if anyone notices an addition mistake please humour me). As a Christmas present to myself, I decided today was the day. Doreen met me on my return and surprsied me with a trophy presentation. A bronze cyclist with the caption “Super chilly. 10,000 kms en 2005 – chapeau.” Chapeau (meaning hat) is french slang for “well done” — like I take my hat off to you. What…
21 kms I awoke with visions of success, but I got a late start on the bike and the cold dark weather left me longing for home. Thus a SHORT hilly ride. One more ride to go! Merry Christmas. Total distance 9,971 kms will-davies.com
50.7 kms Almost. A beautiful sunny (cold) day. We drove down to Annecy to ride the cycle path. The surrounding mountains are all totally white and the ski conditions are pretty good already. We talked about going skiing today or tomorrow, but I don’t want to break a leg until (after) I hit 10,000 kms. Total distance 9,950 kms will-davies.com
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50.9 kms The weather forecast was for sun, but I never saw any. Cold but still. A fast loop into Switzerland and back. Well, I only have 100 kms to go! It’s difficult to explain how fiendishly perfect 10,000 kms has been as a goal. If it was more I may have given up long ago during one of several low motivation spells. If it was less …. hmmm …. if it was less I’d be finished. Total distance 9,900 kms will-davies.com
27.5 kms A beautiful clear day – although just below freezing. Today was Doreen’s first ride from our new house (although she runs regularly from work). A nice though hilly route along small farm roads. Total distance 9,849 kms will-davies.com
50.2 kms A beautiful clear, cold (but not windy) day. I drove to Annecy for some flat kilometres by the lake but forgot my bike shoes. It’s impossible to ride my road bike in normal shoes — aarrgg! So I drove home and had a good but hilly ride. Total distance 9,821 kms will-davies.com
44.4 kms Hard to get ou in the wind and cold, but enjoyable once I get going. Total distance 9,721 will-davies.com