Author: Will

41.9 km Summer is here. Very hot today and in the upcoming forecast. Hard ride but tired calves. I ill probably take a day off tomorrow inanticipation of a big climb on Saturday. Total distance 3,899 km will-davies.com

34.3 km A nice relaxing ride after several hard outings Total distance 3,857 km will-davies.com

57.1 km Beautiful day. Fast, hard ride, attacked all the hills. Not bad, but my calves are screaming. Total distance 3,822.7 km will-davies.com

Below, Doreen and I in Alpe d’Huez at the top of the climb – before descending and climbing it.

STATS: 31.6kms; 1,650 metres ascent Start: Rochetaillée Top: 2,067 metres Last Climbed: July 2006 Col de la Croix Fer is a beautiful climb that first appeared in the tour de France in 1947 when the organizers wanted to add a little difficulty to a stage befor climbing Cold du Galibier via Télégraphe It has now appeared more than a dozen times. Don’t forget to visit the Top of the Col du Glandon, a 2 minute detour about 2.5 kilometres from the top. Col de la Croix Fer is the first climb in the popular cyclosportive “La Marmotte.” In fact…

59.9km Saturday, Doreen and I climbed the most famous climb in biking – Alpe d’Huez (in the French Alps). Amazing! And KUDO’s to Doreen for successfully climbing this giant. This climb has featured in so many epic races in the Tour de France and people travel from all over the world for the honour to suffer up it’s STEEP slopes. The climb is only about 13km. It has 21 hair pin turns each numbered starting at 21 near the bottom and turn 1 near the top. It gives one intermediate goals. Up top is a ski-resort that was closed for…

16.5 km A very short, easy ride to test my bike after making some adjustments and changing the rear tire and air chamber. I didn’t want to even remotely tire myself, since we are off to climb Alp d’Huez tomorrow, the most famous bike climb in the world – and hard. Very exciting! Total distance 3,671.4 km will-davies.com

53.3 km Been having a little motivation problem again …. but once I got on the bike I really enjoyed myself. Relaxed ride but strong on the hills. Total distance 3,655 km will-davies.com

29.2, 33.3, and 34.5 km Sneaking in quick rides during some lousy weather. Doreen has rejoined the ranks of the biking after retiring from marathon running and joined me on Sunday and Monday. Although she did run 17km today, while I biked alone. Hoping for some good weather to start some weekend trips to the Alps. Total Distance: 3,602 km

27.0 km Nice and relaxing ride. Luckily no-one passed me going up a hill so I stayed sensibly relaxed. Total distance 3,505 km will-davies.com