MasterDabber
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- Location
- Surrey and the Lot in France
Some of you may remember a few weeks bak I was planning to try and ride the Tourmalet . on my 70th birthday by doing it while I still had the legs to give it a go.
Well, today I gave it a go... and made it. I think all the BigRingVR and VeloReality turbo riding helped a lot and got me use to the sustained effort required.
So, we drove down to Bareges from near Cahors yesterday and we are staying at Les Sorbiers http://www.lessorbiers.co.uk/cycling.html in Bareges (about a third of the way up from Luz Saint Sauveur).
A lot of mist and cloud about first thing this morning so we drove down to Luz Saint Sauveur as visibility was so poor. I set off with a lovely lady called Katie who rode with me the whole way. We took the western route and took the original old route (called the Fignon route). The sun had broken through by the time we came up through Bareges and it was stunning. A wonderful experience and I achieved my target of getting up there in under 2 hours (just). The descent was amazing, good road surface, little traffic and a grin from ear to ear.
Here's a little proof https://www.strava.com/activities/1039167449
I know this is nothing special and there are loads and loads of better riders who are significantly better than me but I just wanted to share my joy... i feel on a real high.
Well, today I gave it a go... and made it. I think all the BigRingVR and VeloReality turbo riding helped a lot and got me use to the sustained effort required.
So, we drove down to Bareges from near Cahors yesterday and we are staying at Les Sorbiers http://www.lessorbiers.co.uk/cycling.html in Bareges (about a third of the way up from Luz Saint Sauveur).
A lot of mist and cloud about first thing this morning so we drove down to Luz Saint Sauveur as visibility was so poor. I set off with a lovely lady called Katie who rode with me the whole way. We took the western route and took the original old route (called the Fignon route). The sun had broken through by the time we came up through Bareges and it was stunning. A wonderful experience and I achieved my target of getting up there in under 2 hours (just). The descent was amazing, good road surface, little traffic and a grin from ear to ear.
Here's a little proof https://www.strava.com/activities/1039167449
I know this is nothing special and there are loads and loads of better riders who are significantly better than me but I just wanted to share my joy... i feel on a real high.