- the amazing roads for cycling, including some fantastic climbs (see pics below)
- the epic Saturday ride of 106M including climbs of Orient, Soller, Puig Major and Sa Calobra (http://app.strava.com/activities/53927106)
- the "interesting" swim we did at St Vincenc (Matt remembers it like this although it probably wasn't quite that bad)
- the amount of food demolished at the evening buffets
- the lasagne fiasco on the night we decided to eat away from the hotel
- John insisting on mounting his camera on some descents so he has evidence of what a great descender he is (I note he didn't record any climbing...): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdevU7k3l4s
- Bongo Bongo
- Andy's insistance that there really must be something wrong with his rear wheel, when there clearly wasn't
- just having a laugh with good mates.
Training-wise I did 25 hours in the 5 days, roughly 21 hours of cycling and 2 each of running and swimming, so a pretty decent training block.
Various pics of the trip below:
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| At the top of the 14km climb of Puig Major |
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| Top of Randa - nice view in the background! |
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| Resting at Randa - note copious amounts of water/Coke! |
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| Better view of the Bongo Bongo top |
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| Looking down Sa Calobra - the most amazing road I've ever seen (10km of tarmac sprawled over a steep hillside to a small cove) |
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| Another part of Sa Calobra - hard to do it justice in a photo |
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| The group at dinner - less John, who was probably trying (unsuccessfully) to obtain an edible lasagne |
Since then, I had a few easier days and then back into normal training. I think my swimming is coming back to an acceptable level, and I had a good 3000m at the latest Southern Athletics League fixture (9:14), so my running seems OK (although 3k does not really bear any relation to an IM!). My cycling certainly should be stronger now, so hopefully it's all coming together.
Tour of Wessex this weekend (days 2 and 3), then Chiltern 100 the following weekend, then taper!
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