Training Log Archive: AC

Late night finishing up some work and so feeling pretty tired and crappy this morning. But things picked up when I bumped into Raphael from the apartment above as I was stretching outside the front door. We are about the same pace and so we started out together on our respective runs. He was planning on a longer 14km run but i was feeling tired and had a time constraint to get back (to get F ready for her tennis lesson). Nice to jog and chat for a change. Have hurt my back a bit yesterday at work and feeling quite stiff and sore. Need to do a lot more stretching.

Out to Parc de St Cloud for an afternoon spin on the mtb. Bit of a grey day but a pleasant 16 degrees. Not many people out and about this afternoon, which made for a nice stress-free ride. Did a few loops in the Parc, heading up the usual series of hills as well as a number of long grinds. I have the vision of the looming Engadine Bike Giro in my mind, which has an opening prologue of 15km/800m climb followed by two days of 75km/2000m climb each day. Very hard to train for such a race in Paris - it will be a painful experience :-). Anyway, good ride today.