This is rather nice. For about 5 minutes.

www.google.com/landing/mytrackstour

Le Tour and that

Is it me or has the first week this year been rather dull? Are crashes interesting? Early break sticks it out until 8k, teams 'get organised' ((c) Paul Sherwin) brings them back, fat boy sprinters elbow it out. Check out Claudio Chiappucci interview in Pro Cycling that looks at a time when tactics were anarchic to the point of being bizarre. Under pressure with almost no team CC attacks Lemond and tries to hold out for a few hundred clicks. Let me say that again, a few hundred clicks. Completely futile effort as it turned out but that wasn't really the point, an element of daftness is what makes (or rather made?) cycling great.

Regent's Park

I'm not convinved about writing a blog - is anyone interested? Am I interested? Regardless let's press on. Today's training /amble saw a jaunt around RP. Far more out than 3 or 4 years ago - or is it because it is July? Various states of fitness going on. Two or three decent size groups form but Cycles Goff is now a beginner. For all the hundreds of laps I have completed in previous seasons, I wheeze up the incline towards the zoo like a dray horse and am overtaken by various groups and repeatedly by a big chap on a TT bike. However i stick it out for an hour or so, with uncomfortable feet and shoulders. I don't remember these aches, maybe Cycles Goff is getting on a bit. But this is training, although what's training and what's riding your bike on a Saturday morning has never been entirely clear.

Hopefully my cross bike will arrive soon. Watch out Sven Nys.