Marlin Model 80 Scope

CYCLING BACK TO THE VALLEY CHEVREUSE

Time flies and we are already in February.

month of January has been very productive (more than I expected) with 31 and a half hours and 758 km (including much on the home trainer) to an average of 132 beats.

But the real news of this season were the workouts at the gym Morsang sur Orge (nine in total if I count those made at the hotel in Spain). As I had already explained, I am beginning to learn human anatomy through the pain produced by muscle soreness ;-)

The downside: weight. This week I recovered a portion of the bottle I had lost. I have the strange habit of counting my extra pounds as if it were water bottles a liter and a half (it's more graphic ;-). And I have three more to lose

:-( The problem is that muscle is heavier than fat, and despite a decrease in the percentage of that I gained a little weight. Grease I still for the winter and part of the spring so I can not even see my new abs ...

;-) Well, if we return to our outing today. A lot of people to appointments, about a dozen riders.

For now, the usual ...
The return of Joel and John Charles (right and left in photo).

From??, I do not remember her name (center) between John Charles and Jean Claude, who never tires of watching his new BMC framework (I'll take pictures next time because I do I realized the change only once on the road).

And the usual Patrice (left) this time without his friends and Patrick (right) who spent last week in bed with the flu. Consequence: It is the first time he stays with me on the coasts ... ;-)

From the first time Marc and I took matters into hand, as this time the wind blew from the south-west we went into the valley Chevreuse.

This time, the council of elders accompanied us to the roundabout between Chevreuse, the Mesnil and 17 rotating through which they descended to go home. We stayed at Four: Joel Patrick, Mark and me. Mesnil

the Directorate for turning down the 7 Dampierre then fit the 17 rotating to go through Port Royal, Gif and Palaiseau. Good on the mounted Gif, Joel (a bit short form) and Patrice have dropped, but as we had their permission, Marc and I went back alone.

Conclusion: 3:46 minutes by bike to travel 96.5 km with 635 m drop to an average of 25.7 km / h. In my case, an average of 138 beats. I can now stand on the flat, even in the lead, but I always loose on the coasts and, like today, I had my Orbea Orca (with the development of summer) I took the opportunity to develop strength in each rise (and there were a few ;-).

Good Road