This morning I woke up to blue skies, sun and the most amazing view of the Pyrenees.
Today was a nice 4 hour ride, which took in a lot of up and down, and certainly enough time to practise the downhill techniques that Steve showed me. On the drops, as low as possible, and just go, and sweep around the bends, arms parallel to the ground and just lean your bike into the corners.....
I have always gone downhill on the top of my bars and never on the drops so it is quite a change for me, but one that felt quite comfy: only when someone tells you the simple things do you suddenly realise that its more confidence than anything else.
The views all around were stunning, the roads as quiet as anything, perfect, and with excellent long climbs, a good training base!!
We stopped for a coffee in a deserted village, sat outside in the sunshine, which really was warm, quite a stark contrast to Mondays snow storm.
Another 90 minutes of riding and we were home, certainly feeling the affects of today's ride, couldn't have wished for better weather and warm too.
Tomorrow we go about an hour north for a 100k reliability ride, which will take in similar terrain: another good training day.
Sandra
