Anyway, the race is starting to get interesting on the beginning of some somewhat serious climbing. It's stringing out as sprinters ease-up and climbers attack for King of the Mountain points. Sylvain Chavenel is on a mountain points break in search of the polka-dot jersey. The clear skies and beautiful weather are encouraging as the early rains had me laying out all kind of foul weather gear. Note all the RVs on the climb - that will be us!
A big thanks to all of you who sent me a response to my massive email about informing you of the blog. I hope I can keep it interesting for you to follow along. At this point tomorrow I'll be heading for the Hut shuttle...countdown continues!
If you want great race details and information about cycling, check out all the links on the page. I won't pretend to compete with real professionals - my goal is to share our experience and hopefully gather some juicy, fun tidbits.
I have a Polar heart rate monitor from the OSU Men's Soccer program (Go Beavs!), which I'm trying to learn how to use. I figure a long flight will give me ample time to do so. I will try to give some info about my heart rate on some of the climbs. At the risk of appearing really lame, you can use this info and compare me to the pro riders on the Polar Live Data link I've provided. I will warn you to be prepared to see some huge numbers for me - at a very slow speed! I figure the high zone alarm will at least alert my riding partners to review the CPR protocols. Those of you who know me realize I won't hear it due to my hearing loss - "Hey John, your alarm is going off!"..."What?"......
For those of you watching - How gorgeous is the countryside!
Enjoy the 1K+ climb at the finish, it should be exciting!
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