Tag: switzerland
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Three Thousand Eight Hundred Meters of Climbing Later
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s Monday, and last week I climbed 2000m to Marchairuz on Monday, and then 465m to Romainmôtier on Thursday and then another 1300m on Sunday. The total is thus 3800m of climbing in a single week. The goal, for a month is 8000m so in two weeks, at this pace, I would…
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Yesterday I Called It
Reading Time: 3 minutesI have enjoyed rock climbing, scuba diving, via ferrata, hiking and other sports. When you do extreme sports you need to be ready to call it without letting your ego distract you. Yesterday when I got to the top of Marchairuz I found I had developed a mild headache. I went to…
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The Saturday 8AM Run in Nyon
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are two runs on a Saturday morning in Nyon. One of these is at 8am and the other is at 9am. The 8am run is aimed as a relaxed, conversational run. The pace, according to my own track was about 06:20 per kilometre. The elegance of such a run, if you…
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The Value of Sporty Redundancy
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor years, and years, I loved to rock climb, explore via ferrata, hike and more but as soon as Autumn came and people went indoors the social calendar dried up until the next spring. With cycling, to a large degree you have the same issue. As soon as the nights shorten, or…
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Driving to the Sun
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you’re like me, you might read "driving to the sun" and think I’m speaking of driving to Spain or to Southern France. This wasn’t the case today. Today, as I saw we were in the fog, or in a layer of cloud I decided that I would drive up to an…
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Stork Spotting Near Nyon
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA few days ago I was sitting at a desk when I noticed unusual shadows on the tiles outside. I went to see what was causing them. When I looked up I saw hundreds of storks flying in circles above my home. They were heading towards Geneva. I considered getting on…
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A Peak Ride to Baudichonne
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis morning I woke naturally at 05:30 before getting up and ready. By 07:00 I was on the road cycling towards Geneva and I arrived 20 minutes early. By my standards that is quite close to the expected time. Familiar Climb I chose this ride for a simple reason. It was a…
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From the Foot of the Jura to the Léman
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I tried route 473 which goes from the Morges Train Station towards Montricher and across, before heading back down to the lake side. This is a 57 or so kilometre loop along roads that were quite quiet. I don’t know whether that was because of the rain forecast or because people…
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The Desire to Challenge Myself With a Different Group
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday I arrived to the cycling meeting place by 08:07 and the Peak group were still there, getting read to set off. It was understood that I had planned to ride with the group and I was tempted to try. The issue is that I already rode quite hard with the Wednesday…
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The Saturday Cycling Challenge to Begnins
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Saturday I went for a ride with Bike Club Switzerland from Geneva. The ride itself was planned on an 80km loop that went from Geneva via Vich up to Begnings and then towards one or two more places before heading back towards la Rippe, across the top, and eventually down to…