My Kind of Traffic – Cycling Triathletes

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Today I grabbed a unique opportunity. Since the Triathlon de Nyon is taking place I went for a walk along the route. Initially I felt like doing something short. In the end I walked the 10-11km loop on foot. There are one or two bits that I missed due to human traffic and routes being closed but it went well.

The route is around 12km and there was a constant show of triathletes cycling by me yelling “to your right” or “to your left” to each other, not to me. I was careful never to be in their way. After a while it died down because they had finished their race, so I had a closed road to myself.

Of course, I didn’t take the entire road, I made sure to be well to the side so that if some lanterne rouge cyclists needed to get by they could, with ease.

It’s a shame that these roads aren’t closed to drivers more often. It’s nice when roads are given to runners, cyclists, and more. It’s nice when for a weekend cyclists get priority. We give too much space and importance to cars. Cycling is healthier.

This would be a nice walking and running route, if only parts of it could be made safe for people that are cycling and on foot. During normal times the road between Crassier and Eysins is too dangerous to be attractive. Today it was luxuriously quiet for a few minutes, when the races were over and the road had not been re-opened to cars once again.

The honeymoon is over.

Tomorrow it’s back to car saturated roads.