Geoff is an experienced cyclist and of course an ex professional sportsman... and yet he still requires some input once in a while to get motivated and get the training in that needs to be done if he is to make it around France. It was good to help out in this respect and we have some more rides planned in up until the July start of the event itself. There's not much time left for Geoff to get his training in, but his first Tour De France (10 years ago) was trained for in a simlar fashion (except last time he was only just out of treatment!), so I'm confident he'll yet again complete the route and fingers crossed, raise the £1 million he hopes for Cure Leukaemia.
Geoff actually coped really well - I was surprised by a) his slightly less 'hill adverse' attitude - possibly because he realises it's 'now or never' for his physical preparation! b) his strong climbing given that he'll happily admit to not being a regular rider of late and c) his greatly reduced 'fuel tank' capacity - which he puts down to avoiding 'beige foods' i.e. carbohydrates...
It was great to be out in the Shropshire Hills again. I really must make a concerted effort to do longer rides more often... children, wife and job permitting, I'll be aiming for a long ride every couple of weeks as a minimum!
I'll keep you posted on Geoff's progress!
If you want to read more about Geoff's challenge, then go to www.beforethetour.com
Paul
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