Final Day – What a journey! Hi Folks. OK – Job done. Cent Cols Pyrenees 2025 – completed. A very big 10 days in the office! . Short summary: Lots and lots of Adapting, not Quitting, we expect nothing less – right? (Aortic Athletes motto). What did we learn? Well, my old military 7P’s approach…

Day 1 starts at 06:00 tomorrow – double gulp. No more bike fettling to be done – just sitting back an fretting! 11 of us altogether – with all the other chaps looking very fit indeed. The e-bike may need to go on turbo to keep up occasionally. 😊. We’re starting from Luscan (just north…

 Pyrénées (day 8/8), Lac de Payolle, 39km, 570m Taper session (short) – on account of the miserable weather 🤣⛈️. Out & back for coffee at Lac de Payolle. Cent Cols training now complete – a couple of rest days – then the main soirée. Scores on the doors from this lump of prep. : a)…

Shorter day today – The beautiful Col d’Aspin and Hourquette d’Ancizan. 82km and 1700m of climb. Toastie again, and hotter tomorrow, apparently.

Now based in Bagneres-de-Bigorre for the last week of training before the Cent Cols event. Lovely Tourmalet loop yesterday – but v hot and windy (especially off the summit descending westwards.