stats of the week: run 23 km, cycled 203 km, gym 3 h
Looks like a proper training week — and indeed, it was. I’m starting to see a modest uptick in my running performance. In fact, I managed to clock the third-fastest time on the reverse Strava segment of our usual route - out of 115 runs over the past five years. Not bad for someone who still struggles to stretch properly.
Cycling, on the other hand, is stubbornly stuck in lower gear. Just one week before the main event of the bike season - the Gran Fondo Mont Ventoux - and I'm still not exactly Tour de France material. I’ve opted once again for the piccolo version, but with 80 kilometers and 2,100 meters of climbing, it promises to be a tough day... in the “why-did-I-sign-up-for-this-again?” kind of way.
Meanwhile, life in Mollans rolls on quietly, as the tourist season hasn’t fully kicked in yet. My weekly English conversation group took a field trip to an English library in nearby Beaumont. It’s run by Pat, a lovely English lady who’s been keeping this private book heaven going for 40 years. Now in her nineties, she’s decided to close the chapter - quite literally - and is giving away books to anyone who wants them. I left with half a dozen English titles. Will I read them all? Probably not. But they do make me look smarter when guests see my bookshelf.
Photo: Filling the water bottle at Sainte Jalle.
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