This morning I woke up and Nicola asked if I was excited about the upcoming event, I told her "sort of, I'm a little apprehensive!" When I thought further I realized there are only 10 days to go! Until now it has always been a long way off and there have been other smaller events/training blocks to worry about but now It is all too real!
When I got to work there were some emails waiting for me from the event organizers; one with my accommodation and logistics for start finish of each stage and another one advising me of the route and my starting time for the Prologue Time Trial in Geneva! When I originally signed up to the Haute Route Alps this Prologue was not part of the race but we were informed in June that it would be happening and that they would use the time of each competitor to seed the waves for the first stage, after that your finishing position on each stage would determine your wave for the next stage. I didn't think much of it as I wasn't worried about being seeded near the front on the first stage. Today's email informed me that the Prologue time would be counted towards your overall time! This means I will have to have a proper go at it as it would be embarrassing to miss the cut off in the TT! I'm not sure how it's going to pan out doing a TT on my climbing bike but I suppose everyone is in the same situation!
I took the bike in to be serviced this morning, not because it needs it but just to give me peace of mind that it is in tip top condition, when you are barrelling down descents at anywhere up to 80kph you wanna know the bike is not going to break!
Training wise I still have a few key sessions left but the cold I had seems to be subsiding so the numbers & stats are getting back to where they should be, ideally I would like the weather to perk up a bit so I can get out on the road to put the finishing touches on the training so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a dry weekend!
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