27/12/2013: Despite the pic of me on my bike during the summer months, this morning saw me out running. It’s a circuit I like through the country lanes and forests near home.
The weather has turned to be cooler (3°C) and there are strong winds and heavy rain forecast for this afternoon.
I received a Garmin Edge Cycling GPS for Christmas, which I have used already for walking and running.
Here is this morning’s run: http://connect.garmin.com/course/5359550
23/12/2013: After the regular morning 5-km walkies with man’s best friend – “Bora de Vance” – I got back home and then went straight out and did a 10-km run towards Signeulx and back.
A fairly brisk south-westerly breeze this morning and very mild for the season (+8°C), so as it was dryish as well it was a good moment to get out and run.
This evening and through the night we are expecting gale force winds of between 90 and 110 km per hour, which is not very nice, but a lot better than being on the northern French and Belgian coasts where it will be up to 140 km/h 🙁 The UK and Ireland are being battered at this very moment.
Relaxing tomorrow and looking forward to a nice Indian meal with Christine and her parents in Rodange at http://www.restaurantpokhara.com/index.php; nothing like traditional English food for Christmas!
17/12/2013: today started in the usual way with an hour’s walk with Christine and our dog Bora.
As the sun was shining today with a magnificent blue sky, I decided to take a tour on the bike.
I think today could be the last cycling trip of the year as the weather’s turning wet tomorrow.
A short 59-km round trip this afternoon and despite positive temperatures (+4°C), there was quite a lot of frost on the forest roads and cycling paths.
Today’s kilometers take me to 6 027 km for 2013, done in 82 rides and at my average speed (22,37 km/h) which represent 270 hours in the saddle. The only month I didn’t go cycling was in February when we had snow every day of that month.
Today’s route: http://goo.gl/maps/EENna
The day started with me correcting a student’s (Kevin) English homework in preparation for his end-of-term exams next week.
Then Chrissy and I took our dog Bora out for a nice long hike. It was a cold start at 0°C with freezing fog. Very dirty and muddy along the lanes; what we need is a good downpour of rain to clean up the lanes and roads.
When I got back I went out for a 60-minute run (about 9 km) and on my return I jumped into a nice hot bath, then spent some time in the sauna (infra-red cabin).
Just finished updating our cycling club’s website with the weekly cycling trips for 2014, plus all the other news of the club. Read it all here: http://www.cyclosdusud.be/
The rest of the day will be spent relaxing.
La promenade matinale pour Bora et moi: un tour de 5km dans la campagne de Mussy-la-Ville.
Morning walking for Bora and me takes us on a 5 km hike around the countryside of Mussy-la-Ville.
Je suis parti de Mussy-la-Ville à 13h30 aujourd’hui sur mon vélo cyclo-cross pour une des dernières randonnées de 2013. Retour vers 16h25.
Météo: soleil, quelques nuages, 4°C, pas de vent: idéal pour les cyclos.
71 Km à 23 km/h à travers quelques beaux villages de la Gaume belge:
Saint-Léger
Châtillon (piste cyclable)
Chantemelle
Buzenol
Fratin
Sainte-Marie-sur-Semois
Villers-sur-Semois
Haransart
Ansart
Tintigny
Bellefontaine
Croix-Rouge (piste cyclable)
Ethe (piste cyclable)
Chenois
Latour
Saint-Rémy
Ville-Houdlémont
Signeulx
Mussy-la-Ville
A refaire!
Following a 12-week training course with “Je cours pour ma forme” https://www.facebook.com/pages/JCPMF-Aubange-Musson/270616473063255 , here I am at the end of the 10-km test run to obtain my “brevet”.
Two of the photos:
The next training course (10, 10+ km, 15 and 20 km) starts on 9 January 2014.
