James and Stephs Paris to Barcelona Bike Ride





This blog is the Journal of James and Stephanie's Bike Ride taking place between the 17th and 30th July 2010, an unsupported ride taking in 800 miles of road between Paris and Barcelona, with the addition of the stage 14 tour de france ascents of port de pailheres and/or Ax 3 Domaine... both category 1 climbs!

We are supporting the Starlight Foundation a very worthy charity that grants wishes for terminally ill children

We Raised £10,000 for the starlight foundation
I have been asked a few times if I still have any of the routes / planning docs etc. by people looking to do a similar route - yes I do and happy to share, get in touch at james.cole@indigo-leaf.com


Monday 15 March 2010

First Hill!!

Steph and I did 28 miles on Saturday and a fast 10 on sunday.... the saturday ride encompassed our first ascent - 70 meter climb over half a mile, peaking at 17%... we managed it without a great deal of flare to be honest!... still the first was never going to be pretty!

Wednesday 10 March 2010

The training progress

Two weekend rides

week 1 = 24 miles
week 2 = 34 miles

Looking forward to temperature rising and the longer evenings!

(and would rather the cycling gear did not make me look quite so much like homer simpson!)