Paul's route maps

Here is the original: 

The Etape route on Bike Radar

I tried to put it into map it pronto as below but it seems to come out with a bizarre ascent total. Maybe I have done the hills twice.  

The Etape route on MapItPronto

The Etape route

Here is the information from Paul's email about the route:

For those interested here is the detailed route map

http://bikely.bikeradar.com/maps/bike-path/Etape-du-Tour-2008

I tried to put it into map it pronto as below but it seems to come out with a bizarre ascent total. Maybe I have done the hills twice.

http://www.mapitpronto.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=routePlanner.viewDBRide&rideID=1432

The Mighty Tourmalet

I spotted this on Pez this week. A little taste of what to expect, perhaps:

Top Rides: The Mighty Tourmalet

I'm a Blog Virgin!

I am not sure isf this will work but in for a penny in for a pound eh!

Managed two rides this weekend - the first was from Kimpron out to Ware (guestimate 36 miles as I don't have the fancy computer that clearly A (I assume this is Simon?) has! Sunday I dragged myself out for a quick 1.25 hr ride which is my circuit around the village - plenty of hills and stayed in the saddle for all of them.

Simon - what computer do you use?

Tim

The Etape Virgins' Montage

This footage is mostly of actual pictures of the route, with a few extras thrown in, turn up the sound as the music is appropriate.

Useful training DVD

I haven't purchased this yet, but it does look useful.  I have also added this to the links, click on the below to go to the web site:

Cyclefilm.com.

First training entry

We completed the year as we intend to start 2008 with good few miles over the festive season, including a 55 mile ride on 28th Dec in strong winds with 4000 or 5600 ft of climbing, depending on whether you believe my Garmin or the upload of the same information to the Motionbased website:
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/4683789.

Personally I believe the former.