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SEPTEMBER 2013
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TRIATHLON CLUB OF SAN DIEGO
TCSD: On The Podium TCSD Conversation Member Profile Gear Check Coach’s Corner: Swim Speed
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mentioning that 2013 would be the 100th edition of the Tour. I decided that this would be a fun, once in a lifetime opportunity to go over, see this beautiful scenery in person, and do some cycling. Jim, my saner half, wasn’t quite convinced that it would actually be “fun” to cycle up the A l p s . Eventually he agreed and we signed up with a tour c o m p a ny, Adventure Travel Group (ATG). Our tour was eleven days, eight of those cycling in the Alps, with an Top of Mont Ventoux extension to Paris to see the finish. We’d also see two days, and are so bored mountaintop stages and one stage start. Serious (for us) training ensued. Over the next and/or drunk, they’ll cheer for seven months, we conquered Mt. Palomar, Mt. anybody who’s riding a bike. My husband and I have been watching the Laguna, Great Western, Couser Canyon, Torrey Tour for a few years now – we’ve always enjoyed repeats, and so on. We were climbing maniacs. the amazing scenery and the drama in the pelo- We were fortunate to have several friends do our ton, even though Phil Liggett’s voice often lulls crazy rides with us. We started going to Rehab me to sleep. Last year, the announcers kept continued on page 16
That’s the chant I heard repeatedly as I cycled up storied climbs like Mont Ventoux and l’Alpe d’Huez this July in the south of France. You’ve all seen the Tour de France on TV and the thousands of cycling fans who line the mounBy B tain stages etsy Hunt cheering on the ingd on professionals. What you may not realize is that most of those folks have been camping there f o r
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