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Preparation for the Alps: The Dull Stuff
So, all of that emotion, that anger, inspiration, the pain, the ecstacy of completing a big climb. For all of this stuff to happen a lot of dull stuff also needs to happen. The not so exciting element of preparation. Riding A Bike Well, it goes without saying that I am going to cycle a lot as part of my preparation. The difficult part is getting ready to climb in a country where there are no hills. I just have to cycle a lot. In to wind. On long, flat roads. Just building endurance. There is one small hill but that is over forty kilometres away and it is not…