nadine bacher - my gigathlon adventure

Röbi and I did it. I hopped on the train on Sunday at 07.05, met R in Biel and we started from Geneva at 10 a.m. It was a nice and easy ride to Nyon, a steady climb of 20km to Col de Grivine and then a speedy combination of descents and climbs through the beatufiul Vallée du Joux. The green and the yellow from all the flowers.... the water, the trees.... beatiful. The next larger climb of 600m was pretty stepp, and R. had definitely had too little food. I was feeling great with strong legs despite the ride I had done the night before. The distance is not easy to cover because it is practically never flat and when it is, the road is not good enough to give it some speed. I am extremely excited about the race now. We took way too long, but including some extra little breaks, finding the way, etc. My goal is to do it under 7 hours in two weeks. If I reach a 27 average during the race, coming in at 6hrs, I will be delighted. The 5hrs30' my gigathlon partner suggested are completely out of reach for me for this course.

On Saturday, I got up to cylce at 4 a.m. with my new Lupine headlight. What an experience...