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Haute Route Dolomites Stage 2: Crans Montana to St Moritz
Continue ReadingHaute Route Dolomites Stage 2: Crans Montana to St Moritz The hardest fucking stage I’ve ever done. Even harder than any one day race, I’ve done. The organisers rated this stage as 3/5. I’d rate it 8/5. Different perspectives. The weather was dry at least. Dropping down out of Crans Montana and then a false […]
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Haute Route Dolomites Stage 1: Geneva to Crans Montana
Continue ReadingHaute Route Dolomites Stage 1: Geneva to Crans Montana A days rest does wonders. Having had all of these grand ideas about seeing Geneva, I was too fricking tired. I needed rest and I really didn’t leave the hotel, other than for food and the briefing. Having done all the back breaking carrying of my […]
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So what I learnt after the Haute Route Alps 2016
Continue ReadingSo what I learnt after the Haute Route Alps 2016, and what I’d do differently. Get a coach. Yeah, you read that correctly. I didn’t believe the other blogs, and advice, either. I’d use training peaks, along with a coach, to try and replicate the Training Stress Score (TSS) levels that I encountered in the Alps. […]