A pleasant after-work outing to rack up a few more meters and a Strava KoM! Note: any good cyclist should be able to climb Mont Cindre in half the time it took me :-).

Bought a tri suit so I can cycle and swim. Seems like a good plan in the dog days of a Lyon summer. Tri suit takes a long time to dry mind you but is comfortable to ride in.

A little lunch ride to turn the legs, about 1h10 for the loop and 28 mins for the climb, a bit off my PB but I haven't ridden much this year and it felt sufficiently quick.

Decided to go for a bit longer ride, only 44km mind, over 4 summits to do some climbing. A bit sluggish on the climbs to be honest - VAM of about 670m/h over 30 minutes.

This route has a couple of interesting pointsA lot of it is on cycle paths and relatively quiet roadsIt has a couple of fun climbs, fast descents mixed with a nice amount of flatThe section from Lyon

Sunday afternoon ride after a pub lunch. I thought I was going quite well but 2m30 slower on the course a cote (Limonest zig zags) compared to my PR.

Very fast tour today. I profited a bit from sheltering behind cyclists where possible. Average speed was 23.9 km/h which is quite good given the climb and complex nature of the semi urban roads.

Trying some new roads. I went along the Saône to a spot called Hawaii - people surf here on the waves.

I was a bit late getting out so had to hurry on the ride out. Lucky was able to ride with someone else to the Isle de Barbe and there was still a bit of a headwind.

A short lunch ride, I had just over an hour to do a tour but wanted a bit of climb.