Got up reasonably early to ride in to work via one of the valley cols.

The Pre Long challenge. My rear tire is shredded and needs changing but I thought I'd give it one last outing on the Pre Long gravel.

V. slow 35 minutes for the climb compared to a PR of 27m. Clearly a long way off my best, is it just tiredness or lack of riding this year? It is not as if I've done no sport but a lot of 5km runs.

After yesterday's hard day I had "heavy legs".

Some unstructured L3 intervals, really just going with the flow on the climb. First time up the Murianette this year.

The Monts du Lyonnais are a small mountain range to the SE of Lyon. The high point is the crêt Malherbe at 946 meters but my objective was the  signal de Saint-André at 934 meters.

Second interval session of the week, this time over the Murianette. 4x8s work quite well although at Revel you have to continue up the hill for 3 minutes.

Return from Chambery to get some base miles in. Apart from the climb at Threshold mostly <140bpm on the valley roads. I'd not done the Curienne loop before, it is a favourite for Chambery riders.

Loop home via the Combe de Lancey and co. Adds a few km to the ride home and 600 extra meters of climbing. HR 166bpm for the climb ave, probably due to the heat.

Commute into work via the Col de la Poya. Quieter than 2 weeks ago as people are starting to go on summer holiday. Legs felt heavy on the first part of the climb but it is very steep.