Back to largely double poling in an anticlockwise loop. Having recently done quite a bit of skating with no poles balance is definitely better. Not too many people as it is August.

Loop but in the reverse direction. Average of 4.01/km but skates felt very slow in the muggy air. I was taking it easy as I had a bad back for a month and wanted to test things out. All okay now.

A short skate along the boardwalk mainly working on balance as I had no poles as my back is still hurting

I guess with all the rain recently it was no surprise that the Bourget lake path was flooded. Still this didn't put off most of Chambery and Aix les Bains going for a walk, or paddle.

Pretty loop in the Bois du Boulogne park to the West of Paris. No dangerous descents but can be busy on Sunday afternoons with young kids learning to ride bikes.

A variation on the route today. Decided to try and skate the Chronovélo from Meylan to Grenoble city hall. The Chronovélo are high speed cycle routes where bikes generally have priority over cars.

Back to skating, a little 20km roll in 1h20 at 4m/km average. A tail wind on the way home meant I moved up to 8th place on the Gieres-Domene segment in 10m40. Not bad.

3.5km circuit in the Bois de Boulogne to the west of Paris. Very popular with road cyclists who form big "chain gangs" and are not always keen to share "their" space with other users.

It was a grey day. After my run last week I wasn't keen to repeat the experience and have to rest up for a few days. Cycling - too cold and mucky. Nordic skiing? not enough snow.

I took advantage of a small weather window in between the rain to ski the big loop with a variation through the campus and around the meander loop.