Skied with Stein from Norway who really knows what he is doing and can easily maintain 3min/km on classic, a lot faster than me.

I'd not ridden on the road much of late, bad back in July and lack of time in August.

We took the bus from Crolles to les 7 Laux for 1 euro, bike included. Not bad value.

Testing some Decathlon slow wheels, boy are they sloooowwww. Probably quite good for training and exercises as they don't tend to run away but you need a lot of effort to get them moving.

Relaxing the legs after the drive over from France. Managed not to miss the short cut turn back to Orta this time.

The Col du Rousset is just of the Freydieres climb but the lack of surface on the north side means it is rarely visited by bike. Just two other riders on Strava, both on MTBs.

First time properly on inline skates for a long time.

A quick 45 minute lunch skate along the Isere cyclepath. Not many people around. Tired legs from yesterday so really just taking it easy.

I was on classic skis. The sand layer is still omnipresent below 2000m, the second it warms up the new snow melts. For all the talk of "endless winter" and great conditions it is not as good as 2019.

First rollerski of the year, felt a bit like bambi for the first km on the skinny wheels but soon got back into the stride. No PRs but not a bad overall pace of 3m40/km, about 10-15% off fastest pace.