Turbo Training Top Ten

For those who have never experienced the delights of Aberdeen let me describe the climate. Winter for 6 months and bad weather for six months. This of course means that there are few opportunities to get out on the road. Fortunately for us we have a small shed (without electricity) in the back yard where we were able to pedal away on the Cyclops Mag turbo trainer in the dark after work. I have rarely been faced with such boredom. I tried listening to just about everything on my ipod to keep myself amused. Spanish with Michel Thomas, Ricky Gervais podcasts and various audiobooks-but the only thing that really kept me going was music. Here’s my top ten list for turbo training.

Get Free –The Vines
Red Morning Light-Kings of Leon
Take Me Out-Franz Ferdinand
Seizures-Faker
I Bet You Look Good on The Dancefloor-Arctic Monkeys
Call Me-Blondie
Move Over-Janis Joplin
All These Things That I’ve Done-The Killers
The Letter-PJ Harvey
Electricity-Something For Kate

What we're up against

L'Etape du Tour is a cycling race that takes place every year on a rest day during The Tour de France. It's a day when mere mortals, 8,000 of them, get the privilege of retracing the skid marks of legendary riders of Le Tour. But how the hell is a rank amateur supposed to do it without the legs, lycra or legal performance enhancing substances? This is our attempt to cycle 187km over mountainous alpine roads without getting picked up by the ever looming broom wagon.