Day 9 Chalons-sur-Saone to Poncin

Posted July 26th 2010 at 6:21 pm by joe

Two things you’re doubtless wondering: what happened to day 8 (it was the rest day), and where on earth is Poncin (a little village on the Ain river just as you go into the Jura mountains)? Ok I flatter myself that you wonder about anything at all, but I live in hopes.
Today was another relatively straightforward ride mostly almost flat and with a very favourable wind. A bit of a sting in the tail as there were a couple of hills right at the end as we entered the hilly bit. There will be a lot more of that tomorrow as we have our first really hilly day. We’re currently at just over 200m altitude and climb up to just short of 1000m before coming almost all the way down again to Aix-les-Bains. As so far our highest point has been 567m, you will appreciate that this means stepping things up a gear (well down actually if I had any more to step down to, unfortunately vie been using all my lowest gears for days now.
Had another version of the ice-bath treatment today, swimming in the river. It was refreshing to say the least. The weather forecast is for rain showers tomorrow morning, which if it keeps me cool I will not complain about.
Wish my knees good luck.

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4 Responses to “Day 9 Chalons-sur-Saone to Poncin”


  • Comment from Francesca
    Posted at: July 27, 2010 at 6:55 am

    Guys, now that I am back in Milano I have a computer and I finally can see you…
    YOU’RE SO COOL!!!
    Looking forward to seeing you here and wearing my Riding for Debora Tshirt (even if only as a supporter!)

    GO GO GO!
    Love
    Francescaxxx

  • Comment from Mum and Dad
    Posted at: July 27, 2010 at 11:01 am

    We’ve been wondering about those knees.Don’t push them to extinction you’ll still need them after the ride. All power to your collective legs on the next stretch. Thinking of you all and Debora,always.
    Lot of luv Mum and Dad

  • Comment from Rich
    Posted at: July 27, 2010 at 3:46 pm

    J + F,

    Keep up the momentum. We’re still right behing you – even though I’m actually behind a desk in Uxbridge!

    Good to see the pictures on the website.

    Rich

  • Comment from liz W
    Posted at: July 27, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    Hope you’ve had a good day by this time and are relaxing somewhere cool. I guess the hills will start getting you in the right frme of mind….. You have started making inroads into the total amount of climbing you’ll need to do on the trip and that must be a good thing! Love the photos, the shirt really stands out, bet you are getting lots of questions about it.
    Love Liz & Mike