Swiss mountains Articles / La Marmotte - 174km cycle, 5180m ascent Date: May 31, 2009 - 11:55 PM Thanks to all of you who have generously donated already, >50% of target reached so far. If you haven't yet, you can help me reach the target here. This weekend I spent most of it swashbuckling through the undergrowth in my garden. It has been neglected due to all the cycling. So not a single minute on the bike this weekend. I shall be making up for it by cycling into work in the coming week. Last weekend was a different story however. A posse of us flew to Champery in Switzerland to get some real mountain training. 4 days of cycling and 355km later, I slowly came to the realisation just how difficult this Marmotte malarkey is going to be... About a month left now, and a lot more training is required. The Swiss climbs were tough, but great training, and getting experience of the descents was also valuable, and scary! 70km/h downhill was the top speed reached. Will post a map of thr route and photos when I get time. Things have been a bit hectic the last month. This article comes from Jansz.Com http://www.jansz.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.jansz.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=82