Day 1

Today was my first riding day, no testing, just explore some French roads.  After our 7 am breakfast of yogurt, muesli, some ham and a cup of coffee about 10 of us headed out for a 9:00 ride.  We were on roads from stage 11? of the TDF.  We descended and TJ and I decided to keep going while the rest went back up to do a different loop.  We missed a turn on the way back but without the mistake, we would have missed Paul Bunyans bike.  He must have left it back in the day.

We made it back just in time to eat lunch in our chamois.  It was a good first day at about 3 hours.

Tomorrow is the first day of testing and I am doing a CO rebreathing test that will also measure blood volume.