Diarmuid Collins

Went on a bike ride with Damo today. It was long and tough. 80km from sea level to 1000m. My heart was in the 80-90% zone (zone 4) more than any other zone

Still it was good fun and good exercise.

Weather forecast for the Alps looks good for the start of the week. A relatively large dump is due until Tuesday with the freezing line quite low. Looking good for next weekend

So Isola2000 and Auron are supposed to be opening this weekend, however no snow has fallen in over 2 weeks. On the website they have removed a number of webcams, I guess to hide the true state of the conditions. In any case I think I will be skipping it this year, unlike last year when we made the opening day on the 14th of December (midweek!)

Isola today:

The good news is that the Haute Alps are forecast to get another big dump Sunday
La Thuile Snow Forecast

Chamonix Snow Forecast

I started using a new website for logging my runs and cycles. Motionbased is a Garmin supported website that allows you to directly upload data from Garmin GPS units for analysis. Here are some recent outings

• 50km cycles up north of Nice on Saturday morning with Tamas
• Lunchtime run on the promenade in Cagnes Sur Mer
• Cycle to Italian border from Nice with Damo

Heart rate info is logged along with distance, time, speed and elevation, thanks to the Garmin Forerunner 305