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Another pre-Dawn trip to Glasshouse Rocks Beaches for a set of 2 x 1500m Intervals racing Munchkin the Border Collie at low tide on hard, fast sand. Weather Cool, no wind. Back at home a fast paced 10km effort on my hill loop. I missed some hill run days in the last fortnight, important I ran the hills today while the weather is still good . More broken sleep watching Tour De France. With the Hot weather not even ice socks and lots of water on the head could keep the riders Core temperature cool. During the coverage it was revealed some teams used ice slushies mixed with energy gels for the riders to keep energy levels up. Some of the riders clearly struggled out there in the heat and altitude, not the winner of the day Pogacar. Next big test is tomorrow with an 11km uphill Time trial on the Peyragudes.

Pre-dawn trip to Glasshouse Rocks with Munchkin the Border Collie for a set of 2 x 1500m Intervals at Low Tide with an awesome sunrise as a bonus. On the way home a stop off to have a play date between Munchkin and Milli the Border Collies. Back at home a short warm Down. A strange stage in Tour de France overnight with Pogacar being taken out by a rider cutting across his front wheel and the peloton choosing to wait for the Re-group to take place. In the end UNO-X took the top 2 places making the team happy campers. Next days head to the Pyrenees where the true mountain climbs take place making for some great races and going a long way to determining the overall winner.

After a rest day in Tour de france a chance to catch up on sleep. This morning a trip to Glasshouse Rocks for a set of 3 x 4km Beach intervals. It was 1 degree overnight at home with frost on the grass, a rarity on this part of the coast. Today the stage at tour de France starts and finishes in Toulouse. It's a big , busy place and I have avoided it over the years. In 2017 the Tour started in Blagnac, very close to Parkrun La Ramee and I spent the morning there in a beautiful park with friendly people rather than chase the tour followed by visits to the small towns of Eymet, Monflanquin, Lauzerte and beautiful St Emilion, All worth a side trip.After the tourism stops I resumed the Tour chasing in the Pyrenees.