Tour de Limosine..
Hey
Well I actually dont quite know how to even spell the name of this tour, and from the lack of energy to find out I shall call this the Limo tour, k!! Sweet!
Right so, 4 days = the team was Carissa W, Michelle H, Brei G, Alison S and myself, unfortunately Michelle K was not feeling well so there were only 5 of us!!
Day 1= 4Km prologue, No major excitement there, I managed a 20th spot bout 28 sec behind the leader… yippdy yay.
Day 2= 107km bloody hilly and HOT!!!!!!, The pace was on right from the start and of course I had the mint positon off the line, … dead last… anyway managed to move up through the bunch and then got a flattie bout 5 km into it, Grom (our mechanic) was buzzing though!! a wee rush for him, as I know how he loves following womens races!!! I was feeling like complete ass today and got dropped not sure where exactly as I have no fancy shmancy gadgets on my bike to tell me i’m creeping… So basically I was out the ass, with Ali and Brei doing a bit of team time trial training, we were all so smashed at one stage I thought I was hallucinating from the heat that a horse was running towards us in the middle of the road……. but no that actually did happen!!! And yes it was scary!!! heheh… all 3 of us didnt quite know what to do, I stopped and unclipped and Brei just hid behind me!!! hehe… cheeky bugger! Not quite sure what happened to the horse in the end but im sure the copper that was chasing it got it under control! Ali I think was suffering from jetlag too and the heat didnt help I’m hoping that these are the reasons she couldnt figure out what 4×12km was……(we had 4 laps of the 12km finishing circuit to go) ummmm 4×12 is….. 28, ooh 36km……and I was like…. aye.. you did not just say that!! I failed maths at school but even I could figure that one out in 3 seconds!!!48km duh!! hehe… anyway was a bit of a laugh for us in those hard times!
I would tell you about the 2riders (a russian and Menikini) that got away and had almost 10 min on the bunch but I cant be bothered,…. whatever… who cares bout them!! I’m sure they didnt just have the coco pops for brekkie!!
Day 3 = 103km Pretty rolling, but not as bad as yesterday, Don’t quite remember the details, Basically ended up in a bunch kick, I had a few go’s bout 6 km from the finish but nothing that stuck…. have no idea how we ended up!!
Day4 = 113km, Worse terrain then the 2nd day, but I kinda felt better, I attacked bout 10km into it and had a gap with a russian a pom and menikini rider who wouldnt pull thru (bullshit ay) we had a good wee gap for a fair few Km’s then what you know another russkie comes flying past so me and the pommie drop, the race leader flies past them and wins by heself by like 5 min!!! I manage to stay with the bunch for a wee while, and try help out Carissa and Mitch as much as I can, then 1 more effort and ……see ya!!! Im gone… I hurt myself so much today I thought I was going to fall off my bike…. the coach tells me my job is done and dosent care how far down I finish, (thank god) I creep in who knows how many minutes later almost at at a standstill on the line!! heheh… I’m pretty pissed off with myself for not being able to hang on to the break, but I also know that I did contribute to the race and really really really tried so bloody hard!!!!
I really didn’t enjoy this tour at all, I have some good bits I will take out of it, but for some reason I just didn’t quite “feel” the race!!! …I actually felt more smashed after day 1 then I did after 10 days of the Aude tour…..
Anyway, I am back in Limoux and I’m having an easy 1 hr then tomorrow off!! yaaaaaaaaayyyyy…. So if I get bored I might write some more crap on here, so you all have some reading material while stuck in your offices at work!! hehehhe…. Wer’e making Pizza for dinner!! yummmm!! So I better go help!!!!
Righto, take care and like always if you want to write to me, thats all good!! 
Marina 
