Back With a Capital Vengence!

AM: Rode from home to Little Dell to Java Jo's. Wind kicked my bum. Caught up with Sandy and Ashley on the downhill who were already back at it after their 100-mile Leadville Mountain Bike Ride last weekend. Crazy peeps! Think I may have seen a Fritz blow by me too. 

PM: Flip-flop hiking. Strengthens the feets! 

Speaking of Leadville, I was curious how New Zealand Olympian Mike Aish was going to do. Bummer that he had to drop. Excellent race coverage per usual on iRunFar. 

On my way to France, but delayed - booooo! I am losing precious Paris time :(

Trail Runner Magazine and Strava have teamed up for the 100 mile challenge. I am sure this blog could do the 100,000 mile challenge on our own.

All participants who run 100 miles during the Challenge will earn a copy of Trail Runner magazine, plus extreme bragging rights.

As an added incentive, if the entire group of challenge participants can run 100,000 miles or more, Trail Runner magazine will provide a digital copy of the magazine to every participant who logs a single mile.

http://www.strava.com/challenges/trail-runner-100M

Biked from the EIffel Tower to the Notre Dame Cathedral and then to the Louvre and by some other nifty places in my flip-flops and non-bike worthy travel skirt because my luggage went to Switzerland. Classic Amiee-style start to trip not to mention dropping (and breaking) camera from bike. Wine: 2 (out of plastic cups on the Seine- classy), Croissants: 1.

Paris to Geneva to Chamonix via subway to train to plane to bus. Chamonix is way more impressive than I had imagined. The city is getting psyched for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc and there are signs and stoke everywhere. Kind of makes me want to stick around for it... Just hiked and toured around a bunch today. Thinking about renting a road bike tomorrow. Need to catch up on the sleeps before I get out on the trail. Wine: 1, Croissants: 1.

Rainy, rainy day in Chamoix so I spent the first half of the morning sipping espresso and practicing ze French so I could spend the second half trying to figure out how to use a French payphone to make my hut reservations for the Tour du Mont Blanc. Then I hiked up a mountain because I was too cheap to pay for the tram ride. Unlike Snowbird, if you get to the top you don't get to ride down for free, but unlke Utah they do have wine at the top :) Had dinner with a bunch of British Ultra Tour du Mont Blancers - Trail Runners are the coolest ever! Vin: too much to mention, Croissants: 0.

Most amazing day ever! Getting into the travel groove and stoked. So much for a rest day before the big hike. Splurged and bought a Chamonix day of fun pass and took a series of trams up some mountains and hiked around all day. Hiked to a glacier. I heart France!