Not my latest training entry, but some background reading I'm doing to immerse myself in the world of pain Lard has just so eloquently described.
It's a biography (same title) of 5 times tour winner Jaques Anquetil. The bit that caught my eye so far was that when he was 19, he won an end of season time trial by cycling 76.8 mile at an average of 26.3 mph! That's an average! I fleetingly touch that speed for about 3 seconds going down a steep hill each day. Anyway lads and lasses - something to aim for.
Oh and he also had an affair with his friend's wife, who he then married. Then had an affair with her daughter, and carried on sleeping with them both in the same house for years, and had a child by her. He then had a child with his stepson's ex wife.
Up to you how inspiring you find that last bit.
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