Caoimhe started her first race day today at the tour of Valencia. Haven’t spoken to her yet but think she rode okay anyways. Demi Vollering soloed to the win so it’s a pretty hilly course for the 4 days. Anything you want me to ask/find out/let you guys know about from inside the race? Not too clear on what content to share yet but happy to ask whatever and share some bits for you guys! Caoimhe is using this week as the third week of her training block and she’s pretty tired already. She’s had tough 3-4 day blocks all of the time and been smashing efforts. She’s probably never began a race while so tired but if she can cope with it then she should be in good shape coming into the classics once she recovers and absorbs the load. She’s definitely on the line between overdoing it but hoping that she stays on the right side of things and gets through the week okay.

Did you ride today? I was meant to ride but had to move rest day to today. Was wiped after a blood test this morning.

Did you ride? I did threshold; 3x18min @ 94%. I also massively screwed up my breakfast afterwards! I forgot I added a double portion of Weetabix as a single serving in Hexis. Cue me being ravenously hungry come lunch short over 50g of carbs I should've refueled with! Audited my whole custom food library afterwards to avoid that in the future.

Myself & @Sarah Egan are signed up to do Migration gravel race Any else want to come ?

I'm getting ready to make a purchase on a Lauf Seigla and looking at sizing. All measurements point toward a small frame, but when looking at geometry, my current bike stack to handlebar measurement is bigger than their XL. Current bike is based on Retul fit measurements (fitter is a bad listener, but followed the Retul system so maybe not bad data). I'd have to really really build up the stem to get to my current measurement, and had a thought that going up to a medium would reduce some of that need. Asked Lauf and they say stick with small. I know Lauf states it has a more aerodynamic/race geometry, but why am I so far off and need so much buildup? Or maybe the overall geometry will reveal a different fit?? The goal for this bike is to do unbound 100 and then settle into more bike packing adventures, so the race fit isn't high priority but comfort on long gravel days is. Wanted Lauf because the price point is so good. Any other bike so far increases price and weight significantly. Thoughts?