Holland Bike & Barge – Bicycle Training

The last few weeks we have been progressively cycling farther each time we go out. All this is in preparation for our Holland Bike and Barge Trip which is coming up the first week of May 2010. More on the travel details, Company we are going with, friends we are traveling with, etc. in another post. Anyway, this weekend we piled up a few miles on the bicycles. Saturday we cycled 42 km and Sunday 44 km over about 3 hrs which included a lunch stop; this will be about the average distance that we will need to do each day while on the bike and barge. Of course when we are in Holland the 45 – 50 km will include plenty of rest stops, coffee breaks, sightseeing and it will be over the whole day. So we believe our physical fitness will be alright. We just want to make sure that we can keep this up for 7 straight days. Attached is a picture (self timer) taken at the airport which is our usual lunch stop. It’s a great location, we get to watch the weekend skydivers jumping from a perfectly good aircraft in flight and West Jet or Air Canada flights coming and going on their regular routes.