It WASN'T a good idea....

'Road to Ventoux' actually gave me mountain nightmares! Didn't help that Thursday's my Childline morning, so alarm goes off at 5.15. On top of that, because I had so much to sort out/buy before I head off, I missed my usual Thursday afternoon nap (no, I'm not heinously lazy, it's just to make up for the early start), so absolutely shattered now.

Just did my final short 'threshold' session on the turbo trainer - my last actual training session before the Etape - which was a bit strange. Knee problems and generally being slightly 'over' the whole training thing mean I'm pretty sure I won't be seeing the Tacx for a while now!

Wore the new jersey, just so I could get a bit of 'wear' in it before popping it in the wash. From the snowstorm of emails going around the Sky team today, it seems it's not just me who's noticed the 'snug' fit of the jerseys. However, although it seemed a bit weird when I put it on, because all my other jerseys are a bit looser, I was comparing it with the fit of the TdF riders' tops today, and they all seem quite tight too. Also, I noticed when I took it off after my turbo session - Jersey = very wet and smelly but; Me = quite dry and not quite so smelly....which I think is probably the idea.

Feeling a bit less stressed out than I was this morning - back to the slightly calmer..done the training/que sera sera mode of yesterday, but I'm sure the nerves will ramp up a bit when I get over there.

The taper seems to have been going well for me though. I've been keeping a crafty eye on my weight etc., and despite the fact that I've been absolutely stuffing myself with carbs, my weight's gone down, my muscle mass has gone up and my body fat's gone down - all reasonably significantly.

It makes me think that perhaps I haven't been eating enough as I've been going along. I will do a final weigh in either tomorrow or Saturday morning anyway, just to get a better idea of how things have gone this week - could be interesting.