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A Groupe Ride from Nyon to Les Fruitières with Tête de Course

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Yesterday we left Nyon through the "secret" passage that takes you from near Place St Martin to the lakeside. We had to take this route because of the défilé des enfants. Roads were blocked so some drivers might have been trapped for an hour or two. On a bike I was blocked from going one way so I went another way, and then I walked to the meeting point.

Tête de Course is a group that meets on Wednesday mornings, at 06:30, Thursday at 18:00 and on Saturdays it depends, in so far as I can see. I am still new to the group.

The Morning Ride

The Morning ride is open to riders that can ride twenty five kilometres an hour or more. On Wednesday it involved quite a bit of climbing but I was able to keep up with the group and will almost certainly ride with them again next Wednesday. Riding at 06:30 is nice because the roads are empty, but also because the temperature is still relatively low. At the end of the ride you can have a coffee and croissant before getting on with the rest of your day.

The Evening Ride

The Evening Ride is split into three groups. Group 1 is the fastest, most demanding group. They ride fast and do the full loop. Group 2 rides a shorter route at a slightly slower pace. Group 3 is a more relaxed pace. In theory if you can't keep up with group 1 you can drop to group 2.

My first ride with this group was a group 3 ride. Initially the idea was to ride a shorter ride up the Baudichonne climb, stopping at the P'tit Bar. I rode to it, had a quick snack, and then continued riding upwards. I was the only person from group 3 to get to the top. That's why this week I decided to ride with group 2.

This week group 2 rode to Les Fruitères de Nyon. It's a climb up the Jura to a farm from which you have a good view of the Léman and the Alps, including Geneva.

What struck me about last night's ride is that we were riding as a peloton, up steep gradients, and keeping as a tight group. It's the first time I ride in such a group, where we stick together until a certain point. Eventually as people grew more tired the group elongated.

Near the top group 1 flew by group 2. At the top we stopped for a few minutes, to appreciate the view, before heading back down.

How Does it Compare to Bike Club Switzerland

Whilst Tête de Course (TDC) starts from a café in Nyon Bike Club Switzerland (BCS) starts from a bike shop in Les Grottes by Cornavin train station. It uses meetup.com and has clear and distinct groups for relaxed rides, moderate rides, peak rides and gravel. So far I have focused mainly on relaxed with this group.

The relaxed rides are meant to go at 20km/h or so but can trend upwards depending on the level of the group and they try to be around 50 km long. Some relaxed rides are long, and thus 80 or more kilometres in distance.

With the relaxed rides you stop for coffee at some point. Within this group climbing is at your own pace.

I cannot comment on moderate to peak rides yet as I have not tried them. I do joke that we did a recovery ride one sunday at 29km/h or more. This is not a criticism. It amused me.

And Finally

I enjoy riding with Tête de Course. I enjoy that it is local to me. I enjoyed riding in a peloton part of the way up the Jura, before fatigue encouraged me to have more space between myself and others. If you love to climb on every ride then this is a great group. Tomorrow they are going along a route that will have 1400m of climbing. I could be tempted, if I didn't think that I need to give my body time to rest and recover. That's where BCS comes in.

If you live in Geneva BCS rides are from 40-80 kilometres long, but if you live in Nyon then every ride is a century. It is possible for me to do 100+km rides consistently because relaxed rides are at a pace that I can sustain for longer periods of time. Tomorrow I might ride 120km. I suspect that I will catch the train from Geneva to Nyon, or Coppet.

I am enjoying these bike rides.

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View from Le P'tit Bar on the way up to La Baudichonne

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A TDC Social Ride to La Baudichonne

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Yesterday evening I went for a group ride but rather than riding for an hour or so to get to Geneva I rode to the centre of Nyon. I rode to the old garage that was transformed into a café called Tête de Course. This is where the TDC group meet before starting their Thursday evening bike ride. Social Rides

Three Groups

The group split into three groups. Group 1 was the fastest, and then group 2, and finally group 3. I chose to be in the easiest group as I am not used to riding with this group and it was the right decision.

After running in the morning, and not having a proper lunch I thought that I should choose a group that did not push me too much. Little did I know that in the end I would ride up to the P'tit Bar, before deciding, "I feel ok" so I continued to the top.

Challenge To The Top

This is not an easy ride. When I do this ride I wish that I had more easy gears so that I could shift to easier gears. As I did not have this option I stood up on the harder bits, and kept pushing. When I got to the p'tit bar I fuelled up before continuing.

I was overtaken by people from the first and second groups during the climb. Quite a few of them said nothing. I don't know whether it was out of shyness or exhaustion. I suspect exhaustion was the main reason for their silence.

At one point I did ride alongside someone who had music playing. For him this was a "rest day" as it was for me. His idea of rest is staying in zone 2. This makes sense. We talked for a bit, until I felt I was pushing too hard and chose to slow down.

Short in Distance but Steep

This is not an easy climb. It's only 5km so it's short, but it is steep and you barely have an opportunity to rest. You just need to grind. It didn't help that I did not have the route that we were doing on the GPS. I had the long variant and the long variant made it so that I knew how much was left to climb, but not distance.

I still made it to the top. It's the first time that I see so many people up there. Usually I just see three or four other cyclists. This time I saw two cycling groups. No one but me, from group three, made it to the top.

Did I choose to ride with a group that was too easy, and that's why I dropped them? I don't think so. I didn't know this group, or their riding experience. I prefer to try for the slowest group, see how it feels, and then push myself if I feel that I can try for a slightly harder group.

And Finally

A seventy kilometre loop with a Geneva group involves fourty four kilometres to get to the start point and back. In theory I would cycle one hundred and ten kilometres. If I start with a Nyon group the ride to the start is less than three kilometres. I only add 6km, or six minutes to the start. It is also an opportunity to meet local people, to Nyon, rather than local people, to Geneva.

If I am not just doing long rides I can do more strenuous rides and I can skip the train.

#cycling #group #Jura #Nyon #social #tdc

#travelthrowback ➡️ Strolled along the peaceful shores of𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐲𝐨𝐧, 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, where the breeze felt like poetry and the boats looked straight out of a painting 😍. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐤𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦 of this lakeside town made the moment unforgettable like a postcard I got to step into ❤️!

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A scenic view of Geneva Lake in Nyon, Switzerland, with sailboats docked, calm waters, and a partly cloudy sky, captured from the stone-paved lakeside promenade, captured by travel blogger Anamika Chattopadhyaya for her Everything Enchanting blog and SM pages.

Le Château, Nyon, Vaud, 1904 - Jullien Frères CPA

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Printed monochrome postcard showing a view of the Château at Nyon in Vaud, Switzerland.

Published by Jullien Frères, Genève, No J.J. 2247, undivided back.

Postally used on 30 August 1904 with Genève Express Lettre cancellations on red 10 centimes stamp and sent to Miss Arculus, The Elms, Solihull, Birmingham, Angleterre.

Good condition, with very slight corner bumps and light album marks.

Temple de St Georges, Vaud, 1903 - Photographie des Arts CPA

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Printed monochrome postcard showing a view of the church at Saint-George near Nyon in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

Published by Photographie des Arts, Lausanne, No 536, undivided back.

Postally used on 21 August 1903 with St Georges cancellations on two green 5 centimes stamps and sent to Miss Emmie Dyson, Home & Colonial College, Grays Inn Road, London, England, redirected to Trinity School House, Tewkesbury with accompanying London WC2 duplex postmark 24 August 1903.

Good condition, with slight corner bumps.

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A Morning Run to the Lake and Back

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This morning I ran towards the lake. If I had continued going west I could have gone to the Piscine De Colovray, had a swim, and then walked home or taken a publibike, once I was tired enough. In fact I live along the course for the Nyon Triathlon so I could easily train for the triathlon without needing to use a car.

I believe that I suffer from Rhume des Foins (hayfever) so when I went to sleep congested, and woke up congested I thought "There's no way I'm doing that 10km run. I checked what my Garmin watch recommended as a run and when I saw that the recommendation was a 35 minute run I grabbed the chance. Even with pollen a 35 minute run is comfortable.

I ran towards the lake and then turned to go up the hill where cars park to get to Nyon plage before running back down to the road crossing, before running back towards the plage, and then along the lake towards the Phare, before going back into the lower part of Nyon.

Nyon is hilly, so if you run down to the lake it makes sense to continue running along the lake, but then you get further and further from home, until you need to catch the train back.

A Run to Coppet

I like the idea of running along farm roads, from Eysins to Coppet, going along the farming roads that are parallel to the motorway. That's where dogs threaten, or do attack me so I avoid those roads. I really avoid them because non-agricultural vehicles drive fast, with no regard for cyclists and pedestrians so it isn't fun.

Running to Coppet and Gland is the same distance. As I made it to Gland I should easily make it to Coppet. In theory it would make sense to run to Crans, and then down the steep railway brdige towards the Port de Crans and then along the Route Suisse, or to stay slightly higher, and run via Céligny towards the Chateau, before running between the parallel rows of trees, before turning left at the Rue des Gros, and then going through Founex, and then along the road, past the school and then down to the lake for a snack/coffee, before then walking up to catch the train back to Nyon.

If it wasn't for pollen I would have happilly tried this challenge today.

And Finally

Running from home, for an hour is convenient. Get dressed, go for a run, come home, get on with the day.

What is less convenient is that because I have gone for long hikes, and big bike rides my running habit has declined. Due to this decline the Apple App now no longer gives me running pace information. I am being punished for trying not to overdo it.

It's tempting to stop wearing the Apple Watch now. What right does an app have, to punish me, when it knows that I am so active?

#lac #lake #Léman #morning #Nyon #run #running #solo

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Annulation de la formation néo...

↕️ Renverse.co ↕️ Annulation de la formation néofasciste de l'Institut Iliade à Nyon: Après la publication de l'article du 12 mai, et grâce à un travail antifasciste pour empêcher la tenue de la formation de l'Institut Iliade, nous sommes parvenu·e·x·s à faire annuler ce week-end fascisant. https://renverse.co/infos-locales/article/annulation-de-la-formation-neofasciste-de-l-institut-iliade-a-nyon-7089?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Antifascisme #Nyon #InstitutIliade #FormationAnnulée #LuttesSociales

Running from Nyon to Gland via the Toblerones

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Yesterday I went out in track suit trousers, a t-shirt and minimal other stuff. The plan was to run just three to four kilometres. I planned not to cross any busy roads. I had this plan because I felt that I needed a day of rest after yesterday's bike ride.

Garmin wanted me to run for an hour, and Suunto wanted me to have a half hour run. I don't remember what Apple apps wanted. I chose to follow the Garmin recommendation because I felt fine. I ran into Nyon, and then through the town, and then instead of going through the railway tunnel I turned right. This took me up a little climb, before taking me up another little climb, before taking me down to the lake.

I toyed with the idea of turning left and heading to the Aérodrome de Prangins but continued straight. for a short moment you have no pedestrian path. You just have cycle lanes. Luckily no cars or bikes were around for this short segment. If I had planned this route then I would have gone down by the football field, along the lake road that goes to the beach, and from there through the Domaine Imperial before heading up along the Toblerones to Gland.

If you're familiar with Gland, there is a hydroelectric plant by the river. If you run along the road you get into Gland, but if you turn left you go through the woods and along the Toblerones. It's quite narrow and there are routes so you have to be careful not to trip.

Eventually you get to a bifurcation. If you go left you go towards Bassins, if you go right you go towards Gland and the train station. The course I took was 10km.

For the return journey I had played with the idea of using a publibike bike, or taking the train. I opted for the third option. Walking home. The walk home from Gland to Nyon is almost a straight line. I had to take a detour because of a barking dog looking after sheep. I have walked the eight kilometre route before a hike. Hiking between Gland and Nyon is intuitive along three or four different routes.

And finally, on saturday I cycled 60km and Sunday I expected to rest but went for a 10km run, before going for a 9km run. When you run, walk, and cycle you realise how close places are. Out of curiousity, taking the train costs CHF 2.40 between Gland and Nyon.

I will run this route again

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