Raid Alps 2024: Prologue
"Cycle the “Raid Alps” and enter into cycling legend and tradition . . . as you climb mythical cols of the Tour de France such as the Galibier, the Glandon, or the Alpe d’Huez. The Raid Alps cycling challenge will take you from Thonons-les-Bains to Nice." Last year in the immediate run-up to my 70th birthday, I rode the Raid Pyrenees, an epic cycling tour and an epic life event. I wrote in some detail about the trip in this blog (you can find it by googling John's Raid Pyrenees Adventure), but it truly was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. For months after my return from France and Spain where that adventure unfolded, whenever I looked at photos or reread my blog entries, I got choked up remembering what a wonderful time it was. My last entry from that trip included the question, "could I do a tour like the Raid in another year? Three years, or five? I can't know, but I do know that I hope I am fit and healthy enough to have the option. And I don't know if...