Seemuth's travel to the 2011 Tour de France - Preamble

Bob and Tim Seemuth (NFORGE trained) travel to the 2011 Tour de France - Preamble

7-1-2011  Friday  -  Background info

Commencing Wed July13th till the end in Paris on July 24^th two NFORGE trained (beta subjects?) (Sufferers?) will test their fitness on some of the TDF’s toughest mountain stages.  Bob Seemuth (age 63) and son Tim (age 20) accepted the challenge to have as much fun as possible. 

6 months agoCoach Paul came along side and said suffer NOW before the TDF and enjoy it later to the max.    We will prove him right.  To be honest, he said it with a smile, encouragement always, and in the context of a smart plan of action… but still suffer if possible.  J

(picture of Bob and Coach Paul back to back at Timberline)

FYI - Bob won the VERSUS 2010 TDF grand prize last year which provided the seed money to engage Custom Getaways for riding the Pyrenees and the Alps.   

CUSTOM GETAWAYS IS THE ONLY NORTH AMERICAN TOUR OPERATOR RECOGNIZED BY THE TOUR DE FRANCE and they have a nice package planned integrated with the TDF stages.    No other Tour Operator in the world takes more people behind the scenes at the TDF than Custom Getaways does.  We will see.  

Riding 10 straight days; 350 miles and 50,000 elevation gain will prove to be enough.  Imagine this:  *Col d'Aspin, *Col du Tourmalet + Luz Ardiden; *Col d'Aubisque; *Col de la Core,  Col de latrape,  Col de la Agnes; *Mont Ventoux; *Col du Noyer then to Gap; *col d'Ornon to Alpe d'Huez; *col du Lautaret; *Col de la Sarenne and up the 21 switchbacks of Alpe d'Huez.

 

Plus watch the time trial in Grenoble and handle a day in Paris.  Tough duty…

Tim is smarter, he will do the shorter rides each day, be the photographer and interview a wide variety of people.

Stay tuned.  If we can get internet connections in some of the mountain locations, we will report with short stories and pics.  It might even be interesting!  Expect to see the NFORGE logo well represented.