This morning both of us were moving exactly like marionettes. Somewhere up above, an operator had us dangling on a system of strings. Overnight the quads had become extremely tight and sore; walking down anything, especially stairs, was a bit of a trial. And comical.
It seemed that there would be two approaches: take a day off and hope that the problem eases by tomorrow; or ride and hope that the problem eases by tomorrow. We went for the latter, but rode only a smallish loop based upon L'Argentière, including the inevitable coffee stop. Nevertheless, the ascent of Puy de Saint Vincent was demanding on those already-screaming quads, not to mention the climb back to our La Casse base afterwards from the valley floor down in Vallouise village.
Hopefully, the legs will not complain too much when we attempt a full day tomorrow up into the higher & longer stuff. Ferry bookings for Majorca and for getting back to the UK got done later in the afternoon.
One thing we did get right today was hydration.
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