It's the traditional "OMG Three Peaks is less than two weeks away and I'd better start training" edition of the FluttER, rolling out from opposite Pattos at St Ives and heading into the city via Akuna Bay, the MV hospital turn, and any other minor climbs we can find on the way that are just like the steep bits of Hotham but a hundred times shorter.

Start time is 5am this Thursday 27th, which will not be a problem for 3-Peakers who've been awake all night re-reading horror reports from the Back of Falls, shopping online for carbon-fibre bidon cages, and trying to work out if Garmins and bike lights might weigh less if you charge them up only halfway.

To be followed by a high protein / high carb / high fat breakfast at Barcycle; or Green Eggs which is plausibly all three.