Camp wrap-up.

1780 days ago

sa400030.jpgPretty whipped by the time I got home. I was gone ten days, with two of those being travel days. For the eight days of camp, I trained thirty-nine hours, with quite a lot of that being pretty hard training. It was a great camp, put together by my great coach Paulo, and made especially great by a whole heap of great people.

I tried to blog from camp, but I really couldn’t keep up after a couple of days. The swim video made the rounds, and Jodi has some other videos linked from her blog. Good luck at Oceanside, Jodi!

Some workout highlights for me:

  • A 5000 meter swim workout that included 4 x 400 IM, long course meters.
  • A tempo run in hot, windy weather that included ten miles in under sixty minutes.
  • A long run of two hours at an average pace faster than 6:30 per mile.
  • A four hour bike ride with an average power of 260 watts.

Some real highlights:

  • A really great group of training partners. I can’t say enough about how awesome this was. We had a pretty wide range of speeds represented, but everybody had at least a couple of other people to train with in each workout. Before and after workouts, we could all help each other through the fatigue. Most importantly, I think, everyone was pretty low key. My biggest problem with a lot of triathletes is that they are real uptight type-A stress cases, and I don’t really want to hang out with them. I was very happy to find that this was not an issue at all at this camp. It was really, really awesome and I am excited to remain friends with every single person from this camp.
  • The adventure of a long, solo roadtrip. My drive down was uneventful, but my drive back was highlighted by what eventually turned out to be a hole in the radiator. It was touch and go with overheating, but I stuck to the highway as much as I could to try to keep the engine cool with circulated air. Thanks to Art, Jim, and the gas station attendant near Las Vegas, NM for your advice on keeping my car rolling! This week I have procured a new radiator, so all should be well in that department for a while.