03/26/08
Day 3 - ironguides El Paso Training Camp
We're feeling a little pleasantly fatigued here in ol' El Paso...so have to keep it short despite all the fan mail clamoring for more. Stop it with the PM's already! :-)
Category: Training
Posted by: marc
Overnight dropped a brisk East wind on us, which meant vicious crosswinds all day long. The only thing more monotonous and mentally challenging than riding in wind like this is reading about it. So to give you a great feel for the ride, here goes:
< EDIT: 800 words deleted > :-)
So yadda yadda, we got back to Francois' place and continued not to see him. While not seeing Francois, the rest of us headed off for a fartlek-style run, keeping the speed efforts short while focusing on high leg turnover.
It has to be said, people really enjoyed being forced to run at top effort after four hours of sucking bugs out of their teeth. To round off the day, we had a bike fit session and a lecture on open water swimming with Pedro and Juan ... :-)
< EDIT: 800 words deleted > :-)
So yadda yadda, we got back to Francois' place and continued not to see him. While not seeing Francois, the rest of us headed off for a fartlek-style run, keeping the speed efforts short while focusing on high leg turnover.
It has to be said, people really enjoyed being forced to run at top effort after four hours of sucking bugs out of their teeth. To round off the day, we had a bike fit session and a lecture on open water swimming with Pedro and Juan ... :-)