I just returned from an epic 16 day training camp in Tucson. The first five days were with Paul Cross and Pete Reid's Endurance Specialists advanced triathlon training camp. The balance of the time was with the great group of elite triathletes that call Tucson home. My son, Anders, joined me as he is in his final IMAZ prep. We trained with Paul, Pete, Clint Lien (a great triathlon coach that has worked with Pete for years), Cliff English (the US Olympic National Team coach), Sam McGlone, TJ Tollakson, a number of the US National Team and a bunch of elite Canadian triathletes as well.
First off let me say that this is the best triathlon camp I've ever been to--hands down. We've done spring training in France and Spain the last 3 years and this blows it away, and is a lot cheaper.
My training volume was great--here is a summary of the daily training loads:
Day 1 (3/5) S: 0 yds/ B: 34.0 miles/ R: 0 MILES
Day 2: 0/65.5/8.0
Day 3: 1650/57.0/4.5
Day 4: 0/42.2/6.5
Day 5: 2500/50.4/5.5
Day 6: 1700/31.2/10.5
Day 7: 0/69.4/5.2
Day 8: 0/71.8/0
Day 9: 2000/28.0/0
Day 10: 3300/59.0/6.0
Day 11: 2250/71.4/5.0
Day 12: 0/107.0/2.0
Day 13: 0/40.4/11.3
Day 14: 5000/47.0/6.8
Day 15: 3000/59.5/10.0
Day 16: 1700/97.8/2.2
Total: S: 23,100 yds B: 931.6 miles R: 83.5 miles
There was a lot of emphasis on swim and run technique and of-course a huge amount of cycling with plenty of pace and elevation change--with significant altitude (Mt, Lemmon is 9100 feet).
We had some fantastic experiences such as a six hour IM brick that Anders and I did with Sam, and the 8 mile breakaway I jumped in with Sam and TJ (we beat Pete up over Gates), and the great ride up Lemmon with Pete, and the video feedback on swim techniques with Paul, and talking to Sarah about her Miami win, etc, etc, etc.
Paul, Clint, Cliff and Pete are pretty low key about their camp but it is by far, in my experience the best camp out there. You can read more about it on Jay's Triathlete mag blog or Clint's blog. And by the way--these are simply great folks that really care (and obviously know as much as can be known about how to excel at IM)
I have a more detailed write-up and a bunch of pictures of all the stars on my Cadence Kona Challenge blog which is at:
http://rcmioga.blogspot.com/
Check it out. PM me if you want more info. It's the best!
This was hands down the best training experience I've ever had!
rc
Randy Christofferson(http://www.rcmioga.blogspot.com
Insert Doubt. Erase Hope. Crush Dreams.
First off let me say that this is the best triathlon camp I've ever been to--hands down. We've done spring training in France and Spain the last 3 years and this blows it away, and is a lot cheaper.
My training volume was great--here is a summary of the daily training loads:
Day 1 (3/5) S: 0 yds/ B: 34.0 miles/ R: 0 MILES
Day 2: 0/65.5/8.0
Day 3: 1650/57.0/4.5
Day 4: 0/42.2/6.5
Day 5: 2500/50.4/5.5
Day 6: 1700/31.2/10.5
Day 7: 0/69.4/5.2
Day 8: 0/71.8/0
Day 9: 2000/28.0/0
Day 10: 3300/59.0/6.0
Day 11: 2250/71.4/5.0
Day 12: 0/107.0/2.0
Day 13: 0/40.4/11.3
Day 14: 5000/47.0/6.8
Day 15: 3000/59.5/10.0
Day 16: 1700/97.8/2.2
Total: S: 23,100 yds B: 931.6 miles R: 83.5 miles
There was a lot of emphasis on swim and run technique and of-course a huge amount of cycling with plenty of pace and elevation change--with significant altitude (Mt, Lemmon is 9100 feet).
We had some fantastic experiences such as a six hour IM brick that Anders and I did with Sam, and the 8 mile breakaway I jumped in with Sam and TJ (we beat Pete up over Gates), and the great ride up Lemmon with Pete, and the video feedback on swim techniques with Paul, and talking to Sarah about her Miami win, etc, etc, etc.
Paul, Clint, Cliff and Pete are pretty low key about their camp but it is by far, in my experience the best camp out there. You can read more about it on Jay's Triathlete mag blog or Clint's blog. And by the way--these are simply great folks that really care (and obviously know as much as can be known about how to excel at IM)
I have a more detailed write-up and a bunch of pictures of all the stars on my Cadence Kona Challenge blog which is at:
http://rcmioga.blogspot.com/
Check it out. PM me if you want more info. It's the best!
This was hands down the best training experience I've ever had!
rc
Randy Christofferson(http://www.rcmioga.blogspot.com
Insert Doubt. Erase Hope. Crush Dreams.