G'day folks!
After a nice 11h30' drive from west Texas to SoCal, with my buddy Olaf (and we didn't get lost! that's a first) we were greeted by slowtwitch.com's King, Dan E himself (along with his 3 dogs, and Monty's 3 dogs).
So that's where Jonas and Bjorn did their training the last few weeks? Good! At least, as far as chainrings are concerned, we're ok, we took our 56-44 and 11-23 which go everywhere (as long as a 30rpm cadence sounds ok to you).
First day was a great run on trails in I-Have-Already-Forgotten-The-Name Park...was so nice, I forgot about the 30' turn around, and after 40' turned back only to get lost...(that was for punishing me of making fun of Gordo and Clas who also got lost when they visited us in TX...although I ran only 1h20', running hard on the way back...G and Clas did 3h45'). That was followed with a masters swim in a great pool (Santa Clarita), outdoor (forgot sunscreen of course...kinda redish now) and then a 1h30' bike ride (was supposed to be a 3h ride but I broke my adjustable stem after 1h...)
In between, we did some monster shopping. That should last for 2-3 days at best :-)
Today was a nice 4h10' ride in the mountains (the first who uses the small chainring is a wuss)...We rode a bit with Monty. Different styles. Monty using compact cranks on 650 wheels Olaf and I mashing a 56xsomething everywhere.
The riding is just fantastic.So many roads to ride, so little time!
1h30' run later today.
In any case, Dan E is RIGHT! The area is fantastic for training. Great swimming complex, and endless pool, fantastic riding (that reminded me of the riding on the Riviera), and plenty of trails and roads for running, all this with a great weather. After training, you can sleep like a baby because the closest Xantusia neighbors are so far I guess they are in an other state.
After a nice 11h30' drive from west Texas to SoCal, with my buddy Olaf (and we didn't get lost! that's a first) we were greeted by slowtwitch.com's King, Dan E himself (along with his 3 dogs, and Monty's 3 dogs).
So that's where Jonas and Bjorn did their training the last few weeks? Good! At least, as far as chainrings are concerned, we're ok, we took our 56-44 and 11-23 which go everywhere (as long as a 30rpm cadence sounds ok to you).
First day was a great run on trails in I-Have-Already-Forgotten-The-Name Park...was so nice, I forgot about the 30' turn around, and after 40' turned back only to get lost...(that was for punishing me of making fun of Gordo and Clas who also got lost when they visited us in TX...although I ran only 1h20', running hard on the way back...G and Clas did 3h45'). That was followed with a masters swim in a great pool (Santa Clarita), outdoor (forgot sunscreen of course...kinda redish now) and then a 1h30' bike ride (was supposed to be a 3h ride but I broke my adjustable stem after 1h...)
In between, we did some monster shopping. That should last for 2-3 days at best :-)
Today was a nice 4h10' ride in the mountains (the first who uses the small chainring is a wuss)...We rode a bit with Monty. Different styles. Monty using compact cranks on 650 wheels Olaf and I mashing a 56xsomething everywhere.
The riding is just fantastic.So many roads to ride, so little time!
1h30' run later today.
In any case, Dan E is RIGHT! The area is fantastic for training. Great swimming complex, and endless pool, fantastic riding (that reminded me of the riding on the Riviera), and plenty of trails and roads for running, all this with a great weather. After training, you can sleep like a baby because the closest Xantusia neighbors are so far I guess they are in an other state.