Time is flying here in Colorado Springs. We've been learning all sorts of helpful things and getting measured doses of intensity.
Today was one of those doses of intensity. We had high-speed work in all three sports. We started off the day at 6:30 with a swim workout that was mostly made up of 50 meter sprints. Keep in mind that any sprinting at altitude is incredibly hard, if not impossible, to recover from.
After a quick breakfast, we jumped on our bikes and headed to the Cappy crit course. Once there, we did a whole bunch of race simulation (breakaways, etc.) in our smallest gear! This forced us to go completely anaerobic while maintaining pedaling efficiciency, and it also kept the group from spreading out too much.
Lunchtime, quick nap, and it was time for some form drills, sprinting, and hill bounds on the run. After the third session of high-intensity, short-burst work, we were all feeling pretty flat, and we headed back to campus for some strength work.
Finally it was dinner time and the only thing remaining was a presentation from USADA.
Yesterday we rode to the garden of the gods, which was amazing, but we spent the entire time trying to keep from getting hit by what the locals call "torans" (tourist-morons). These individuals would drive 10 miles and hour around the scenic loop, and pull off into the bike lane at random moments for photo-ops. It made for a hair-raising ride and luckily we all made it home in one piece.
