The weekend was based in Okehampton on the edge of Dartmoor which meant plenty of hilly riding. We were fortunate once again to have a great bunch of 12 athletes who really wanted to train hard and also enjoy themselves. There was some great banter flying around, although it did go remarkably quiet after hill rep number 5 of 10 on Friday night! The exact schedule went something like this.........
Fri
2hr steady bike over a roling route.
1hr run including 10 x hill reps.
Sat
1hr run, real cross country on the moor.
5hr bike ride with lots of big and small hills.
Sun
1hr swim, technique for some, something harder for others
Brick - 3 different sessions, 1 turbo based, 1 medium and 1 long)
The weekend was summed up perfectly by Nicci who after bonking pretty hard on the Saturday ride still got back on her bike after a quick food stop and then hammered the sessions on Sunday morning. It opened everyone's eyes as to how much the body can cope with and left most people leaving the camp with a new perspective on training and the motivation to go away and train hard. The next camp is the 6th-8th of March in the Purbecks. Sign up quick .........
