By the time this gets posted over at http://www.xtri.com/ we may likely be into our first day of training. Everything is ready to roll and we kick things off with a get together for all the “campers” as we provide a briefing about the flow of the camp. We’ll share some beer, wine, stories and I know some folks will share their anxiety about doing more than their typical summer weekly training in only these three days!
Regarding the training we’ll be attempting accomplishing, and similar to my notes on “3 Day Training Camps”, everyone will have the option to train at least five hours per day. Actually, if people complete all the sessions in full on Sunday it will be more like five and a half hours. Again, most of the training will be done on the bike with optional swims and / or runs available on a daily basis. One of our goals for everyone is to have them complete the minimum sessions if it is within reason and healthy. We’ll keep track of every athlete’s progress via a series of points based on the length of each workout done.
Cycling = 1 point for every mile ridden (we don’t allow extra riding)
Running = 2 points for every 5 minutes of running. 30 minutes is the minimum to accumulate points, 1 hour is the maximum allowed.
Swimming = 3 points for every 250 meters swum with a minimum of 2000 meters to get you any points. We’ll have about 1:00 to 1:10 in the pool to accumulate points and everyone will be playing from the same workout. How much rest they choose and how hard they swim is up to them!
Along with the daily sessions the other wrinkle we have thrown into the mix, for those that may need a further challenge, is a little climbing competition (“KOM”). We’ll be awarding bonus points to everyone over the designated climbs. Of course first over gets the most points. We’ll also have some other “competitions” and “challenges” within the camp that will force people to think strategically about how they want to use their energy! Or, as you might hear in the cycling world, how they want to “burn their matches”!
We’ll roll out Saturday by heading south and into West Sonoma County where we will take in the open green fields that head toward the coast before rolling a little more inland to the Redwoods and wine country terrain! By the time we hit the half way point in Occidental we will have already had three chances for KOM points. Strategy and conservation (or lack there of) will be played out early on day 1.
We’ll do our best to collect a couple photos from the first day and get an update done for you late tomorrow.
Until then … DL
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