TJ can ride...

He dropped the hammer today....4 hours-- Over Gates Pass, 2 rounds of (30 min, 20 min, 10 min all with 5 minutes rest in between). One of the top riders in our sport. Sam was impressive as well, she's VERY strong now, going to be fun to watch this season...

1 hour run in the a.m and 4800 lcm swim before, made for a long day. Cliff sagged the whole ride and gave lots of encouragement. It's been great having him around for all the workouts. He's a great coach, has gone out of his way these 3 weeks.

I think everyone's feeling the efforts of the past 2 1/2 weeks, training's hard but it's been great. Really ready to get home though, miss the family alot.

check out www.tollakson.com Some videos from the camp, including some shameless plugs for Athletes Lounge.

chris

Critical Thinking

What is the definition of Epic?

Day #11 Mt. Lemmon Climb

Today we climbed Mt. Lemmon. I think it is 24 miles with about 6000 ft. of climbing

The elevation really taxes the lungs, no oxygen to the legs=good time

Snow makes a good stand for bikes, maybe we should put some in the shop?

I ate a chocolate chip cookie the size of my hand at the top.

The road we climbed up on, can you see the cyclist?

Why would they put this at the end of the climb in the Cookie Shop? I guess it helped me finish the cookie.

-Damian

2 pictures and 2 links

Potluck from the other night. Lots of burgers, salads, and wings.

Chris Boudreaux driving the pain train.

Coldest pool I have been in, great for an ice bath after 11,200 meters on the track today:

http://tweetphoto.com/11712531

Cliff English Pix from the camp:

http://www.cliffenglishcoaching.com/PRO_CAMP_2010.htm

Day #9

Sad to see Chris Bagg head back to Portland yesterday. Great early morning run from the house, headed to the pool for a good swim set, then a 4 hour ride with some intervals. We left the house at 9:30 and didn't make it home until 7:30 going from workout to workout, throwing back food in transit.

-Damian

Weekend

Big weekend in Tucson...

Saturday was a hard 5 1/2 hour ride, with 13 mile Madera Canyon climb. Steady the whole ride with run off.

Sunday 1:30-1:45 run at a pretty hard pace after 25-30 minutes. 90min - 2+ hour ride in the afternoon.

BBQ with the squad in the evening. Lots of fun (we brought hot wings) and nice to relax a bit from the 1st week of hard training (30 hour training week with lots of quality).

Tim O'Donnell got in town and proceeded to show us some major swim speed, nice to have another top athlete in camp.

We'll get some pics and video up soon...

Day #5

Run in the a.m. followed by a solid swim with a main set of 20x100 meters. We unloaded the rest of the day which gave me time for a few non-training pictures:

These are the nutrition products that I found in the kitchen. I wonder if I could increase my wattage if I took a serving of all of them at once?

This is our refrigerator, which is packed full of goodness. I think this is the first time that I have stayed in a house with 3 other people where there has been no beer in the fridge.

-Damian