#mancamp Day One Blog - Why?
A little bit more about ManCamp -- with the strategic review that we're doing for Endurance Corner, I am getting a clearer idea about what the team and coaches are looking for from EC. Â I've also been thinking about my role in the business -- that's why I started an personal blog for my non-EC stuff. Â We all want EC to be it's own thing.
I have a good idea shaping up on how I want to adjust my life over the next 12 months (create more freedom) but what I'm not sure of is how much training I really want to do. Â So I figured a week, mainly, off the grid with some buddies would let me shake that out. Â
Day One was fun and my form is surprisingly good. Â All up a little under six hours of training with a lot of quality in there.
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We have five guys along for the full camp as well as a few day trippers. Â We don't really have a formal structure but we've come to some benchmarks that we're using (3K for a swim, 5 miles for a run, and whatever the ride stage is for the day).
Today's ride was Boulder to Estes Park via Big Thompson Canyon and Glen Haven. Â File is available at this link ( http://tpks.ws/vhzQ ) - Vince, I hit 995w for the Drake City Limits sprint after Petro's lead out. Â The guys told me that I should have hit it a touch harder for 1000w+ but I was worried as the KOM was still 10 miles away.
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We've also decided that we'll grow the camp slowly so each of the Originals (G, Petro, Doc J, Scot, JD) gets an invite for 2011. Â If you invite someone then you're responsible for them - also the Original needs to come back for the invite to be valid. Â At dinner Justin shared a story about a camp where he worked -- you had to be invited back as a camper and they mailed you an invite each year with a feather if you could come back. Â I think J wants to send feathers out for next year...
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So the training... 4100 LCM; 100K on the bike and a very hilly five mile run (Lumpy Ridge to Gem Lake) that took us up (and over and down) 8900 ft.  Comfortably 5000+ ft of vertical for the day.
JD said that his bike computer showed we didn't average 30 km/hr for the ride but my ride showed 29.8 so I'm giving myself the benefit of the doubt. Â It was a reasonable effort given a gentle first hour and a 2000 ft net elevation gain for the ride (we are over 7500 ft at our motel tonight). Â We had Denny, Taylor and Chris along for DayTripper support - they rode another 100K after dropping us off at Estes. Â Alan and Jen are here to help us get through the week -- AC raced yesterday so he's probably at least 36 hours away from hitting the hills in any substantial fashion.
Lots of good memories on this route that we're using. Â Been here with a lot of great friends over the years.
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