It’s been an incredibly busy few weeks around CTS, for the coaches as well as for me. Last weekend was the Trans Andes Boot Camp, two days of physiological testing and skills work followed by two back-to-back 5+hour mountain bike rides. After that I had a few days to recover before going to the Vail High Altitude Performance Camp, from which I left early to get to another training camp with one of my athletes! Thankfully, I had finally fully recovered from the Amgen Tour of California Race Experience before all this started, and that multi-day ride provided a great training stimulus that has sustained me through this recent block! I’m definitely looking forward to a bit of rest soon, however.
In the middle of my recent on-bike work, we had a great video shoot in our Colorado Springs training facility for the Nissan Innovation for Endurance campaign. We brought in experts from various parts of the endurance training world so they could explain what they do and how their innovations have improved endurance training. I’m really looking forward to seeing the finished products as they get posted online.
One of the experts we brought in was Stacy Sims, a Ph.D. sports science researcher from Stanford. She’s done a great deal of work with hydration and thermoregulation, and there were two short tips she reminded me of:
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Have a great Weekend,
Chris Carmichael
CEO/Head Coach
Carmichael Training Systems