and now is the present

Post glacier. I came back to Whistler with the legendary lee Churchill, (I'll skip the driving part because I mentioned it previously). Now, once in whistler it occurred to me that it was extremely dry, and the heat was equal to pre glacier, the sun, relentless, but not humid like back home in Ontario, it was a dry hot heat, tolerable, but brutal, I found myself drinking a lot more fluids than previously. Both in workouts and in chill sessions. Apparently the weather had been like this basically since we had left for the rainy Canmore. There was a day or so where there were some thundershowers, but that's it, and thundershowers do not hydrate the ground, because it is so hot the water starts evaporating once it hits the ground, all it does is cool the temps for a little while.

So back in training mode, I was facing a very comfortable couple of weeks ahead of me. Nothing huge, just in the 12h hour range. The Thursday of my week back lee and I headed out to WOP (first time for him to roller ski there as he had finally switched his wheels) and hammered some awesome death intervals. Nothing unreal, just taking advantage of the altitude the week before. It was rest and get feeling good again. This week was the second chill week, nothing huge, just sitting around 12h. Today was the day. We hit up the gym (if anyone knows me, they will know the feat in that) and pulled a super solid weight session. I surprised myself in some areas, and others like the bench press....well lets just say its not my forte. So after punishing my body under a ton of weight, I took a short nap that afternoon and decided to go for a recovery ride. And guess what. It rained! We were supposed to have thundershowers through out the afternoon...we had one. At 5:00 PM the time I was heading out for my ride. So as I was quite the down pore, I sat it out under a spruce tree for the majority of the wetness, than I got fed up and headed out, the rain subsided and I ended up having a superb ride. I felt like I was flying! With all this Tour De France I've been watching, I'm trying to adjust my riding style to what I see, and let me tell you it felt GOOD! So i am back, just over a week and a half since the glacier and that epic week, I am feeling ready to conquer the world! Well lets start with some intervals tomorrow and go from there.

One thing this rain has made me realize (as I was headed out for my ride) is that, that sunny hot weather is and has been impeccable to train in, you just have to head out before it gets really hot. It is so good because it is consistent, I have been plugging away since I've arrived here. The weather has made my motivation, work ethic, and general mentality very focused.

but we need rain. that is for sure. Its dry to the point where forest fires are more than a possibility here in whistler, the ones around kelowna are just a reminder of what can happen with this dryness. We are supposed to have another 14 days without rain and it is going to be hot....35°C. So, let the training be solid!

C