there and back again....AGAIN.

I am writing this post back at home, but having completed another epic road trip to Canmore and back. This last trip has been sort of same old same old, yet brand new at the same time. The same old part was Canmore. It seems, you only need to spend a couple of days there (either in the summer, or winter) and you know what its like there all year round (the one exception was the glacier camp when all our time spent there it was raining). So this time, well it was back to good'ol Canmore. Not a cloud in the sky, cool-to-cold every morning and warm during the day. But where the sun was, it was hot. So, the point of this camp was volume, period (more emphasis when it is spelled out). When it comes to volume, there is no better way to do it than rollerskiing. Simply put it is the best training for skiing. As crazy as it sounds, but it gets really monotonous when the scenery is the same. Therefore doing this in Canmore wasn't too bad of an idea after all. In fact, I really enjoyed it. as much as Canmore is boring, it is always a super good change of scenery and therefor my trash talking is just talk (hold tight guys, i still love it!). To make this a shorter than epic post (so i can include some unreal pictures) the week broke down like this.

Saturday the 22nd:

5 Peaks R

unning race on

top of Whistler Mt. 10.6km in 1:06:34 (sounds slow, and was, but even the winner (Ed McCarth

y, props to him, undefeated in his 3 races from the series) walked up the huge hills. Than aft

er than bone crushing run, jumped in the van and drove to Revelstoke.

Sunday the 23rd:

Morning in Revelstoke, 2h rollerski up Mount Revelstoke. Jump in van, drive to Canmore.

Monday 24th:

2h rollerski kick dp up Silvertip, 1h run.

Tuesday 25th:

4h total, rollerski sk, run and core..... than Inglourious Bastards!!! super good movie.

Thanks a million to Tasha for those warm ups, they are perfect, and I don't have to make them fast, because she has already done that. Really appreciate it!

Wednesday 26th:

3h rollerski cl on HWY 40 toward Highwood Pass, with AWCA. + 1h run.

Thursday 27th:

4h total, rollerski in am, Hike up a mountain.

Friday 28th:

1 work out, 4h, sk rollersk

i up and over Highwood Pass. Than back up from the other side.

Saturday 29th

:

1.5h classic and 30min intensity double pole.

Than jump in the van to head back to whistler. one shot.

Sunday 30th:

Sleep in than 2h at the gym.

15 days straight completed, now I am done! rest tomorrow, than one more big week.

To back track one week before that, it was a week of testing and fun intensity.

So to start that week on the sunday, with some short Z3 ski strid

ing intervals not far from rainbow mountain. The next day was off to the Big City.

Vancouver, actually Richmond. The Oval to be specific. This morning was dedicated to VO2 and Lact

ate testing. This was my first ever experience in a lab, HAMMER as hard as I could, and thats basically the point of it. You get readings from your heart rate, blood lactate levels, breathing rate, and gas exchange to measure the VO sub max.

This was super interesting for me since it was my first time.

Than the next piece of intensity we had was our uphill skate time trial up Kadenwood. This was awesome, really hammered, it was the first for the year for me becuase I had a stumach bug the first time.

Finally the last piece of intensity was the race which I mentioned earlier on top of whistler Mountain. So this completes my entry. I must say it went a little longer than thought.

Peace for now,

C

All photos credit of Lee Churchill