IronCamp East Coast 2007: Day One
Today was the first day of our 2007 IronCamp East Coast. This is our biggest camp to date, with more than 20 athletes coming to train for 3- to 5-days on the Ironman USA Course. Exciting to have such a big camp, but also pretty crazy at the same time. We have 21 athletes with the furthest coming in from Ecuador for a week of great hill riding. Coach Rich Strauss of Crucible Fitness fame is here, fresh off a camp in Louisville. It's quite an awesome crew.
The day started out cold and wet, and dropping out of Placid for a 112 mile day (with a 4-mile run) is not a fun exercise. We were bundled to the hilt...after a short tour of Placid itself, we were out on the open road. Right away some folks realized that not having booties was a VERY BIG mistake. Their solution -- make your own! With some newspaper and cellophane tape from the post office, they made their own booties...check out the pic below. This, folks, is being resourceful!!!
Thankfully, the day brightened up and folks were able to enjoy the full day without just being cold and wet. The big group splintered quite a bit, but everyone enjoyed the day...look at all that greenery!!!
Stay tuned for Day Two, where some folks do 112 for the first time, others will Run / Bike 1 loop / Swim and others (Coach P, etc.) will do another 112 just for good measure. It doesn't get any better than this!
Happy Training!
Team IronCamp
Today was the first day of our 2007 IronCamp East Coast. This is our biggest camp to date, with more than 20 athletes coming to train for 3- to 5-days on the Ironman USA Course. Exciting to have such a big camp, but also pretty crazy at the same time. We have 21 athletes with the furthest coming in from Ecuador for a week of great hill riding. Coach Rich Strauss of Crucible Fitness fame is here, fresh off a camp in Louisville. It's quite an awesome crew.
The day started out cold and wet, and dropping out of Placid for a 112 mile day (with a 4-mile run) is not a fun exercise. We were bundled to the hilt...after a short tour of Placid itself, we were out on the open road. Right away some folks realized that not having booties was a VERY BIG mistake. Their solution -- make your own! With some newspaper and cellophane tape from the post office, they made their own booties...check out the pic below. This, folks, is being resourceful!!!
Thankfully, the day brightened up and folks were able to enjoy the full day without just being cold and wet. The big group splintered quite a bit, but everyone enjoyed the day...look at all that greenery!!!
Stay tuned for Day Two, where some folks do 112 for the first time, others will Run / Bike 1 loop / Swim and others (Coach P, etc.) will do another 112 just for good measure. It doesn't get any better than this!Happy Training!
Team IronCamp
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