Day6 - regroup day

DAY 6

Today was a bit of a regroup day to give the body a break. There are several broken, sick, saddle sore infested athletes who will benefit from a chilled day to ensure we all enjoy the following 4 days of camp. That being said I still did 4.5hrs of training!

Run / Hike – 2hrs

Bike to the pool 15-20kms each way

Swim – 50m outdoor pool. 1000 bands only, 10x200 on 3:00, 200 fly

On my goodness did I feel better after today’s run. The pressure valve in my guts was release after 5 BIG toilet stops before, during and after todays run. As gross as that sounds it was a huge relief and I felt sooo much better.

Our running today kept with the theme of the camp and was breathtaking. It was more of a run/walk/hike up the ski slopes, through some villages then back down again. It was very easy going. Some did 1hr, myself, Phil, Adam, John B and Murray clocked in 2hrs. 

It was great to see a 50m pool all to ourselves at Bourg Saint Maurice. I was looking for maximum points in the 1hr time slot we had so went straight into a 1km continuous bands only. Next up was 10x200 on 3:00 which in our fatigued state was a really hard effort (that set was giving me 2 bonus points). There were a few touch turns but I made it, just, with Shannon keeping me company. Finally I had a 200m continuous butterfly (remembering this is a 50m outdoor pool). That was by far the deepest I’ve had to dig on this camp thus far. I was blown by about the 40m mark and it took every ounce of effort to make it to 200m.

That swim set was enough to get me back into yellow.

Our afternoon was the first downtime I’ve had all camp. I got my first massage, watched a little Tour de France (falling asleep on the couch), did a few interviews for imtalk and generally regrouped. It felt good for my brain and body to slow down for just a short period!