It was with great sadness
that I left the comradeship of new friends, and the warmth and great riding in Arizona
this morning to fly home to chilly Toronto. Don't know when we will get the
chance to get out again for a long ride in warm weather....I hope it's soon!
All of us agreed that it was
a fantastic week at our Spring Training Camp.
It was the first training camp for many of us, and we got so much out of
it. Even the veteran bike training camp
attendee, who has been to many camps, said that Petrina's was the best camp she
had been to, due to the quality of Petrina's coaching, especially her 1:1
coaching while riding.
We all also commented on
Petrina's attention to detail to our daily comforts, from the time of our
arrival. From the goodie bags, to
personal notes, daily laundry, to ensuring that she supplied us with our
favourite energy foods and drinks if we had requested them...from paying for
several group meals, to enlisting the assistance of her lovely and willing
family members to feed us one evening, and to drive the support vehicle to
Bartlett Lake....to arranging the services of a massage therapist for us, and a
bike mechanic...I could go on and on and will still miss something that I
should have mentioned (kind of like those long winded Oscar speeches, they go
on and on and the actors always forget to mention something important!)
Carefree Resort was an
excellent choice for our accommodation, with its large rooms, willingness to
let us wheel our bikes in and out of the rooms, daily breakfast buffet, large pool, and
jacuzzi, making it a great place to spend a recovery afternoon.
This bike camp happened to be
made up of 9 amazing, strong women, many who are tri-athletes and preparing to
compete in competitions this year, and the rest of us, all strong athletes who
enjoy biking in addition to other sports.
We all bonded and shared many stories and laughs throughout the week,
and we are all excited to get back on our bikes (once we figure out how to put
them back together) and challenge our non- camp attending friends to a long
ride.
The week was also amazing in
that we only experienced two flat tires, no accidents, no injuries, only a few
belly upsets and two encounters with the evil cholla (jumping cactus) plant! All
that in six days of riding, including two 100 km plus rides, and over 8000 feet
of climbing over the week.
It's hard to find enough
words to express our profound thanks to Petrina for this great bike camp, but the
fact that we all hope to come back next year for the Second Annual Cycling
Centre Arizona Spring Training Camp should say it all!
And because of this, we are
all
FITTER
FASTER
AND STRONGER!
Thanks for reading this
blog.
Til next year,
Sandi
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