TriLife athletes and coaches are now in the process of integration back into civilized “normal” life. Lake Placid training camp was rated “relaxing and luxurious fun” by very few (meaning it was hard, just as it was intended to be). Athletes from IronTeam and other TriLife programs swam, rode, run and ambulated on the Ironman race course, ate through their nutrition protocols, experimented with their race equipment, and tested their motivation, perseverance and crisis management skills.
Adirondacks were the usual – “if you do not like the weather, wait 10 minute…” We experienced rain and sun and anything in between. We even stepped in (leftover) snow on Whiteface. For the record, conditions were very appropriate for training, even Mirror Lake water temperatures reached 58-60 degrees. Recent winter must had been rough – Ironman Lake Placid bike course roads surfaces deterioratedeven more, forbidding ability to ride on the road shoulder or near it (Cascade Lakes section, uphill rollers after the Jay, certain parts of Hazelton out-and-back, and many sections between Wilmington and Mirror Lake). As Race Director Jeff Edwards mentioned to us this weekend – “you keep on paying your taxes and I will continue asking authorities to repave the roads…”
More observations from the camp coming up later.
Administrative note - TriLife Coaching staff is away at the Lake Placid training camp. Please be patient if you are trying to communicate with us – both cell phone and e-mail connectivity is less than stellar in the Adirondack mountains and our base camp.
We just lost Steve Larsen, someone I can describe best as renaissance endurance man. He was very good in very many sports - pro athlete with wins in road cycling, mountain biking, cyclocross, triathlons, XTerra series, etc. He passed away after collapsing during a running track workout this Tuesday evening. He was 39, happily married and happy farther of five.