Time
certainly flies when you’re having fun.
Tuesday
saw the arrival of the first Tri Camp Mallorca group. The hours leading up to
their arrival were spent doing the last few bits of admin and getting
teas/coffees ready.
17
smiles greeted me, all excited about their week ahead. I’m sure going to be a
master at remembering names after this 10-week stint.
I
awoke to the pissing rain on Wednesday morning but got out for an 8km run
regardless. Thankfully it stopped before the group rode down to the pool for
their swim analysis session.
I
joined the group for the afternoon ride to Lluc, making sure to smash myself up
the climb. The beauty of riding climbs with varied abilities is that once you
get to the top, you drop back down to the last rider and ride back up. It’s a
great hill session.
Thursday’s
ride is fairly flat and fast. On what we call the Reed Road (road is flanked
with reed beds), I got down on the drops and started a great little chain gang.
We kept at around 45km/h for what seemed like ages.
The
60km ride ends at Port de Pollenca, met by the van carrying our wetsuits. It
was sunny but the water’s still too cold to be in for longer than 20/30
minutes. Getting a taste of the salt water was just enough.
Friday
is a big ride day. Sa Calobra. In my opinion, one of the most beautiful
mountain climbs in the world. It’s like a kid took a black crayon and scribbled
on the side of a mountain. Switchback heaven. At the end of the day, my Garmin
read 80km ridden, 2,000m ascended. That’s mega.
With
the weather coming to the party, we declared Friday evening braai evening.
Naturally the South African in me couldn’t resist volunteering. No pressure.
I
needed to get a long run in this morning. Fortunately a few of the group were
keen too so off I went with 6 others.
I’ve
pretty much spent the rest of today drinking coffee at a café (free WiFi)
then lounging next to the plunge pool on the roof terrace. It wasn't all rock n’
roll as I had a mound of laundry to sort out.
That
said…la vida es buena.
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