Recap of Day 2

Second and last day of training, before Winter Nationals.

Now that everyone had a taste of the track and got their "travel legs" out, the real training was to begin. "Russell, somebody gonna get a hurt on!" We started on the paceline, and would drop to the blue on the whistle, sprint for 100m and then get back on the blue. After a bunch of that, the next drill was full out sprints on the whistle until the next whistle where we could recover for a bit. It was fun - very very hard but fun. There were 20+ riders ranging in skill, ability, and speed, so it was a real mental challenge as well as a physical one. No crashes, no sketchiness. Good times. The juniors went in the morning and the elites went in the evening - needless to say that evening session was FAST!!! But good because it forced me to work hard and work well :) Everytime I get out there, my skill level improves and that's a great feeling.

Today we begin the races: 500m (in teams of 3) and points race. The men have a sprint tournament also. Should be a great show!!