On the road to Kona…
After spending three long weeks on Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, I got my stuff packed up and flew all the way across to Vegas to enjoy some interesting meetings with new potential sponsors. My travel was more than crazy—to give you some inside view on the trip of torture: we flew from Fuerteventura, Spain to Stuttgart, Germany where we repacked and got some rest at my Dad’s place before getting ready for the long US trip. After a very short 4hr sleep we drove 2h to Frankfurt and from there the party kind of started: FRA-PHI-LAS (2 days packed of meetings, a slight bit of training, accompanied by the worst jetlag possible). Starting at 4am again we headed from LAS via PHX to Kona. Excitement was on the rise when I saw the nice little islands below through my tiny window from the plane, but the past days already took their toll….
Jetlag:
Man, this is the worst I have experienced in a while, but I still tried to use all of my remedies to deal with it in the best way possible. The unavoidable ingredients were a 9hr time difference combined with departing the last hard training day after working so hard for the past 3 weeks. I am doing my best to talk to sandman as much as possible… (If you will see me in a few days and I am still pounding the coffees down at Lava Java- then there might be something wrong….
Aloha race prep:
I had great training block the past few weeks—starting with a 7-week block before Euro Champs in Prague- then a week off in Barcelona. From there I jumped right into another 2 week block in the south of France, and the final crucial 3 weeks with Coach and the Danish crew in Playitas in Fuerte. So to make it short, everything went according to plan, no missed sessions, several PR’s during the camp and a nice pre tan before hitting the legendary Kona island for the second time. I guess now it’s time to forget about the little Interbike session and get right back to work once I settle down in Kona. Three weeks out of the race I am really looking forward to October 10th!