Spring Camp 08 – Day 3 – Ouch

Day 3 – OUCH

Monday, March 17^th

Prior to the ride, I hit the pool for an easy 3000m.  Nothing special, lots of longer sets. 

Today was a “Get R Done” ride.  Camps are a funny thing.  You do considerably more training than you could sustain week in and week out.  As a result, you crash hard at night and barely get yourself out of bed the next morning.  But, once you jump on the bike, it feels pretty good.  It feels good to ride again.  Not every day feels good, but, it amazes me how you can feel so shitty but once you start pedaling, the legs can actually produce some good power.

This day was the coldest of the entire camp.  Within four hours we wanted to hit a lot of hills so we headed to Summerland.  The ride starts out along the massive Lake Okanagan on a fairly busy 4 lane highway that has a big shoulder.  After 25 minutes, you dip down into some quieter residential streets and pass a lot of lakefront or lakeview houses. 

We then headed up towards the center of Summerland (and up it goes), the first hill is pretty steep.  Then out on the highway to Princeton.  This is actually part of the Ultraman Triathlon Marathon course.  I personally think whoever designed that course is very sadistic!  The ultramarathon is very hilly!  I can’t imagine how sore people’s legs get going done hill after hill after hill on that course.  Brutal.

Just outside summerland there is a nice climb that weaves it’s way to the Camp Boyle turn off.  From there, it flattens out and you get a really quiet road that goes by some acreages and farms till you reach Camp Boyle.  Once you turn around, you can take advantage of the gradual and steep downhills all the way back to Summerland.  However, since we wanted to do a 4hr ride, we decided to take a right turn on the Princeton Hwy instead of going left immediately.  This was a great little climb that finally took us out into the wildnerness where there were no more farms or houses.  Unfortunately, by the time you reach the first peak, the road turns to gravel.  I can not wait for the day when the pave that entire highway.

Now, it was all downhill back to Summerland and then we cruised along the lake to Penticton.  My legs were fried when we got back to town.

Some food, a little break and then it was off for a 70min run in the hills.  I felt quite good and was very pleased to run so well on Day 3. 

Here are the spec’s on the ride:

Entire workout (126 watts):

                Duration:             3:37:10 (3:55:54)

                Work:                    1638 kJ

                TSS:       149.6 (intensity factor 0.643)

                Norm Power:     167

                VI:          1.33

                Pw:HR:                 n/a

                Pa:HR:                   n/a

                Distance:             92.947 km

                Elevation Gain:                  1033 m

                Elevation Loss:                  1036 m

                Grade:                  -0.0 %  (-3 m)

  

And here is the route:

Camp Boyle Loop