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Jon BergmannJon Bergmann
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I am thinking of going to the camp, but have a couple of questions regarding my crazy life and schedule.  I am commited on Wed-Thu in TX for a speaking engagement and then plan to fly into Madison for the camp.  Another speaking engagement just popped up on Sunday.  What do you guys think about the benefits, etc of only being there Friday-Sat and missing Thu and Sunday?

I am not doing IMWI this year but am training for HIM races. 

 

Your thoughts?

 

Comments

  • Gordon CherwoniakGordon Cherwoniak

    Jon,

    I've never done a camp so take this for what it's worth.

    What I see:

    Pros:

    - You would be getting in the two 112 miles rides/ 4-6 miles runs which is the bulk of the training.  

    - training with an EN group and a couple evening social activities (assuming you did not have to prepare for Sunday's engagement)

    - experience on the Madison course should you ever do it.

    - Just getting out of the regular routine to do some cool training.

    Cons:

    - work on both ends of the camp = possibly tired coming in and going out.

    - travel - late flight thursday? What about Saturday's flight.

    - I did not check where you are located before stating this post but do you have to take your bike with your speaking engagement prior to the camp.  Logistic/cost of bike on another flight?

    - Is there any impact on your HIM schedule

    Other thougths

    Would Lousiville camp a couple weeks earlier work?

    I'd be somewhat inclined to skip the camp or perhaps make a plan with some EN locals to get in some volume close to home.  Now if you can migigate some of the cons it would be a cool group experience.

    Gordon

     

  • Jon BergmannJon Bergmann
    Gordon: great thoughts. I live in extreme northern IL so Madison is a 3 hr drive. I had planned on flying from Madison to TX and then leaving my car with relatives with my bike ready to go. I am just debating going to this other opportunity in Denver on Sunday. I speak at 10:30 a.m. so my thought was an early morning flight on Sunday or a late night flight on Sat. Lots of pros/cons.

    The A race will be HIM Branson in Sept
  • William JenksWilliam Jenks
    I did the WI camp in prep for Steelhead a couple years ago (which was then in late August if I remember). I didn't cut the camp short, but I did drive from WI to Laramie WY on Sunday after an early morning run. Took a couple days off and then started riding while in WY.

    Anyway, more relevant to your question, the traditional schedule is the long ride on Fri and Sat, with no riding on Sun. So it's not like you can't run on your own on Monday or something. But the cycling with the group is pretty cool. Thu has been easy run as I recall. So if you can really be there all day on Fri and Sat, you're getting most of the camp.
  • Coach RichCoach Rich

    Thursday evening will be the IMWI version of the Four Keys talk. I will record it and make it available for the team!

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