Today was the first day at the winter tri camp in St George. Most days started with swimming beginning at 6 a.m. and then moved on to biking followed by running.
Todays swim consisted of a warm up, kick sets, a 2000 yard time trial, and then cool down. Wes, the swim coach, push us hard on the time trial so we could get a good 100 yard split time which was used for training on the following two days of swimming.
At 10 a.m. we meet and went on the first ride of the camp. For the 56 mile ride we rode from the hotel to the Ironman course and rode it along Red Cliff connecting at Bluff, through one loop, and then back Red Cliff to the hotel.
For the Run we meet up at around 4:45 p.m. and did a 45 minute trail run. Rachel, one of the coaches, grew up in St. George and knows a lot of the trails. Prior to the run Aaron, the running coach, took us through some stretching and warm-up drills. It was fun to get off the road and run out through the red rocks and hills. After the run I was feeling pretty sore and wore out from the days activities.
We finished the day off back at the hotel with Rachel taking us through a yoga stretching routine. I was suprised how much better I felt after the stretching, still sore but better.
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