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Title: Traveled to Mauritius, California, Quebec, and Guatemala... Went back home with 3 broken ribs!
Dear Friends, Athletes, and sponsors... Once more I was on the road: Coaching, Training, and working on my Spanish... and nurturing a brand new injury! Here is my recap of the last 2 months. April 06-17 - Olympic Solidarity & ITU coaching course Mauritius This was my furthest trip until now: 17hrs of flying time. Upon landing on this wonderful island in the Indian Ocean, Mauritius took my breath away. It is well known for its European SPAS and beaches... for me what did it was the STEEP CLIMBS! I was lucky enough to work with Franz Studer from South Africa. Franz and I were appointed by ITU as facilitator of an Olympic Solidarity 5-day coaching course and a training camp for their national team athletes. The athletes were preparing for the African Triathlon Championships. As much as I enjoyed my experience, this trip would not be a LUC-TRIP without an incident. I was hit by sever fever for first 4 days of the trip. This meant that training would suffer for a few days. April 23 - 5km, St-Laurent Quebec Upon my return home, lots of sleep, 1 jog, and finally recovered from my cold that I caught on my way back... I entered one of the running races to jumpstart my training. The 5km was flat as a pancake... I guess I added too much maple syrup, because I felt so slow and no turn over. Time 17:21... This is what I do during my tempo runs in training!!!! Well... that is all I had that day. April 30-May02 - TriSonoma Technical Training Camp, Sonoma California A week later, I was off to wine country. I coached at the TRI Sonoma Triathlon Technical Camp. This semi-private camp focused on technical skills with the athlete’s current fitness level. They would finish the camp with a sprint triathlon race where I would evaluate their performances. I knew that such a camp would require much of my time 6am-11pm. Athletes are hungry for knowledge and I had to deliver the merchandise. The camp ended with PBs for all attendees. The most impressive improvement was on the bike and learning how to climb and shift at the proper time. May 09 - 15km St-Hyacinthe Quebec On this day, since I had a lot of continuous running training (sarcasm), I woke up and needed to inflict sever pain to my body. The best way is to run a 15km under icy-rain wearing shorts and a t-shirt... and no extra fat! All joking aside, I needed to see where I was and evaluate the damages of the previous trips and cuts in my training. I shared the lead for most of the race (10km) and faded dangerously to 3rd place overall. I was unhappy with the results... but happy that I finished and gave it all... Time to train! May 15 - 1st Cycling Technical Clinic for Triathletes, Montreal Quebec This was the first part of a series of technical clinics given to McGill Triathlon Club. The 3hrs clinic focused on high cadence, body position, and gear selection to promote a quick turnover on the run. The 15+athletes attending discovered some new muscles that ached for a few days. May19-25 - Private Triathlon Camp, Guatemala First visit to Guatemala, I was excited to spend the next few days in a warm climate. I was able to get in some good training while coaching for a private triathlon camp. I don’t know if I was on a destruction mode, but “pain” was the English word the most used during the camp. We had 3 sports every day, a 5km race, a 40km TT at the national championships, and a 34km climb that took us 2hrs. To pay for my sins... I crashed at the velodrome during a brick session and broke 3 ribs - i stand corrected: 1 broken 2 displaced! I can’t laugh it hurts too much. May 15 - 2nd Cycling Technical Clinic for Triathletes, Montreal Quebec No rest... coaching! The second clinic focused on speed... No demonstrations provided! Cancelled Races The down side was that I had to cancel 2 races: OKA Sprint Triathlon and 70.3 Mooseman. I will need a few weeks to recover. I have been cycling without pain. Swimming is an issue, thus I limit it to maintain technique and range of motion. Running hurts too much at the moment... Will try later this week. Upcoming events (camps) – I will aim at racing at the end of June if pain free! JUNE11-13 (3 days)Jacksonville, FloridaPRO, Cat 1-2 CYCLING TT CAMP JUNE 19 (one day)Montreal, CanadaCYCLING CLINIC JULY 04 (one day)Montreal, CanadaOPEN WATER SWIMMING CLINIC JULY 09-11 (3 days)Toronto, OntarioTRIATHLON CAMP Thanks for reading... on my way to Florida!
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