Training Dream - Tucson

Normally it's called training camp, but here in Tucson, Roger and his wife Kim have put together something that resembles more a living dream than a sport camp environment where a group of riders come to experience the gorgeous weather in Arizona while escaping the tail of nasty winter in the East Coast.
For the majority of us, usually scrambling to make weekly time to log some miles while taking care of our family and professional responsibilities, a week at the FinKraft winter camp is a real dream. Every thing has been carefully planned and taken care, from the most obvious things like riding itineraries to others as being sure that every morning your bike is cleaned, lubed and ready to be used. As Roger has claimed during the first night meeting, the whole idea behind the FinKraft's camp is to offer its guests a week where they only required to train, eat and rest: everything else is taken care for them. I guess that it could be compared to an "all included" hotel package, but then you will be sleeping and living by yourself missing those synergies that are created when you put together people who share the same passion for your sport. A better comparison would be to a camp for a professional team without the dramas, stress and political situations that normally we learn at the end of the season by reading our favorite cycling magazines (do you remember the Astana 09 winter camp?).

This week we have been riding between 120 and 180km every day, climbing mighty mountains (at least from a cycling point of view) and still looking forward for our next ride, for the next challenge. The positive atmosphere, the total relax and the cheerful people around us, made possible for each and every body to discover his or her physical and mental potential. Today, it's Saturday and we have just completed the famous Shout-Out ride. A slow one since this morning there was a race in town, but regardless we had a lot of fun and we finished it with large smiles on our faces knowing that after a week-long training block we feel stronger and ready to start our racing season.
Now I am going to hang out around the pool, close my eyes and keep dreaming until I can: DO NOT DISTURB!

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