Solvang Camp, day six

Today was the final day of Solvang Camp 2008 and what a day it was. The weather called for high winds and rain beginning late in the day, so we formed two groups and got off to an early start. The "B" group went first and the rest of us didn't catch up with them until 130km into the ride - perfect! We rode the Solvang's Finest Century course and had an awesome tailwind heading out Santa Rosa road before fighting it the whole way back in through Lompoc and Drum Canyon. In the end, the ride was 160km and 6.5 hours. After a long week, it was good to feel the legs coming around again and I'm looking forward to some rest as well. I'm also happy to report that we missed the rain!

Today was also the last day of testing for Quarq and Garmin. Once again, we had no trouble at all from the powermeters. We pre-programmed the Garmins with the route and out of four units, three froze and had to be re-started during the ride. This had not happened before and we suspect that for some reason, the route-finding information had been too much for the units in addition to all the other things they were doing. Hopefully it's just a firmware fix - we should know soon enough. Now Jim is taking the Quarqs back to South Dakota for calibration testing.

I would like to thank Robin of Threshold Power and his fantastic staff for making this year's camp run like clockwork. Even with some unexpected events, the camp went smoothly and everyone stayed safe and, hopefully, learned a ton. If you missed it, there are still some slots left at Marin Camp!