Marin Camp, day two

Today was sprinting/leadouts/race finish scenarios day. It's always a day that is light on paper, but then heavy on the legs, especially if you are like me and can't sprint your way out of a wet paper bag. We rode out Panoramic and down to Stinson Beach before finding a small road to do our work. Everyone seems to get a lot out of Hunter's technique advice and today more than one camper told me how useful they found it. My favorite is always the race finish scenarios where we split up into teams and are each given an assignment. We "race" for about 5km and play out our roles. It is always great fun and an excellent way to learn the tactics of road racing.

The ride home down Hwy 1 was excellent and made even more so by the unexpected chance meeting with my sister Ayesha and my cousin's son Nicolai who is visiting from Danmark. They had gone on a trip to the Redwoods and were heading home when they saw us. It was good for the group to meet them as they will be our sag driver (and camp doctor) on Friday and Saturday!

Here are the bunch on the way home from sprinting fun:

I always love riding in Marin and the main reason is the scenery. Today we climbed in the valley fog, only to descend into brilliant sunshine. Between the sunshine, the eucalyptus trees, and the redwoods, it is an amazing place. Have a look:

Today we also had two Quarq Cinqo units running with Garmin 705s for testing. I don't know the results, but I do know that the files are still huge and that needs to change. I am exhausted, but will post some more tomorrow.