Dec 1-2 Training Weekend

This past weekend marked my first serious multisport training since the Xterra World Championship. Xterra Pro Craig Evans called just before the weekend about getting together to train at the Xterra Southeast Championship venue here at Oak Mountain State Park. Although I don't plan to really hit the training hard again until in January, I figured this would be a great opportunity to start the transition to January and pick up some pointers from a veteran. I ended up getting some great work in. Saturday consisted of one strong 17 mile loop on the mountain bike, followed by a 1 hour trail run that included over 700 ft of climbing. I followed that up Sunday with 2 laps on the mountain bike. The first lap was near Craig's race pace (Note: Craig's race pace=Omar's nose bleed pace). After going hard on the first lap, we backed off on the second, and hit the pavement for the last half back to the start. It was a great weekend of injury free cool fall weather riding.