Endurance Corner, out of Boulder, Colorado, will be hosting two triathlon camps in 2009. The first camp will take place in Tucson, Arizona and will be a training-based camp open to sub-13 hour Ironman athletes (or those of equivalent fitness levels).

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ENDURANCE CORNER TUCSON CAMP

This camp takes place from Sunday, March 29, 2009 to Sunday,  April 5, 2009 (training from Monday the 30th to Saturday the 4th). The camp is designed to help jump start your cycling into the 2009 season with run and swim options offered every day as well.

The 2009 Camp includes:

*A century ride to Madera Canyon
*A summit ride of Mt Lemmon (nearly 6000 feet of vertical gain)
*Rides over Gates Pass from both summit directions
*A 55-mile route beginning in Oro Valley
*A long run in Saguaro East Park
*A century ride including the epic 12-mile climb up Kitts Peak

Coaches attending the camp will include:

Gordo Byrn: Author, Sub 8:30 IM finisher, Ultraman World Champion, and founder of Endurance Corner.
Alan Couzens: Exercise Physiologist, Coach, Athlete.
Kevin Purcell: Triathlon Legend! World famous Coach and Athlete (Kona qualifier)
Jeff Shilt: Sports Doctor, Coach, and Athlete (Kona Qualifier)

Where will I stay?

Athletes will be staying at the Hotel Arizona (double occupancy) from Sunday March 29th until Sunday April 5th. Athletes may request a single occupancy room for an additional fee.

What will I eat?

All meals from the evening of March 29th until the morning of April 5th will be provided for athletes attending the camp at Hotel Arizona. For the days we are on the road we will have lunch provided on site.

What if I have bike problems?

Professional Mechanics from Wheels on Wheels (WoW) will be on hand to help assist with any on-road problems as well as CLEANING your machine each day after you ride. All bikes will be stored and secured each evening by WoW and will be ready for you each morning at the designated roll out time. You just need to fill up your water bottles each morning and we will take care of the rest.

What about daily sports nutrition?

Endurance Corner will provide sports bars and sports drinks before each ride. Nutrition will also be available in all sag vehicles accompanying your daily rides.

What does it cost?

$2,350.00 covers everything, but your flight to Tucson. A $500.00 deposit will secure your spot until January 1, 2009.

If you have any questions please email them to: justin at endurancecorner dot com.

Hope to see you all out there,

Justin Daerr, Camp Director.

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I went down to Phoenix this weekend to race the Soma HIM. Unfortunately my race ended pretty quickly.

The pace of the swim start was a bit too quick for me  and I got dropped fairly quickly. Following that I ended up taking a terrible line on the way out and had to back track for the turn buoy. Then after rounding the turn buoy I essentially did the same thing on the way back.

I came out about 4+ minutes down from the pack (but not the lead swimmer). I spent the first 15-20 minutes of the bike feeling frustrated and sorry for myself, but then I came round and just rode the bike at a hard tempo. Following that, I went out and ran at IM effort and felt pretty good.

I had two goals with racing Soma:

1) To race well and try and get top 3; or my back up goal was:

2) To have a bad race.

This might not make much sense, but I tend to get flustered when I haven’t been racing often (9 weeks now). To be competitive with the talent around me I have to be as focused as possible from start to finish. Its also challenging to stay motivated this late season, but losing a race in the first five minutes relit a fire in me.

I have four weeks to turn around all the mistakes I made yesterday. I’ll get to work tomorrow.

jd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4

Its starting to get a little chilly in Boulder. Its not constantly cold, but winter is clearly on its way. Fortunately, I’ll be getting some better weather this weekend as I’m heading down toTempe to race the Soma Half Ironman put on by Red Rocking Racing. The course has portions of the race on the IMAZ course so it will be nice to get a feel for what’s to come in four weeks time. There will also be a number of good competitors showing up and I know they will push me (either to my form or into form!).

I have been challenging myself in new ways leading into IMAZ. It has been an interesting learning experience to try a series of new workouts and watching how I respond. My training has been going well, though there were times when I underestimated the recovery needs of some sessions. Nevertheless, I think its good to incorporate new training ideas so that you continually learn what works and what does not. In a little over four weeks, we’ll learn if this worked or not.

Following IMAZ I’m leaving the States for a little over eight weeks. I am heading down to Albury, Australia for six weeks and a couple extra weeks on the South Island of New Zealand. I have never been south of the Equator so I’m looking forward to seeing new places and meeting new people. I might even throw a race in there.

until later,

jd

Endurance Corner Radio had the pleasure of chatting with one the sport’s best athletes: Greg Bennett. You can check it out here.

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My buddy Laura Tingle did an in depth interview with yours truly. You can read it on her blog.

Endurance Corner Radio chatted with two-time National TT champion Chris Baldwin. You can check it out here.

jd