Since
we are back
from the Challenge
race in Chihuahua
I have been
very tired.
Now I feel that
I have been
training much
for four weeks
at altitude,
and that I did
a competition
in the middle
of the camp.
I had already
been training
three weeks
at altitude
before the trip
to Mexico and
I was already
getting tired
then.
This
last week my
legs have been
very heavy,
but still I
have been able
to train well.
I have done
two fartlek
and two long
sessions. After
the race last
Saturday I did
an easier fartlek
on Wednesday
instead of a
hard one on
Tuesday like
I normally would
have done. It
has been good
to be here to
train for more
than a month,
but now it will
also be nice
to go back home
on Tuesday.
Last
Sunday Ines
Henriques, Susana
Feitor and their
coach Jorge
Miguel (Portugal)
came to Flagstaff
straight from
Mexico. On Tuesday
Luke Adams (Australia)
followed, Nathan
Deakes was also
supposed to
come up here
with Luke, but
he decided to
wait some more
days to be 100%
fit before he
goes to altitude.
He is scheduled
to come up here
on Monday. Yesterday
Sabine Zimmer
and Bastian
Kranz (Germany)
went home after
four weeks of
altitude training
in Flagstaff.
Tim Seaman (USA)
and Rachel Lavallee
(Canada) have
been here for
the last three
weeks, they
will leave Flagstaff
today. Kevin
Eastler (USA)
lives at altitude
in Denver, he
visited us for
some days, too.
Lauren Forgues,
a young US walker,
stayed here
together with
us during her
spring break.
She came up
here to learn
and to see how
four of the
best girls in
the world train.
Sebastian
and Kiara have
been together
with us during
the whole training
camp. Kiara
went to school
here in Flagstaff.
For the last
four weeks she
was allowed
to join the
6th grade at
Pine
Forest Charter
School and
she loved it!
We are very
thankful that
she was allowed
to go to school
together with
the 6th grade
and that they
took good care
of her. She
has learned
a lot and her
english has
become much
better :-)
Dr.
Art Wilson is
a Professor
at the NAU here
in Flagstaff
and he loves
Athletics. He
lives in the
living area
where we rent
our condo and
where we train.
We have had
many nice conversations
with him during
this camp and
he has taken
many nice pictures
of us. Thank
you so much
Art!
