Training in the City of Angels.....

Haloween usualy means dressing up and either handing out candy, or taking it if your a jerk I guess. This year for me it ment I was chillin' in a hotel room in Los Angeles.



Several weeks back now the CCA anounced a short list of riders that were invited to head to the ADT event center in L.A. to be apart of a 4 day training camp. I was one of them. For a good chunk of us it was the first time being back on a track or riding with intensity in a month or so. For me it was the first time back on a track since my crash mid summer. Being on a world class track almost outweighed the fact that it was the toughest four days Ive ever spent on a bike. I lost count of how many 500m and 750m efforts I did, on top of starts, and some 200's. Add to that a day of enduro style efforts too. For a couple of the days Canadian Travis Smith and American Adam Duvendek came out to train with us. They're two of the fastest sprinters I know. On the third and fourth day two american espoirs joined in the workouts. They're headed overseas to compete in the U23 6 days. Needless to say they were beat down hard by the Canucks!



The track itself was rad! Byers might be the only other Jet Fuel rider to have ridden it and can attest for how smooth it is. On the last day I took the cool down portion of the day to play around on the banking. I managed to get myself down to about 19kph before I was worried about picking splinters out of my ass. What elese was cool was at either end of the track are two fully equiped gyms.

Regardless I came away from the camp with my track legs back and the attitude I needed to start training hard again. On the fun side of the camp we spent an afternoon at Rodando Beach getting pummeled by the biggest waves Ive ever seen! They were massive. Walking into a very boutiquey shop on the beach to by sun glasses also made for an entertaining half hour. The only sketchy part of the whole deal was how close to Compton we stayed!

The next training camp is in Burnaby so it should cost considerably less thankfully. After that its back to LA if those at power decide it was ment to me.

peace out.