Girona training camp
Somewhere in Northern Spain.
I recently returned from a week’s training holiday in the countryside just north of Girona. Jonny, Millsy, Simmo and I were well looked after by our hosts Girona Cycling, and – despite getting a cold, and enduring epic quantities of rain in the first half of the week – we had a great trip.
Highlights included:
- an awesome loop from Mas Pelegri over to Olot, taking in some snaking climbs and swooping descents through forests
View Serinya loop in a larger map
- the 13km climb to Rocacorba, through the mist
- 3-course meals, every night, cooked up by long-time Rapha rider and chef Ben
- Finally getting the chance to see A Sunday in Hell on DVD (twice in one day as it turned out)
Low-points included:
- Monday – rain; Tuesday – rain; Wednesday – rain
- Friday’s ride, when we headed out with Maarten de Jonge (a Dutch pro on the Endura Racing team) to climb Els Angels. I can’t remember feeling weaker on a bike – I wasn’t bonking, it must have been some sort of post-viral exhaustion. Considering my usual form on hills, it was pretty gutting to be dropped hard and often.
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