Carnival Athmosphere for Training Camp 4

Post date: Mar 01, 2015 10:51:14 PM

(By Steven Franzoni)

It's with a heavy heart I write this report, sat drinking mogito number two, in 27 degree heat at the beach in Playa Linges, in Gran Canaria. Eight of us Lakeside Wheelers have headed for a week training camp in Gran Canaria.

Now I know how annoying this report will be, eight lads out in the sunshine riding over 100km a day with well over 1200 metres of climbing a day in minimum 20 degree heat, but I will continue anyway. For most of the guys this is year four for their winter early season training camp. I'm here for my second visit, and despite my hatred of climbing and vowing not to return here I am.

Let me put this in to context for you if you don't know the island here in the Canaries. Our accommodation is in the south of Gran Canaria, an arid palm covered area, travel 20km north over the mountain and everything changes, hard northern winds, clouds and green fields. It's some contrast. From our door you hit 2000 metres climbs or 50 kph head winds heading flat north east.