Aug. 4th, 2008- Montreaux, Swizterland

The first week of our final Olympic Preparation Camp here in Switzerland has flown by faster than any camp I have ever attended. A week ago Monday we arrived here, and, except for a day to get our bearings and legs straight, we have been in intense training every day. We are training at the World Cycling Center in Aigle which is a 16km ride from our hotel on Lake Geneva. A beautiful ride through the Alps is not a hard thing to get up to each morning!! We have the best facility's and support at the World Cycling Centre with our coach Richard Wooles from Cycling BC, and have everything we need to get the training done right. Our days would be 5-6hrs before we would get back to the hotel for a quick bite to eat, showers and massage. Often we didn't get out to eat until 8pm. This week we will be putting in slightly smaller days while keeping some intensity and turning our focus primarily to SPEED!!!

At the airport in Vancouver to Switzerland

A sunsest over Lake Geneva from my room in Montreux, Swizerland