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5 January 2006

Christmas and Track Racing

Pinotti In Cave at 1st Camp, photo: Saunier Duval-Prodir

End of 2005 and the Christmas days have gone well. It's been a very cold week with lots of snow and freezing temperatures. Despite that, I complied with my training program, cutting part of the overall volume and focusing on intensity. I used an indoor trainer sometimes and also trained outside in temperatures less than 0°C. I will make this experience useful in the next months when I'll think back to it in my mind.

I spent the end of 2005 going to theatre with my wife seeing the comedy from the famous movie When Harry Met Sally and we both enjoyed it. I feel like I am a bit ahead comparing my training with last year, and that's what I need because I have to race in Los Angeles. On January 8th I will leave for Valencia with the Italian track team, where we will train until Saturday the 14th. Then the following day we will travel to Los Angeles. [read: Azzurra to Valencia with Pinotti]

That's another new experience and I hope to get all the good things from it: training on the track and with warmer temperature, doing new specific work-outs, knowing a new group and dealing with jet lag again. And of course have a preview of California before the coming Tour next February.

Bye
Marco

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