Haleakala climb day. There were some whisperings of not going from sea level but we decided if we were going to down in flames, we may as well make them as big as possible. It was a surprisingly subdued and quiet breakfast mostly due to everyone being a little nervous about what we were about …
Category Archive: Maui Camp
Feb
09
Feb
08
Maui Camp – Day #7
Today was a recovery day to get ready for the big Haleakala climb tomorrow. That means an easy bike ride and an easy swim. Our bike ride took us from the aquarium in Maalaea south into Kihea for half an hour and then back. It was nice to finally find a nice flat stretch of …
Feb
06
Maui Camp – Day #5
Our morning workout today was the first combo workout of the year. It was an eight minute climb up Polipoli Road on bike and then a one minute sprint run repeated three times. Took the first one easy, but then surprised Kris by picking it up on the second and then leaving Martina in the …
Feb
05
Maui Camp – Day #4
Haleakala test ride day. We rode from our place (3500 ft elevation) to just over 6000 ft (roughly two thirds to the top). It was cloudy and rainy and it got a little too windy to go much further so we turned back. The plan is go from sea level to the top (10,000 ft) …
Feb
04
Maui Camp – Day #3
5:30 am swim. Felt like four days away from the pool helped. Felt good and smooth and even managed to get through a kick set without a huge struggle (very good considering a couple of months ago, 25 m of kicking would have done me in and we rode 100 km yesterday). Had a small …
Feb
03
Maui Camp – Day #2
Up early at 5:30 am and out the door before the sun came up. Just as we were unloading the bikes from the van, the sun peaked out from behind Haleakala (the top of which we still have yet to see because of the clouds).Today’s mission: a 5 hour bike around the west side of …
Feb
02
Maui Camp – Day #1
So day #1 in Hawaii. We woke up to a rainbow hanging over the bay that we can see from our porch this morning. Unfortunately with a rainbow comes rain. And you know what they say, when it rains it pours. After a slow start to our morning we drove to Haiku for breakfast in …