Kona

Finally in Kona, after a trip on Monday from Maui. It was supposed to be a fast trip but Justin's bike box wouldn't fit on the plane so we had to wait for it over two flights and we were stuck in Kona waiting for it to arrive. We ran into Joel Filliol's parents at the airport and shared a flight over to Kona with them. We managed to get a swim and a ride in still on Monday for recovery but today it was on. Our Home stays are awesome, and Justin and i are sharing a basement apartment up on a hill with a beautiful view.

Today was supposed to be another relaxed day with a 5500m open water swim workout which had some hard 1km repeats. In the afternoon we did a 2.25hour ride with steady state riding and 5x4mins max power intervals, with "Coach Paul" on the scooter. We ended the day with a little run and a great team dinner at the Coach's house. Tomorrow we are doing a huge climb up to the volcano with a track session off the bike and a swim at night. I don't think i have the right gearing for this climb with the above photos of Lance climbing it. Hopefully i can get some snazzy photos of the climb and the surroundings.