Our second day started much as the first: a pleasing majority decided to rise early for a pre-breakfast swim, and we did the same ~1500m lap in very calm conditions yet again – long may this last!! Continue reading
With all campers – and eventually all their bikes- having arrived safe and been introduced to the camp, the staff, new hotel (and temperatures in excess of freezing) we all woke to the most perfect conditions that Lanzarote has to offer for our first early-morning walk to the beach. 
As usual most people had earned wild cards to avoid a swim on the final day of camp when everyone is riding either the full Ironman Lanzarote route, or our extended 200km version of it. This meant at 7:55am much of the camp were up and ready in bike kit and waiting outside the hotel restaurant for breakfast to be available. There followed 20 minutes of so of rapid eating to fuel ready for the long day ahead.
Day 5 of camp is a key day with lots happening and tonnes of logistics for Jo and I to handle. It’s very busy but great fun.
On our 4th morning on camp, we make room for the option of a longer more relaxed sea swim – either a lap of the official Ironman course, or an out and back around to the next bay of Playa Chica. After the fast furious sprinting in the aquathlon, everyone was pleased at being able to swim at a steadier pace and enjoy the lovely clear sea water. 
One of the most enjoyable events on camp for us as coaches is our mini aquathlon race on day 3, which we use to gather the swim and run times required for handicapping our swim and run points races. With the swim course that we’d used in last year’s race no longer marked with permanent buoys, it was shortened to a single ~600m out and back lap to the line, – so it’s another year of new course records. The run route, however, has remained unchanged since 2010 (~4.4km) so we have nice collection of records. 
What a windy day. Last night Jo and I had long discussions about what to do today as the wind forecast was for very strong winds. 28 knot winds with 34 knot gusts. This pretty much translates to 50 km/h wind with 65 km/h gusts. We decided that we would switch the Day 2 and Day 3 rides around. This gave us more options for cutting the ride short and allowed assessment of the conditions during the early part of the ride with the option to return with the wind if the ride leader decided the conditions weren’t safe.
The typical “camp day” starts with a 7am sea swim…and so early on day 1, the sun barely risen as we walk from our hotel, we took the new group of campers over the street to the beach for a half hour ocean swim. As usual ,a little apprehensive as I attempt to convince them that there’s a solid and line of buoy about 300m off shore, which we’ll swim out to…hard to spot from shore unless you know that they’re there! 
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