This weekend I had the opportunity to do some “suffer-fest” training with Kirill Kotsegarov, last years Ironman Florida champion. What a fantastic opportunity to train with one of the best in the sport and a great guy from Estonia. Kirill is training in Colorado to gain some au natural’ red blood cells before Kona.

Fueling for 5+ hrs of suffering in the wind and hills; you saw it here first- this is how the champions do it!

1100 calories of cinnamon roll is good for 2hrs worth of energy on the bike!

On Sunday I was then able to run at one of the best long distance running trails in the area; Rampart Reservoir. It is a 13 mile loop of beautiful singletrack at 9000′ elevation around a mountain lake. Every little hill I feel like I go into oxygen debt!

To make this perfect run even better there is a snowmelt fed stream to ice the legs immediately post-workout.