EC FR06 Day 6-8

I was as toasted as the athletes on day 6 & 7 hence no blogs. Simply no time in the day to write.

In Short:

Day 6

Massive bike from St Gaudens to Font Romeu over multiple cols. We extended the cut off time so that the tail enders could complete the ride. The left at 8:30am and arrived at 7:30pm!!!! In the process I think setting a new record for Epic Camps (that was on top of an aquathon in the morning).What made today so hard was is was baking hot until mid afternoon (around 35c) and then a storm rolled in late afternoon and it blazed with thunder and lightning.

Day 7

Easier day – the guys did a 60km or 90km option on the bike with the 90km option going up to the ski resort of La Molina (check out the pics)

Day 8

This was pencilled as the hardest day of the camp. We rode from Font Romue down the valley and up through Andora. For once we got the distance wrong and it was 180km instead of 200km. It was a breath taking climb out of Andora and we reached 2400m elevation.

Colm Cassidy did the performance of the day today when he was blown to pieces and way off the back going over the massive Col out of Andora only to come back and be first back to Font Romeu. Colm is only 20 but he NEVER complains and just gets the job done.

Last night Bevan and I interviewed Scott, Gordo and Ken Wallace on our podcast www.ironmantalk.com or you can reach via Itunes. It’s worth a listen.

This morning is optional with this afternoon being an aquathon