The February races well advanced, and unlike the last two years I moved earlier this year for a lot more southern climes - the season of training camp has opened.
2008 and 2009 it was granted to me two weeks in Cambrils in Spain, together with Olivier Bernard and Beto Brändli a fairly large group of athletes to attend. Also this year we will go to Cambrils, but only in April - the last two weeks of February we will spend this year on Fuerteventura where you can count already this month with actual winter to 30 ° C.
Three days after our arrival, we know already that we are here to leave almost everything - except the weather. It is warm, yes - even at night the temperature drops below 20 ° C hardly. Those who know me a little better to know that for me is almost heavenly. I just do not like cold.
Yesterday, however, showed that these weather conditions also have a side that we know as the "continental European" is not easy. stood by the plan in the morning for a longer cycle exit, we started punctually at 9:15 from the field and were paid no heed to that which settled here already bent palm trees and plenty of wind a lot of sand carried down from the hills .
Not long, and the rain came to meet us head on, while the winds follows were strong, that even the most powerful in our group had trouble keeping their wheels on the road.
After we owe these winds the first fall - our second swim coach got injured - most returned to reasonable respectively, could be back to the hotel by car. I led a small group in the hills, where we indulged in a peeling with real sand from the Sahara - one opened his mouth to breathe, it crunched between the teeth. In addition, you suddenly had to think very carefully about when you took his hand from the handlebars to drink - the control was anything but easy.
Straight one and a half hours we felt it from outside, the hotel before we took refuge in the room.
went Once there is no quarter of an hour, until there was no trace of the clouds ...
After this experience we have decided to give the report was not too much more attention. The weather here is so unstable that you either can barricade the hotel - or you ignored the weather easily and enjoy what has to offer this island: an absolutely fantastic landscape that radiates in my opinion a wild energy, as they otherwise rarely found.
The earth is black and very young, the hills consist only of black and reddish rock, herübergewehtem sand from the Sahara, laced up cold lava and a few thistles.
I look forward to the opportunity here in the next week and a half to run my sport in an environment of the external conditions which could hardly be coarser ago - but in my opinion, just too little nicer.
I wish you all good training - no matter where you are!
Sincerely,
Fabian
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