The Friday Review

A couple of quick items of interest for the RCVman Friday Review.

One is from CT (Compy) user Julie Dibens, winner of both the X-Terra Worlds and Clearwater 70.3 Championships. In her entertaining and engaging blog (where the norm is to either go 'all out geek' with enough science, data, charts and algorithms to bore even a accountant to tears OR the minute by minute accounting of every bodily movement) Julie talks about her training in Boulder, her racing, and well, when you are a World Champion, that is enough. She makes it fun and posses a rare honesty and charm I find mostly missing in today's somewhat staid triathlon circles. Simply put, she is a riot and I hope to track her down in the upcoming months and do a follow up interview to the one we did last year at the UK 70.3. I suppose if I am gong to 'track her down' I had better spend some time on my Compy because she is one fast Brit.

Second is a trailer from a film that I hadn't seen prior to today called Bicycle Dreams. Looks like it is centered around RAAM. It isn't available yet on Netflix but I have it saved to my queue. Once seen, you'll get the review, maybe even on a Friday.

Lastly, the talented and tireless new product development staff here at RCV HQ, reporting to the marketing department and under the global operations division, is set to announce two new RCV opportunities for the benefit of all mankind, (I will try to work that into the header).

The first comes right around the corner on March 7, where we will shoot and produce the San Diego Gran Fondo. The good folks at SDGF have long reaching fondo tentacles, opening the possibilities for partnerships with a few other rides in Europe that you may be familiar with. But first San Diego. More info and to sign up here.

Next is another first in the RCV spinosphere, a cruise up to Alaska with Holland America. The nutshell: We depart Seattle, I bring all the CompuTrainer gear, you bring your bike. On the first day we do an indoor TT aboard the ship and then conduct an intensive five days of training en route to Alaska. Of course around the training you get to dine, swim, relax, watch whales, partake of massage, see movies, play shuffleboard on deck, etc. When we hit Alaska we do an epic mountain ride and celebrate with a post ride pizza party. Training is repeated on the way home and on the last day another TT is conducted to PROVE to you how valuable this focused and detailed training actually is (e.g. YOU will be faster and stronger as well as having the trip of a lifetime). One week later you get the custom video as a keepsake of this spectacular training tour. I am meeting with the cruise reps to determine the pricing structure and other details, and from our initial talks last night, I am pretty sure that we can bring this one in for a very enticing amount. I am thinking maybe twenty people. After that, who knows?

All for this Friday folks. Gotta get back at it. Have a wonderful and productive weekend, train hard, eat well, rest, recover, repeat.