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Thompson Tackles Tucson...

Friday, 25 April 2014 00:10

After a protracted hiatus, David Thompson, aka "DKT," is blogging again. His latest posts deal with some epic bike workouts he did in the mountains surrounding Tucson.

We'll start with an outline of his plan....

March 29 - I’ve challenged myself to ride up and down Mt Lemmon 6 times as part of my spring training trip.  I will also run and swim in the morning and evenings.  Here’s the daily schedule if you want to follow along.

Friday, Prolog

Transfer Flight MSP to TUS
Swim Master’s practice 1 hour
Saturday, Stage 1

Run 30 min warm up/loosen up
Cycle Mt Lemmon (beyond category climb) 6.5 hours, 92 miles
Sunday, Stage 2

Run 30 min warm up/loosen up
Cycle Mt Lemmon (beyond category climb) 6.5 hours, 92 miles
Monday, Stage 3

Run 30 min warm up/loosen up
Cycle Mt Lemmon (beyond category climb) 6.5 hours, 92 miles
Swim Master’s practice 1 hour
Tuesday, Stage 4

Run 30 min warm up/loosen up
Cycle Mt Lemmon (beyond category climb) 6.5 hours, 92 miles
Swim Master’s practice 1 hour
Wednesday, Stage 5

Run 30 min warm up/loosen up
Cycle Mt Lemmon (beyond category climb) 6.5 hours, 92 miles
Swim Master’s practice 1 hour
Thursday, Stage 6

Run 30 min warm up/loosen up
Cycle Mt Lemmon (beyond category climb) 6.5 hours, 92 miles
Swim Master’s practice 1 hour
Friday, Stage 7

Cycle to McDonald at the base of Mt Lemmon 2-3 hours
Transfer Flight TUS to MSP for the award presentation
Estimated Grand Totals for DKT Tucson Spring Grand Tour

Cycling: 582 miles, 42 hours

Running: 24 miles, 3 hours

Swimming: 17500 meters, 5 hours

Total hours: 50 hours in 5 full and 2 half days in Tucson

Check out his stage-by-stage experiences. This is really good stuff - READ MORE