In his regular VeloNews Fresh Korn journal, Will Frischkorn writes about Team Garmin-Slipstream’s recent training camp in Boulder and how some off-season fun and games go a long way to building a stronger team.
From the journal: “Cycling is a damn hard job. Sure, there are good times, and those are shared freely. Crossing the line on the Champs-Elysees this year was a moment I’ll never forget. But for every moment like that there are far, far more that I strive to erase from memory. Nobody wants to look back on the days spent slogging through rain, snow, sleet, wind and manure-filled single-lane roads; the days when you know before even getting on the bus to go to the start that it’s going to be awful. Those could disappear.”
“What gets you through those days — or the brutal slogs in the mountains, or the heat that’s so overpowering that people are warned to stay indoors — is the team around you. I’m lucky in that Garmin is an amazing group…”
