Out of Albuquerque and in sunny CA. ABQ wasn’t too bad for training but it is always tough going to a new location and finding the good roads to ride on. Especially when you have 18 guys to ride with and specific training goals to be met. We made it through it though and hopefully got a nice fitness bump from the time at altitude. Feeling decent at the moment, just been having a look at a few of the key stages for the Tour of Cali. Also was able to spend some quality time in the wind tunnel down in San Diego. Very pro set up they have down there, well worth it to anyone who is even remotely thinking about going fast in time trials this year. My old friend Nils was able to meet us in the tunnel to take some pictures. Nils and I raced together as juniors and he has now gone on to become a badass photographer for Sports Illustrated. Luckily our time in the tunnel fell in between the Superbowl and the NBA All Star game and Nils was able to join us to snap some pics.
The last few weeks by the numbers:

Time in ABQ- 2 weeks
Total time on the road for the first trip– 4 weeks
Days in ABQ when the night time temp was above freezing-2
Time spent riding on Interstate 40- 10 miles
Speed limit on I40- 75mph
ABQ elevation- 5,000 ft
Sandia peak elevation- 9,000 ft
Number of near crashes on the icy ascent of Sandia- 2
Sightings of Elvis on ascent of Sandia- 1
Hours ridden in my last week in ABQ- 33
Ballets attended in ABQ- 1
Time spent in wind tunnel- 45 minutes
Theoretical time savings gained in a 40km tt at 30mph- 76 seconds
Distance time trial bars were lowered- 5 cm
Stories told by Tim Johnson about Mike Sayers hitting a beaver and crashing-1
Days until the Tour of California-5