Ok the Tour de France is on and I’m pumped! Today is team time trial. That’s nine guys racing together on a course full of technical town, country and hill riding. The team time trial is a seriously painful event. They would be riding in their highest heart rate zones and the better they work together, the better they will do – period. If one falls, the team protects. If a bike breaks, the team car supplies another one..
Today, during our staff meeting, we had our first annual Innovative Fitness Team Relay. We were split into four teams of three and headed to the beach. We were prepared with team outfits and sand castle building equipment. The team was made up of a kayaker, a mtn bike rider and a hill runner…
At the word, ‘go’ we jumped into action and each team pumped up their walkerbay kayaks http://walkerbay.com/products/airis/airis_sport_features.html our team got our boat into the water first and held the lead! The team carried up the boat to the mtn bike rider that was waiting. A quick high five and the rider took off for a 3km loop straight up 29th! Our team actually rode in first to take our runner to handle 24th hill – a murder incline that is as hard going up as coming down. Our newest IF coach Miguel ran to the beach first which allowed that team to begin building their sandcastle (we were sent a picture of a sandcastle last night that we needed to replicate)
It was a close race, with sand flying and moats being filled with water…two teams were done and rolling up their kayaks. Yes, we had to put the boat back in its backpack!
Regardless of who won, the whole team had to come together, plan and execute as one in order to compete at a high level. To be quite honest, when teams of Innovative Fitness Professional Coaches get together, get ready for a battle!
The First Annual Innovative Fitness Team Relay…we may need to switch the title because it was seriously fun.
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