We went on a training camp to the south of France to get in a good block of hard work. Here is a little behind the scenes of what we got up to.
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[Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] look he looks [Music] like it’s not funny at all tell us what’s happened so we riding up the hill were riding up that here we were and then it just came up it’s not funny but it’s a little funny I’m day one so it’s too zoomed in i’ got oh it wasn’t recording it was and then it stopped let’s try again take two take two little room tour um a bit of no context there but it’s a joke nice tiny little of shower [Music] toilet kitchen nice little setup and then the main room is’s Lori nice view out into some very sunny [Music] fronts what more could you want just watching the sunset [Applause] [Music] [Music] right so is it R already bad milk yeah it’s also semi skinned it does smell off like the milk smells all right so this machine literally turn it on here y press this to make sure it’s on double sure it’s under B you even got one of these yeah Robin bman actually she was like I can’t have you making a mess that’s such a robin thing than and then you press this one thanks do you want to do your milk why not yeah nice it’s fine just turn it it should just come back on you have to turn it right yeah it sounds like it’s going to take off yeah it is a bit loud a bit [Music] loud look disgusting nice we can keep going though [Music] [Applause] good morning um first proper day here yesterday we got here around lunchtime um I think I took a video of the room um we basically went for a nice Spin and then chilled out got unpacked sorted everything out um saw a lovely sunset last last night and then this morning got up had breakfast and just in the turbo session uh in the well not in the shade but like looking out on a beautiful view in sunshine um I’m extraordinarily sweaty cuz it was quite tough but got it done nice start to Sunday morning nice out to Camp [Music] um yeah and I think we’re just chilling for the rest of the day actually which is quite a nice treat to start the camp getting things done early having a day basically to ourselves um so and all that jazz so yeah good start um [Music] and just really looking forward to getting some hard work done in a place where it really allows us to do that um so yeah that’s why we’re here and it should be really good [Music] morning breakfast time L has protein we bits for breakfast I do I’m having poge because as lovely as the place is that we’re staying breakfast is um not our prant really nice way to say that yeah making our own I don’t even know if that’s the right H but I’m going to go with it um yeah I’m probably going to have oats for 12 people and I need to add more liquid as well than that I’ll a second it’s going well I’m so excited to find out how this is you you need the tea tow my out you use that te to like hold black of chod um yeah I’ve done my yoga this morning because we have nothing on this morning and I felt tired um shout out to Alex Donovan and yog uh your best life I think it’s now called um I love it um I don’t sound very enthusiastic but yeah um and then we have chat this afternoon so we got a nice easy morning so do know what we’ll do the sun’s out yeah it’s a nice day but um we’ll see [Music] morning um I’ve just come on a walk because the weather is glorious we have a rest morning this morning um and I got up early and felt like I wanted to do something so I’ve come for a small walk around where we’re staying it is absolutely stunning um feel like we’re really being spoiled here We’ve Come Away to make sure we get I say to make sure and to help us get like a lot of work done um when we’re on Camp it’s so much easier to train hard work hard um get the work in because we have to worry about cooking cleaning warm weather really helps muscles are warm uh morale is High um so yeah so far so good to start the camp well the weather has t up um and yeah really looking forward to getting on the track um it’s outdoors but covered wooden um yeah should be good interestingly so where we’re staying the coastline is called the coach which obviously the blue line on the track like off the the runoff is called the coach so um things are lining up the torch was here the Paris Olympic torch was here the day before we got here so it’s almost a bit like uh things are happening for a reason so I’m really hoping we uh have a great camp and I’m really looking to get stuck into track today um I think we’ve got flying in start so should be a good session and uh I’m really excited [Music] [Music] W this is cool M down here awful wasn’t it how did you down I sat down and you know when you normally find something I felt like I slow down I was just like and then it really Chucks you doesn’t it midb yeah why does this this is like um what was that Primary School thing you know with the windows you know today we’re going through the square window she’s English did you not do you don’t know what I’m about go outside I know go outside we’ll come back to that okay um know be in the Big Blue House E I hope not ew e is it um she’s back to track so we went to track let me get back from track and that’s it h that’s as much as you need to know we’re so tired it’s like day three wait I thought I’d at least make it to day eight without feeling like this yeah we got on track we did and it’s the first wooden outl track I’ve ridden have you we We R in Kyu oh [ __ ] I’m lying a liar you but oh yeah KY is just its own thing though in my head I thought it was yeah okay never mind well that’s less exciting yeah uh it’s a little bit first French one you first French first French one outdoor track of um it’s a bit bumpy in turn three where the sun catches but it’s actually a really nice track it’s stickier it’s stickier than I thought it was going to be it’s steeper than I thought it was going to be M um that’s it that’s all I’ve got to say I think SC Scott was like you came in hot and I was like I came in scared oh do you I came so slow it’s basically a liting cell and I watched the video and I was like oh next time no this time skipping through the video and you’re like oh no yeah yeah so not great but uh starts are good I think for the most part we had a new start Zimmer frame it looked a bit like a Zimmer frame um DIY start gate with some Road breaks on top it was quite enjoyable to be fair and Scott had to manually release it so like we had the beeps going and he’s like three two one every time um anded yeah he felt somewhat the nerves of like being a P1 being the P1 in the gate which is quite nice um but yeah the Summer’s out um I would take outdoor track over indoor track if it’s like this all the time but I guess when it rains it’s not the same I mean piss me off of performance and performance L’s favorite track it’s maybe I just need to warm up to it maybe I just need to spend more time B A oneon-one but off today I’d love sunb then you know I could sit down outside watch you guys go really fast i’ be like wow yeah we’re not there yet but okay it’ be good to raise something at the end of the camp though we’ll be do it by then other people might not be so they [ __ ] won’t be sorry s in a new Vlog I was like so sassy um I have nothing else to say good night good night again Emma I can’t going have to do you got have you got the directions what I can do we can just put the directions on here can we not we can’t yet oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] we just finished track session track was interesting today um we got the first half and then it rained so we finished up on the C which was a bit G 3 2 1 but that’s fine I’ve ridden back on my own felt like I needed a nice spin down good session I think bit off but I think that’s just a bit of um accumulated fatigue so that’s okay um yeah it’s going also if I got bre day tomorrow and I think I really need that um in a good way um so yeah positive day the next day we did some group yoga SL Mobility SL palates down by the pool and we didn’t know but there was an actual yoga session going on and two French ladies decided to actually come and join us with our morning session uh which we all found hilarious especially as they spoke no English and we speak very minimal French between the four of five of us um so as you can see they’re joining in the background and uh we’re all just trying to get mobile first thing in the morning it was actually a really nice session even though the weather was absolutely horrendous as you can tell by the terrible gray sky in the background um but yeah got some ability done and then headed out for lunch [Music] lch me a yay he his name is [Music] morning rain oh it’s all blurry oh no oh dear morning rainbow how pretty oh is this on it oh hey morning rainbow did you guess that we carry our cameras running with us no we’re going to be really monotonous but we’re back at [Music] track it smells like petrol [Music] [Music] then after track we did a group core session bent also came out and we’re just staying on top of things as the track’s a bit bumpy we just want to keep looking after ourselves as best as possible um and cor and sunshine as a group made is made a lot easier than doing it on your own um so got a good workout done and then headed home whilst we were away despite having a really high volume of training we actually had a little bit of downtime so the place we were staying played a bit of volleyball the one night bit basketball with Lori I mean nothing seriously physically exerting knew but you saw beyond that yeah you gave me your [Music] and then a few nights we do some come D with m just to change things up team building and we cook for each other on to me so tight like stand through my hand that you slip away should have been me now it’s him instead should have been me there under we had a race day where we actually went out on the kayaks and Boards the sea which was just a fantastic day fantastic weather it just nice to spend some down time with every had my shot cuz now you’re dancing at a party with some [Music] you guys mhm um no copyright oh all copyright credits to the original creators of this song I’m going to be one of I’m a vlogger that stays purely into the view screen hey guys coffee I have an inability to make coffee out though wow this angle I am to right outfit of the day yeah but that’s fine welcome to do another one here you go l c I’m just going to walk around and drink coffee from a horrible angle and then I’ll find that it makes it into the Vlog and I’ll be like [ __ ] it will definitely be in the it’ll be in the Vlog to be honest I think we were supposed to leave 2 minutes ago but no one else is well I said to them I was like probably leaving at they’re not ready so at one at um quar past apparently we’re leaving at quarter past so actually I could have relaxed and not drank my coffee secretly but house house F Elite bye-bye no [Music] wait we need to carry this Energy t-shirt ad Vlog no hey guys welcome to have you vlogged at all yeah a little bit right one day 10 10 10 yeah um today we have a commies comp so obviously me and lby in Welsh and S and Katie being onlay we um we we’re going to do like competition so it’s to do a start so whoever who TR beat last week’s times times and then you get points for it and then the team with a highest score has to give our coaches a pedicure the coaches being Reese James and you get to play your National and we get to play a national anthem Rees James and ktie fluts the wers so yeah we’re not sure we’ve done our first set scores are in I don’t know what they are we’ll find out from Scot yeah think it was a good little sash Outdoors we’ve been here for a while now it’s quite nice what are your thoughts my thoughts yeah what’s you got it y well was they very green uh well team Wales won last time yeah but up inest so we’ve got some work to do um and the bar was set quite High last week of everyone so yeah it’s going to be interesting Monday was big but my first set felt fantastic so that’s positive let’s try how do I open this oh here we go oh here’s flowers bit of like a oh my God you can do it flowers hi this is England we don’t talk to England joking right I you want to show the sports bra but into she’s married into Welsh no no no I feel like Molly May Keep Your Allegiance oh I’m scared Lori hey buddy here I am have you shown the surroundings no I need to actually show the trat how you en joying Camp yeah it’s really great thanks do you feel like Zoe this is what Zoe does Zoe and Molly the Vlog yeah we’ve had a great time on Camp um living our best lives aren’t we hearing from the uh queen of fun yeah this is our queen of SEC a secrety of fun I thought you going to say something queen of we had a good Sunday fun day yesterday K wow this is heavy on the arm is it yeah try all that you want the tripod no I don’t honestly my arms have to cut in what else this is the trolley we did lovely piles this morning I’m just vlogging now so you might want to cut this yeah yeah going charge my flowers station this is our little cockpit I like that the little this has been everywhere in the world probably not going to lie it’s probably been everywhere Katy marchants still St still doing starts can I zoom in oh yes go marching let’s go KY and Scott any thoughts zoomed in bab [Laughter] hey wow wow the big red button this is the end and cut in 30 seconds [Music] second 5 4 3 2 1 go 4 3 2 1 [Applause] [Music] go 3 2 1 go 3 2 one go [Music] CL go [Music] [Applause] [Music] ready [Music] BL take a bath guys I know the [ __ ] the onion’s been making me cry we are don’t come down with me tonight why do I look so white I promise cuz I’m so T I’ve turned a little bit though come on tell them what you doing oh well right now right here right now right right now I’m cleaning off she no copyright and I’m cleaning off the salad spinner cuz there’s some old salad in that and that’s a bit gross um and can salad make people ill it can can’t It Go um so I’m going to put some lettuce in it then I’m going to try it cuz salad spinners are really cool and Sophie’s doing something even more impressive I’m making Mose might not here any of that cuz I’m wrestling I’m making mousse there we go I’m going to attempt to make moose nice C this is it’s a terrible where do you want me to put it though oh that’s boob boob shop hello W that’s PA I’m making a mousse so I’m going to make a b Marie which is um that’ll boil hopefully soon uh we’ll put the chocolate in and melt it down then we’ll whisk the cream um I’m hoping we look right clean and with some sugar fold in the chocolate with some egg whites and then B it all in together and put it in the free fridge or freezer and it should be a nice Mose except for everything’s going to have to be was by hand um which me nor L want to do so sorry I can’t touch eggs yeah we both don’t want to do for different reasons so we might in a ringer we also don’t have weighing scales so this is going to for fun [ __ ] 10 20 no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 200 g 200 divid by 7 B MKS and then we need 140 G right okay [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] got to the soft peaks stage where it like holds its own and like you can see some ribbons on the top so we going to fold it into the chocolate [Music] um then things got super chaotic and I did not pick my camera back up um we did like a Mediterranean tapa style night and it went down well did a bit of a quiz which was fun with everyone as well um but only came the the girls won I think the sunset on the beach kind of stole the show and burgers so overall lots of fun uh then we just cracked on with some training um for the rest of the camp before racing um so here are some clips from that [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey hey [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] it’s Bra Day it’s Bra Day Lor is so excited I’m actually thrilled would you can you tell how fan um we’re finishing the camp with is it class one two the class two w big racing um we’re all a bit knackered no what are you some more than others I’ve tapered for this but it should be good to get some racing in even though we are tired um I’m just punched the the sun is shining on I’m looking beyond the weekend sorry POS this morning it’s going to be good day Sprint today what is that what this this is being an elite athlete just car bloing past of breakfast I’m going to heat it up this is awful you didn’t even heat it up no I’m hungry oh that’s my belly um story is the milk curdles my soy milk and let me tell it’s just solid that’s disgusting maybe it’s just tofu now but um I heating this up because honestly if anything’s just cold in my teeth um but who doesn’t like the drag through a head backwards anyway hello got bites right yesterday race day Sprint day oh my God the skin suit is literally deteriorating the fact that have number Pockets anymore like actually hurts me I just personally think [ __ ] stupid go i s I can’t s I won SAR I’m in the Vlog I it’s an adult Vlog it’s an adult Vlog it’s not PG I said I’m [ __ ] jet lagged or jet lagged to [ __ ] or something in the last one oh then that’s fine it’s cathartic um is kieren day what is this wow my posture sorry it’s Kier and day it’s Kier day and we’ve been we don’t even have a first round we’re straight to semis so this is a size one so I picked up the wrong skin suit I can’t fit in a size one why do you have a size one because I was a size one in the old CIT I’m a size two in the new kit I can’t waar that [ __ ] disgusting can you get in it TR Biby I can but I needed help from three other people last time oh my God not the naked on the Vlog yeah let’s not do that I don’t think you’re in it okay um the shorts are on that’s a start while flori Gets Ready Sprint day was yesterday it was pretty good we had a GB 123 lockout and seven 123 and seven 23 and seven um didn’t qualify well my gear was too big um I just never got it going and I died a death because I never got it going but that’s okay and then I raced really well was a little was a little bit Rusty um it’s on the shorts are on that’s the hardest bit no oh the length I mean I’m small so it’s not the length it’s the shoulders hang on a sec oh yeah raised well made a few mistakes but we were here to like try new things and learn and I think I actually race really well just wasn’t rapid may I just watch people can you attempt I’m stuck in my go left first yeah and then right I mean you’re in it it’s on can it close I mean the gvr is like I mean look at me got a hul out of it I mean you’re in it it’s not as bad as I anticipated to be fair it’s two bases today that’s I mean I’m going to have to just deal with this because I’m not putting a dirty skin on cuz it smells more than anything God that was so stupid very I’m sure that I picked up oh wow that is just better to make sure I’m not on a Podium um anyway anyway um yeah was up against Emer and the semis had two good rides made some small mistakes um ended up going into the bronze final uh which was going to be against Katie um and her and Marie went to three rides but then she got relegated so I was against Marie in the end um and I raced really well and I had a lot of fun um and I really like the track cuz it was sunny so it was a great day and I had the worst period of pain ever for the whole day which ruined everything poor Lori had to be a support friend good that’s okay we move on um I don’t have anything else to say do you have anything to say um no no um I think the one two three and seventh sort of sums up how my we’ve also come off the back of like a really big training camp and obviously obviously we all handle fatigue slightly differently me and like the sensitive souls in terms of a little bit of work goes a long way for us um don’t laugh good and flying’s just not we’re just not there yet in the individual events and that’s okay speak yourself get in there but we that was a royal I we just it just takes us a bit longer to come out of the back of a training block so um that’s okay that is okay I’m going to pick up the camera just wle to the camera that’s so funny please keep that’s the transition that’s now I’m just going to show them this is how we we have to pin our numbers on now I cannot pin my number like that in this suit um sorry being know we’re not allowed to ride number pockets for individual events which I don’t really know why something to do with like I don’t know whether the UCI couldn’t see them or cameras or something like that but um as you can see it absolutely destroys I don’t I don’t know if I don’t actually really expensive it destroys our really expensive skin suits um that we only have a limited number off that we’re only yeah we get two I mean I’ve covered up most of the holes with the number get a [ __ ] one instead of a two um it’s a real shame that our skin suits are torn to shreds basically and it’s not like we’ve got small bums it just it slides over like we have to stretch over our legs and that’s why they get ripped when we go to the toilet little take of that skin suits on and off so it is what it is not that I’m complaining oh and it’s Karen today and as always oh that was my nose Lori is racing Miriam it was going to have to happen one of the races whilst we were here I I race at every Sprint competition and you race at every caring competition I just race her every competition I’m at Hong Kong was the only race Within two years that I haven’t raced Maran at some point so um as long as we both survive you know which on this track now we’re here to win mate well yeah no we’re not we’re here to learn first goal is Survival cuz you can’t win if you haven’t survived right bye bye tell us what’s just happened be as we’re filling them in on The Saga of the skin seat oh L um obviously accidentally packed a size one let me tell you size one size one don’t fit size one don’t fit they did witness they did witness I know um I’ll still take it as a spear just in case and luckily Emma messaged the group chat um cuz she’s an absolute G and was like I’ve got a spar size too it’s got a few holes in it it’s probably seen a few things but let me tell you at least I’ll be able to stand upright without being sorn in half by sh um wonderful let me for that visual I hope you can all understand what I was trying to go for there just you know yeah yeah um cool so yeah say to i’ never finish the video cuz we ended up traveling back and it was all a bit hectic but K day was fine um um missed out on the final I was on Emma’s wheel we went up the track in the straight final straight I was a bit too patient and Marie managed to come underneath us all uh well me um I didn’t make the final um but I was trying to be a bit more patient and now I know what way too patient is um so that’s fine and then I won the Minor final um so yeah just a bit more practice into the BT and learned some lessons so overall really good um and I think it was a good trip overall I’ve said overall like 12 times now but that’s fine um the we got so much work in and I just think it was a really good camp in a really pretty part of the world as well um my dad actually went on a training camp there before Sydney games um so that felt really special to me and Craig was there with lot of his Riders and he said the last time he was there was with my dad um it’s really funny how things kind of work out like the next time he’s there is when we’re there uh and it’s before well it’s before the Olympics so yeah really funny how like things are sort of like falling into place at the minute um but yeah it’s really special to go there I understand why he used to like Rave about the place and how nice of an area it is and yeah it just felt really special to be there um so that was really really nice and I’m really glad that we got loads of good work in I’m actually really excited now to get back into training here in Manchester uh despite the weather being uh less good let’s say um but yeah really really good camp and then because we were flying back quite late on Monday we did a gym session uh and to finish the gym session we all went for bench PBS um it just to finish off the block it was a bit of fun bit of comp well sort of competition but like with ourselves um we haven’t we don’t all bench but in the last block we have um and kti is our resident bencher so she’s been giving us all the tips um and she has the gym record I believe I don’t really know any of the other girls who’ve actually done bench press but anyway we all went for PBS and we all got PBS so here’s a little a few clips of us all trying to go for a 1 RM um yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] he [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and we’re back in Manchester now um getting back into training what’s really exciting is we’ve stayed off our new bikes um because we’ve been going because we were going to go away on a camp and we weren’t going to take them with us so we’re getting our new bikes this week on Friday and I’m so excited um I got to go to the bike launch with renesa lotus hope and all of the partners there and it was so interesting listening to like all the work that’s been put into it all the science behind it um and like without a doubt the confidence I’ve got in the bike is uh amazing so I just can’t wait to get on it this week it’s in training Peaks it says Santa’s coming uh and we’re all like really really excited to get one our new bikes so that would be really good and then yeah now it’s just heads down getting stuck in putting in all the last bits of hard work I guess um yeah so overall good camp and really excited to see what’s going to come in the next few weeks
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Brilliant.
Fantastic video !