Going home!

I can't believe it has already been two months since I arrived in Premanon. There have been highs and there have been lows, but most importantly, this has been an experience of a lifetime! I am mostly glad to be going home, but also sad to be leaving this amazing place. Sometime in my lifetime I hope to return for some riding or skiing in the Jura Mountains of France and Switzerland.

To wrap things up, I thought I would post some numbers about my time here:

- 11 VO2 max tests to measure aerobic capacity

- 6 indoor 30km time trials to measure sub-maximal power

- 2 muscle biopsies to measure muscle cell mitochondrial function

- 7 CO rebreathing tests to measure blood volume

- 2 arterial catheters used to measure cardiac output

- 6 wingate tests to measure anaerobic power

- 12 electro-stimulation tests to measure muscle fatigue

- 30 or more blood draws

And most importantly, all of the time spent riding in an incredible setting with:

- 78 hours of riding outside

- 1200 miles

- 110,000 feet of climbing

Now all I have left to do is to invent teleportation and instantly transport myself back to Seattle and not have to deal with the long miserable journey ahead...

The complete Live-High Train-Low crew before saying our goodbyes.