Fasterskier.com checked out San Diego, US cross country team’s choice for a low altitude and high intensity camp in September (September 18 – October 1). We also talked to head Coach Trond Nystad about this.
San Diego
Men’s Journal Magazine (www.mensjournal.com ) named in their 2004 June issue San Diego, California (right next to the Mexican border) their #1 “Best Big City” in USA. They used 37 variables, like cost of living, air and water quality to amount of wilderness nearby to determine the winners. Endless sunshine and an average daily temperature of 70.5 degrees F was a big part of why San Diego landed atop of the list. Quote from the article: “sunglasses, flip-flops, and surf trunks are the uniform here”. I’ll skip other factors important to the journal’s male readers and stop the advertising there…
 miles from the beach and $1 million for a three bedroom with beach views. They didn’t mention the freeway traffic that can come to a stand-still any time of day seven days a week either.</p>
<p><B>Lots of training options and things to do</B><br />
A recent family vacation to San Diego gave me a chance to check out the site of US Ski Team’s September low altitude dryland camp site. OK, I didn’t go up in the hills and nearby parks where they might do their interval training, instead I went to the beach – every day.<br />
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