Funny how it is winter here in California and in Costa Rica summer is in full swing. I guess that makes a perfect combo for a pro rider, as soon as winter kicks in I head over to Costa Rica to get my base training done, and once the race season starts I then head back to the US to race after logging pretty good training miles. My CTS coach Adam Pulford is doing a great job a keeping me fit and learning how my body works.

I have a full plate this past week with some really hard uphill intervals, right after getting back from Costa Rica. Luckily each ride I did back home had a ton of climbing so anything here in Orange County doesn't seem so bad.

The first official race of the season is this weekend at Lake Morena in San Diego California with the very famous Sage Brush Safari. This is a great race course to kick off the season, let's see what the legs decide to do this weekend, I will tell you all about it next week.

Thanks for reading.

Manuel Prado