Vacation is over, hard at it again

“I´ve been back in training for a couple of days. Once a week I have been going out on a ride but I am rather focusing on the general preparation. That includes going for hikes, to the gym, dedicating some time to special exercises and doing some other sports too,” said Roman. While being in Italy last week to attend the wedding of his former teammate from Liquigas Ivan Santaromita, Roman underwent a physical test and, consequently, his coach designed a training plan for him. “The plan is not divided into training units but there are rather some tips what I should do to be in a reasonably good physical condition at the first training camp,” revealed Roman. “I have been combining riding my mountain-bike with my road riding but at this moment bike riding is not the activity number one. I am in the saddle of my bike all year long so I´m trying to do some other sports.” With his wife Míša they enjoyed their vacation in Dubai and then they went to Ireland to visit his friend and teammate Nico Roche. “I started off his charity race in Dublin that he organizes every year. We had a great time. Last week we were in Italy at that wedding. It was all really nice and it was pleasant to see some of my fellow riders from the peloton. He is going to prepare for the following season on his own for the next couple of days and the first training camp is set for November 20 on the Canary Islands. “It won´t be the typical team building like last year but a regular training camp with bikes.”