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The Cape Verde Islands are placed about 1000 miles from the equator and have an
almost perfect climate. Temperatures are stable, between 22o
and 30o centigrade all year round, and there are no hurricanes to contend
with, so you have an almost perfect Caribbean climate with none of the
associated problems.
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What's more, there is probably no better place in the
world to train for triathlon over the winter, with
ocean temperatures that rarely dip below 21o and a
friendly population who don't try to run bikers off the road.
One of the reasons is that the main road through the island (below)
is 4 lanes of virtually deserted highway. If you
wish, you can even get an idea of what it's like doing the Paris-Rubaix
as most of the roads in the towns are cobbled and made out of
volcanic rock. Sal is not particularly hilly but because of a few
steep rises and a sometimes
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| Comparative temperatures for the final week of
our February Camp (Lanzarote & Sal) |
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Max |
Ave |
Min |
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Lanza |
Sal |
Lanza |
Sal |
Lanza |
Sal |
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oF |
oC |
oF |
oC |
oF |
oC |
oF |
oC |
oF |
oC |
oF |
oC |
| Max Temp |
71 |
21 |
84 |
28 |
70 |
21 |
79 |
26 |
68 |
20 |
77 |
25 |
| Mean Temp |
68 |
20 |
76 |
24 |
66 |
18 |
71 |
21 |
64 |
17 |
58 |
14 |
| Wind (mph / kph) |
18
/ 29 |
23
/ 37 |
6 / 10 |
11 / 18 |
6
/ 15 |
0
/ 0 |
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| 20 mph + wind the islands will give you the ideal opportunity to get fit and test your speed and aerodynamics before
the season starts.
For run training you can choose to do drills on a floodlit
football pitch or run bare foot over soft sand dunes. You can
even run 10 to 20 km on the road and then dive headlong into the
soothing waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
We are based on the Island of Sal, which is the island |
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with the
greatest infrastructure at this point, who's main town of Santa Maria covers one complete end of the
Island. The town has probably the finest, sandiest and cleanest beaches you could wish to
run on. Murdeira Village is about
10km from the airport and about 10km from Santa
Maria.
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| It has a 30m 6 lane salt water pool (above
right)
- so you get used to sea
swimming, a gym and sports centre plus small select beaches for
easy open water swimming. You can choose from beach front villas or Hotel
rooms and there's a full range of catering options, from self
catering (villas only) to full board.
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One of the nicest trips is to cycle to the beach
club in Santa Maria, walk across the sandy beach to dive into the
ocean for a swim in the blue waters, go for a run along the beach.
Cool down in the water again and then have a bite of lunch at the club before cycling
back. You may even like to cycle to Santa Maria and have a kite
surfing lesson (around 50 Euros per 2 hours) as this is one of the
wind and kite surfing capitals of the world. You can also SCUBA
dive, as this if fast becoming a hot destination for
divers, with accessible wrecks only a short distance from shore.
Coaching can be individual or group led and can be designed
to your specific needs. The very nature of the islands means that
all levels of ability can maximise their training and get the most
from the camp.
Your family or partner won't miss out either. The beaches
are inviting and the pool at Murdeira is clean and has a large
childrens pool for maximum family fun. Trips into the towns can be
arranged via taxi or by using the small local busses at only 1
euro per person.
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is a very African influence in the restaurants and shops around
the island. The Euro is accepted everywhere but credit cards are
only accepted in a few shops.
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