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EC NZ ’09 – EpilogueSome of the things I’d like to cover here:Future Epic campsOther great campsStaying healthyGroup trainingPersonal responsibilityFuture Epics - Our next Epic Camp is in the French Alps June 13-22. We’ll be taking in many of the famous Tour climbs as well as seeking out a few of the “more intimate” routes as usual. Some of the accommodation comes highly recommended as well as

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EC NZ ’09 – Day 8 – fun and games, Tri RaceFor those of you Epic Vets who still vaguely remember what its like to do the camp here are a few figures from Steven to sharpen your memory of what’s needed to put yourself in the picture for the Yellow – here are his 7-day totals from the first week:Swim – 26kmBike – 822 miles (1325km)Run – 70 miles (113km)Hours – 62.9It was good to see Steven in his

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EC NZ ’09 - Day 7The plan today was to ride to Lake Rotoiti in the little village of St. Arnaud 85km from our accom in Stoke, swim, run and lunch there and then ride back. It looked like it was going to be 7.5-9 hour training day depending on the wind.Personally; after finding our plush digs at the Monaco Resort kinda comfy; I was feeling like it would be a nice day for lounging around, getting

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EC NZ ’09 Day 6 – Collingwood – Nelson, Kaiteriteri AquathonAnother magic morning to awaken to.Coffees of Hawaii brewed long and strong.Calm, clear shallow bay to swim in. Life is good.We started the day with a swim mostly as a make-up for the 3km we missed on Day 3.Nice swim. No dolphin diving!Then more coffee and breaky. These people can cook. We never lack for good food on Epic.8:45am

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Day 5 in CollingwoodOne of the main reasons we've come up this far is to run on the Heaphy Track which is one of th eSouth Islands "Great Walks" Along with the Milford track, the Greenstone, The Keplar, the Routeburn and Abel Tasman there is a hell of a lot of incredible scenery to be seen on this little island. I look forward to enjoying these at a leisurely pace at some point in the

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EC NZ Day 4 (and rest of Day 3)First - some other catching up on stuff…….Mighty Might Jo Carrit has a knee problem since day one and has really struggled with what to do since then. Like the onset of any over-use injury its hard to know for sure how much you can train while you treat it. She has a very big year planned and that includes time off from her job in London so she can train and travel

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EC NZ ’09 – Days 2 and 3- Christchurch – Kaikoura- Kaikoura – Nelson (Stoke)The plan for Day 2 was:6am swim, either breakfast or run and a 9:45roll-out for the 185km ride north to Kaikoura. The ride is flat for the first 60km and then there is a good amount of hilly terrain. We’ve got the same 70km individual TT for points from Cheviot to Kaikoura that we used 2 years ago.We

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EZNZ09 Day 1- ChristchurchThe plan for today is to run to the QE II pool, swim 3km including the 2km TT, drive (or run) back to the hotel, eat, ride a 150km route we call “The Gorges” here and then once we get back to the hotel people can tack on additional training if they want to before dinner.Each day everyone has a 12-hour window to do as much training as they please. We instituted that rule

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Epic Camp New Zealand ’09 – PrologueAn Epic Camp with no Gordo!!?? YIKES!! It ain’t gonna be the same.Life does impact training sometimes, and this is just one of those times.So we’ll be thinkin’ of you G-Man and look forward to your return in the French Alps later this year.We do have some old friends returning though including Chris McDonald who was here for Epic #1 in ’03 and again in NZ ‘04.

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Epic Italy ’08 EpilogueI’m in Milan airport (Linate, not Malpensa!) as I finish this and feeling ready to go home. I’m pooped.The red wine and grappa flowed and Julie even brought out a big round of smelly cheese from Pienza that Erin had acquired the week before this camp began. It was smelling pretty ripe by now and was awfully delicious.It was a rather light meal and speeches were short too as

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Epic Italy ’08 Day 8 – Bolzano – VeronaThe bike paths on this trip have given me a big dose of “stupeffatto”.You don’t’ have to ride mountains if you want to ride in Italy. There is an amazing bike path system through all of the cities we went to and connecting them as well. Today we could have stayed on bike paths for all of the 170km from end to end today.You also get a different perspective

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Epic Italy ’08 Day 7 – StelvioToday started at 6:30am with a leisurely 50-minute run tour of the city of Bolzano. The Austrian influence here is clear – almost all signs are in both Italian and German (Austrian?). There is quite a lot of new architecture in the municipal buildings too which we haven’t seen too much of this trip so far.We took in some of the bike paths as well as the cobbled city

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Epic Italy ’08 Day 6As I’ve said many times over the years I write these blogs mostly for the campers as its hard to recall everything you did and the places you went afterwards. It all becomes a blur. I’m sort-of at that point now trying to recall the last few days. I’m only trying to recall yesterday now and even that is a bit fuzzy.It poured all night last night and we awoke to a cold,

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Epic Italy ’08 Day 4We’re in Bolzano on Day 7 as I write this at 6am trying to get caught up. Doesn’t look like I will get there as its now 6am and we’ve got a run to do at 6:30 but I’ll get started………Cortina would probably be my choice as a place to stay if I were to only choose one place n Italy to come to ride. There are a few other towns in the vicinity like Canazei and Arabba but they’re

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Epic Italy Day 4 – CortinaWe’re sleeping in Cortina for 3 nights, so we should get a few different routes in.Unfortunately the community pool here is under construction so we have to use a pool that’s in Brunico 55km away. So the plan is to ride there and back today with a little bit of tacking on in various directions – that’s up to each person to decide.The plan for today is up early to run (

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Epic Italy ’08 Day 3 Trento – CortinaPsa de Fedaia and Psa de GiauYesterday upon our arrival in Trento Steve and Jo went for a 2:40 run. F…n impressive! By the end of the run we did this morning that’s approx. 40km since arriving 14 hours ago. Then Jo ran back from the pool after swimming! With a week to go that’s quite a bold move. We ran home from the pool. Not much to report there. Or did

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Epic Italy ’08 Day 2 – In TrentoToday we awoke in the city that’s home to Giro legend Gilberto Simoni. Its not hard to see why a kid could become a great cyclist very quickly here. The place is surrounded by steep mountains.The run - We had a nice easy run to the pool with a bit of it along the river. Nice big bike trail and a running trail along the river and we saw a few fast Africans (

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Epic Italy ’08 Day 1 – Verona – TrentoOne of the main goals of the camp is to challenge everyone to s/b/r every day so we’ve set up out camp points competition to reward those that manage to do that.Accomplishing that simple goal is not as easy as it sounds. Sleeping in gets more and more enticing as the camp progresses.So here we are in Verona.Last night Erin (my wife who is joining us for few

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Epic Italy ’08 PrologueWe tried to run this camp last June but the impending birth of young Thomas Newsom and Gordo’s plan to prepare for IM Canada caused a re-think so here we are – finally – this year. If you’ve read any previous blogs/Epic updates then you are aware that we choose the locations and times for these camps based mostly on my whim. I’ve trained in many fabulous locations around

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Epic NZ ’08 EpilogueAt the end of June Newsom and Beven are putting on a camp in the Pyrenees with our good friends Ian and Julie Wright (http://www.pyreneesmultisport.com/). That camp – the http://www.ironmantalk.com/ camp - is called Camp Kia Kaha for those of you who might want to do some great training in the Pyrenees.I fully appreciate that most of the people here do have to make some

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Epic NZ ’08 Day 8 – Coronet Peak TriNot everyone rode up the mt. yesterday so they had that little surprise awaiting them this morning. The rest of us weren’t so lucky. But it did look to be quite a bit cooler this time up so that was something to be thankful for.We rolled out to the lake at 7:30am and Andrew and Tara got left behind and ended up going the long way to Lake Hayes. We had sent

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Epic NZ ’08 Day 7 – QueenstownI have so many memories of this place. This is a magical little part of the world.When I first met Erin she had a holiday house here in a suburb called Sunshine Bay with a glorious view of Lake Wakitipu. We spent a lot of time here during the NZ summers of ’88 – ’93 before our first child came along. The days are long and hot here and the desert lizard in me loves

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Epic NZ ’08 Stage 6 ( I mean ….err…. Day 6)Being on the South Island we were bound to get some real weather. Well today we got it. More on that later.The day started for most of us at 6am again with a 50-minute run to the pool. Some drove straight to the lake. The wind had been up all night so I was glad not to be headed there as it was going to be very chopped up.Most swam 3k and some of us

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Epic NZ ’08 Day 5 – Still in WanakaFor those following along from afar you may know some of the campers either in person or from their race results over the last few years.There’s no one here who wouldn’t be one of the strongest guys in their hometowns. Everyone here has ridden well under 5:30 in an IM and is as tough as hell.Yet after 4 days of smashing themselves to bits and being smashed by

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